Table 1
Average counts of adults on any given day in provincial and territorial correctional facilities, by type of custody, by select province and territory, 2009/2010
| Province or territory | Remand | Sentenced custody | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average count | percent of total custodial population1 | percent change from 2008/2009 to 2009/2010 | percent change from 2000/2001 to 2009/2010 | Average count | percent of total custodial population1 | percent change from 2008/2009 to 2009/2010 | percent change from 2000/2001 to 2009/2010 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 92 | 30 | -4 | 71 | 220 | 70 | 18 | -2 |
| Prince Edward Island | 15 | 18 | -11 | 53 | 67 | 82 | -5 | -8 |
| Nova Scotia | 251 | 62 | 5 | 131 | 153 | 38 | -15 | -33 |
| New Brunswick | 148 | 33 | 11 | 109 | 294 | 67 | 6 | 44 |
| Quebec | 2,090 | 47 | 3 | 75 | 2,326 | 53 | -6 | 15 |
| Ontario | 5,718 | 67 | -2 | 55 | 2,809 | 33 | 0 | -25 |
| Manitoba | 1,289 | 69 | 14 | 148 | 581 | 31 | 14 | -3 |
| Saskatchewan | 561 | 37 | -2 | 84 | 945 | 63 | 9 | 14 |
| Alberta2 | 1,790 | 62 | 0 | ... | 1,120 | 38 | 3 | ... |
| British Columbia2 | 1,506 | 56 | -3 | ... | 1,192 | 44 | -3 | ... |
| Yukon | 47 | 60 | -3 | 159 | 31 | 40 | 0 | -12 |
| Northwest Territories | 108 | 39 | 17 | 285 | 166 | 61 | -3 | 2 |
| Nunavut | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total3 | 13,615 | 58 | 1 | 84 | 9,903 | 42 | 0 | -9 |
| .. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable 1. Excludes other temporary detention. 2. In 2000/2001, sentenced custody counts in Alberta and British Columbia included adults in dual-status custody (remand-sentenced custody). Data are therefore not comparable to 2009/2010. 3. The total excludes Nunavut due to the unavailability of data but includes Alberta and British Columbia. Note: Remand includes adults held in custody on dual status (remand and sentenced custody). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Key Indicator Report. |
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