Table 6
Impaired driving cases in adult criminal courts, by selected types of sentence, by province and territory, 2010/2011

Table 6
Impaired driving cases in adult criminal courts, by selected types of sentence, by province and territory, 2010/2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of impaired driving cases in adult criminal courts. The information is grouped by province and territory (appearing as row headers), cases resulting in guilty outcome, sentence, custody, fine and probation, calculated using number, percent, median (days), median (dollars) and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Cases resulting in guilty outcome Sentence
Custody Fine Probation
number number percent medianNote 1 (days) number percent medianNote 2 (dollars) number percent medianNote 3 (days)
Newfoundland and Labrador 608 118 19.4 30 482 79.3 1,200 93 15.3 360
Prince Edward Island 321 300 93.5 5 281 87.5 1,000 33 10.3 540
Nova Scotia 1,586 105 6.6 30 1,425 89.8 1,050 297 18.7 365
New Brunswick 1,209 92 7.6 30 1,099 90.9 1,000 86 7.1 360
Quebec 6,843 753 11.0 60 6,087 89.0 1,000 480 7.0 365
Ontario 13,414 865 6.4 30 12,437 92.7 1,200 1,827 13.6 365
Manitoba 1,771 80 4.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 941 53.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 42 2.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Saskatchewan 2,672 336 12.6 34 2,295 85.9 1,100 337 12.6 180
Alberta 5,738 377 6.6 30 5,195 90.5 1,200 447 7.8 360
British Columbia 5,591 206 3.7 30 5,231 93.6 1,000 382 6.8 365
Yukon 167 29 17.4 45 126 75.4 1,200 7 4.2 365
Northwest Territories 158 26 16.5 30 144 91.1 1,380 17 10.8 360
Nunavut 66 0 0.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 62 93.9 1,000 7 10.6 225
Canada 40,144 3,287 8.2 33 35,805 89.2 1,000 4,055 10.1 365
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Custodial sentence lengths exclude time spent in custody prior to sentencing and/or the amount of credit awarded for time spent in pre-sentence custody. Also excludes cases in which the length of the custody sentence was unknown.
2. Excludes cases in which the amount of the fine was unknown.
3. Excludes cases in which the length of the probation sentence was unknown. Probation includes mandatory probation for cases given a conditional discharge (subsection 730(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada) or a suspended sentence (paragraph 731(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada).
Note: Excludes other types of sentences such as conditional sentence, restitution, absolute and conditional discharge, suspended sentence, community service order or prohibition order among others. Cases may involve more than one type of sentence, and/or other sentences not shown, 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. Counts are based on the most serious offence in a case. 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. Jurisdictional differences in the structure and operation of courts may have an impact on survey results. Therefore, any comparisons between jurisdictions should be made with caution.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Courts Survey (Adult component).
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