Table 6
Number and rate of incarcerated Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults aged 20 or older, by age group, selected jurisdictions, May 16, 2006

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Age groups Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal Ratio between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal incarceration rates
Aboriginal in custody Aboriginal in the general population Incarceration rate on Census Day Non-Aboriginal in custody Non-Aboriginal in the general population Incarceration rate on Census Day
number rate per 1,000 population number rate per 1,000 population ratio
Atlantic provinces1
20 to 24 years 38 5,065 7.5 266 126,760 2.1 3.6
25 to 34 years 43 8,450 5.1 390 241,425 1.6 3.2
35 to 44 years 27 10,175 2.7 315 312,485 1.0 2.6
45 to 54 years 8 9,560 0.8 162 342,780 0.5 1.8
55 and over 5 9,430 0.5 65 570,965 0.1 4.7
All ages 121 42,680 2.8 1,198 1,594,415 0.8 3.7
Ontario
20 to 24 years 219 18,540 11.8 1,929 775,900 2.5 4.8
25 to 34 years 309 33,680 9.2 2,770 1,495,910 1.9 5.0
35 to 44 years 219 37,930 5.8 2,633 1,869,630 1.4 4.1
45 to 54 years 62 33,720 1.8 1,223 1,818,575 0.7 2.7
55 and over 8 31,960 0.3 372 2,873,185 0.1 1.9
All ages 817 155,830 5.2 8,927 8,833,200 1.0 5.2
Saskatchewan
20 to 24 years 319 11,975 26.6 56 54,790 1.0 26.1
25 to 34 years 423 19,350 21.9 109 92,730 1.2 18.6
35 to 44 years 310 17,825 17.4 84 109,295 0.8 22.6
45 to 54 years 112 13,685 8.2 56 131,400 0.4 19.2
55 and over 20 12,345 1.6 21 227,905 0.1 17.6
All ages 1,184 75,180 15.7 326 616,120 0.5 29.8
Alberta
20 to 24 years 260 16,545 15.7 442 233,570 1.9 8.3
25 to 34 years 440 28,745 15.3 694 443,865 1.6 9.8
35 to 44 years 297 26,530 11.2 527 476,365 1.1 10.1
45 to 54 years 69 20,435 3.4 250 489,085 0.5 6.6
55 and over 21 17,830 1.2 67 634,575 0.1 11.2
All ages 1,087 110,085 9.9 1,980 2,277,460 0.9 11.4
Correctional Service of Canada
20 to 24 years 521 93,900 5.5 1,418 1,977,995 0.7 7.7
25 to 34 years 1,010 161,575 6.3 3,400 3,825,500 0.9 7.0
35 to 44 years 844 169,465 5.0 3,808 4,624,630 0.8 6.0
45 to 54 years 432 143,285 3.0 2,545 4,808,125 0.5 5.7
55 and over 176 137,555 1.3 1,821 7,586,265 0.2 5.3
All ages 2,983 705,780 4.2 12,992 22,822,515 0.6 7.4
1. Includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Note: Ratios are based on unrounded rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey and 2006 Census of Population.
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