Table 5
Number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people admitted to adult custody, by most serious offence, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 2007/2008

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Most serious offence Aboriginal Non- Aboriginal Aboriginal Non- Aboriginal
number percent
Violent offences 9,426 32,032 28 25
Serious violent offences1 3,621 8,546 11 7
Sexual offences 944 3,203 3 2
Robbery 1,229 4,669 4 4
Common assault 2,268 6,741 7 5
Other violent offences2 1,364 8,873 4 7
Property offences 7,679 31,574 23 24
Break and enter 2,061 7,297 6 6
Theft and possession of property 2,519 9,323 8 7
Fraud 758 5,072 2 4
Other property offences3 2,341 9,882 7 8
Offences against the Administration of Justice 6,978 27,750 21 22
Breach of probation 3,270 11,463 10 9
Other offences against the Administration of Justice 3,708 16,287 11 13
Other Criminal Code offences (excludes traffic) 3,480 14,525 10 11
Criminal Code - traffic offences 1,475 5,571 4 4
Drug offences 573 7,038 2 5
Other offences4 3,626 10,460 11 8
Total 33,237 128,950 100 100
1. Includes homicide, attempted murder and major assault.
2. Includes violations involving the deprivation of freedom and violations involving violence or the threat of violence.
3. Includes mischief and arson.
4. Includes federal statute offences, provincial and territorial offences, municipal by-law infractions and unknown offences.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey.
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