Chart 15
Type of sentence by sex, adult criminal court, Canada, 2014/2015

Chart 15 Child victimization and rates of adult victimization, by sex, 2014

Data table for Chart 15
Data table for Chart 15
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 15. The information is grouped by Sex (appearing as row headers), Probation, Custody, Fines, Conditional sentences and Other, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex ProbationData table Note 1 CustodyData table Note 1 Fines Conditional sentencesData table Note 2 OtherData table Note 3
percent
Males 26.1 38.7 24.0 3.9 7.3
Females 35.0 26.0 24.4 5.4 9.3
Note 1

Since 2004/2005, for the Northwest Territories, the number of custody orders have been under-reported and the number of probation orders have been over-reported by unknown amounts as a result of clerical procedures. The majority of custody orders were captured as probation.

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Note 2

Quebec and the Northwest Territories do not report conditional sentencing data at this time.

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Note 3

Other most serious sentences include restitution, absolute and conditional discharge, suspended sentence, community service order, and prohibition orders, among others. Figures for "other" as the most serious sentence are low since they are among the least serious sentence types, and are often used in combination with other more serious sentences.

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Notes: Cases may involve more than one type of sentence, therefore, percentages do not total 100%. A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and with respect to which a final decision has been rendered. Information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as from municipal courts in Quebec was not available for extraction from these provinces' electronic reporting systems and was therefore not reported to the survey. The absence of data from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan may have resulted in a slight underestimation of the severity of sentences since some of the most serious cases, which are likely to result in the most severe sanctions, are processed in superior courts. Includes cases where the age of the accused is unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey, 2014/2015.
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