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 | ||||
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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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