In 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, Indigenous persons in Canada were incarcerated at a much higher rate than non-Indigenous persons. According to the new Over-Representation Index, the Indigenous incarceration rate was 8.9 times higher than the non-Indigenous incarceration rate in 2020/2021 in the five provinces participating in this Juristat (Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia).
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