Table 6
Youth court cases with convictions, by type of sentence and by sex of the offender, Canada, 2003/2004

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Most serious offence Female youth Male youth
Total convicted cases Sentence Total convicted cases Sentence
Custody Community service Probation Fine Other1 Custody Community service Probation Fine Other1
number percentage number percentage
Total offences 6,283 16 26 65 4 38 26,404 24 27 67 5 38
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 6,150 16 26 65 3 37 25,765 25 27 68 4 37
Crimes against the person 2,714 17 23 73 1 38 8,971 26 24 76 2 43
Homicide and attempted murder2 4 50 50 75 0 50 26 50 12 31 0 50
Robbery 183 30 21 78 0 56 1,179 48 26 79 1 60
Sexual assault 7 14 29 86 0 14 551 21 14 86 0 39
Other sexual offences 8 25 0 75 0 13 267 16 13 88 1 44
Major assault 604 23 25 78 1 43 2,058 29 27 78 2 48
Common assault 1,553 12 23 71 2 37 3,469 19 25 72 2 37
Uttering threats 310 18 17 78 1 29 1,190 23 20 74 1 34
Criminal harassment 18 17 17 83 0 28 92 21 24 79 0 47
Other crimes against persons 27 22 30 59 0 44 139 31 32 78 2 50
Crimes against property 2,321 11 31 62 5 39 12,219 21 33 68 4 35
Theft 1,164 10 33 58 6 38 4,070 18 32 62 7 36
Break and enter 358 18 34 79 1 33 3,954 26 35 78 1 33
Fraud 224 13 29 70 4 46 495 18 30 71 7 40
Mischief 227 3 33 55 4 52 1,408 7 35 60 6 48
Possess stolen property 332 13 23 61 6 31 2,078 28 29 66 4 28
Other property crimes 16 6 19 69 6 31 214 14 36 75 4 36
Crimes against the administration of justice 881 30 19 48 5 26 2,853 39 18 41 8 23
Fail to appear 132 27 20 40 6 30 302 26 15 34 15 27
Breach of probation 12 25 8 67 8 25 71 23 17 51 15 17
Unlawfully at large 131 73 2 27 1 15 652 81 8 17 2 12
Fail to comply with order 505 24 20 50 6 26 1,618 26 22 49 9 28
Other administration of justice 101 13 34 69 0 31 210 36 20 60 5 16
Other Criminal Code 234 13 27 58 6 41 1,722 20 25 63 5 42
Weapons 54 7 37 76 0 54 642 20 23 64 4 57
Prostitution 6 33 0 100 0 0 5 40 0 40 0 80
Disturbing the peace 35 9 11 54 6 43 105 4 20 49 20 35
Residual Criminal Code 139 16 29 50 8 37 970 22 27 64 5 33
Criminal Code traffic 133 4 24 47 44 81 639 9 21 41 51 75
Impaired driving 89 1 22 35 57 94 345 1 14 23 75 92
Other Criminal Code traffic 44 9 27 70 16 55 294 19 29 61 22 54
Other federal statute total 1,612 22 29 46 9 25 5,885 22 32 47 12 30
Drug possession 95 4 36 46 9 60 672 4 35 44 18 50
Drug trafficking 87 9 45 74 3 61 807 13 44 82 5 63
Youth Criminal Justice Act 1,295 26 27 47 8 18 3,896 28 29 45 11 19
Residual federal statutes 135 10 30 15 22 37 510 16 26 15 26 33
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
  1. Other sentences include reprimand, absolute discharge, restitution, prohibition seizure, forfeiture, compensation, pay purchaser, essays, apologies, counselling programs, deferred custody and supervision, attendance at non-residential program, intensive support and supervision, and conditional discharge.
  2. For reasons related to confidentiality, the small numbers in the offence categories of homicide and attempted murder have been grouped together.
Notes: The sentence types presented are not mutually exclusive and will not add to 100. Excludes cases where the sex of the accused was not recorded or where the accused was a company.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey.