Admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and supervision program, nine jurisdictions, 2015/2016
Table 5Selected characteristics | Total custodyTable 5 Note 1 | Total community supervisionTable 5 Note 2 | Total correctional services | |||
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number | percentTable 5 Note 3 | number | percentTable 5 Note 3 | number | percentTable 5 Note 3 | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 5,656 | 73 | 6,781 | 77 | 12,437 | 75 |
Female | 2,061 | 27 | 2,040 | 23 | 4,101 | 25 |
Age | ||||||
12 years | 62 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 112 | 1 |
13 years | 256 | 3 | 283 | 3 | 539 | 3 |
14 years | 775 | 10 | 716 | 8 | 1,491 | 9 |
15 years | 1,474 | 19 | 1,422 | 16 | 2,896 | 18 |
16 years | 2,039 | 26 | 2,043 | 23 | 4,082 | 25 |
17 years | 2,590 | 34 | 2,576 | 29 | 5,166 | 31 |
18 years and older | 521 | 7 | 1,734 | 20 | 2,255 | 14 |
Aboriginal identityTable 5 Note 4 | ||||||
Aboriginal | 3,041 | 39 | 2,601 | 30 | 5,642 | 35 |
Non-Aboriginal | 4,675 | 61 | 5,974 | 70 | 10,649 | 65 |
TotalTable 5 Note 5 | 7,717 | 100 | 8,828 | 100 | 16,545 | 100 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Custody and Community Services Survey and Integrated Correctional Services Survey, 2015/2016. |
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