Data table for chart 5
Guilty cases in adult criminal court, by type of sentence, Canada, 2010/2011

Chart 5
Guilty cases in adult criminal court, by type of sentence, Canada, 2010/2011
Type of sentence percentage of guilty cases
Probation 44.5
Custody 33.4
Fine 30.9
Conditional sentence 4.6
Restitution 2.7
OtherNote 1 52.6
1. Includes, for example, absolute and conditional discharge, suspended sentence, community service order and prohibition order.
Note: Cases may involve more than one type of sentence, therefore, percentages do not total 100%. A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final disposition. In total, data represent approximately 95% of the national adult criminal court caseload. Excludes information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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