Incarceration Statistics

See also: Crime Statistics

Incarceration Statistics (Adults)

Average Daily Number of Persons in federal custody (serving 2 years or more sentences):

Provincial Incarceration [2]
Year	2017 to 2018	2016 to 2017	2015 to 2016	2014 to 2015	2013 to 2014	2012 to 2013	2011 to 2012	2010 to 2011	2009 to 2010
Total actual-in count	24,657.5	25,447.5	25,405.4	24,455.3	21,703.8	25,184.6	24,814.4	24,434.7	24,092.2
Sentenced, actual-in count	9,542.6	9,709.7	10,091.4	10,363.6	9,888.0	11,137.7	11,137.6	10,921.6	10,045.1
Remand, actual-in count	14,812.3	15,416.5	14,898.9	13,650.3	11,494.1	13,739.0	13,369.3	13,086.3	13,739.3
Remand as proportion of total population	1.665	1.651	1.705	1.792	1.888	1.833	1.856	1.867	1.754
Incarceration rates per 100,000	83.16	86.96	87.93	85.46	86.48	90.53	90.56	90.29	90.29
Total community supervision^[2]	94,904.0	93,134.7	94,949.4	90,271.6	95,680.3	108,944.1	112,118.7	115,446.7	113,303.2
Total conditional sentence orders	6,528.9	7,249.3	8,258.8	8,745.6	10,076.8	12,202.4	12,615.9	12,968.6	13,105.0
Probation rates per 100,000 adults	309.69	305.07	312.25	336.27	358.22

Provincial Incarceration [3]
Year	2008 to 2009	2007 to 2008	2006 to 2007	2005 to 2006	2004 to 2005	2003 to 2004	2002 to 2003	2001 to 2002	2000 to 2001	1999 to 2000
Total actual-in count
Sentenced, actual-in count
Remand, actual-in count
Remand as proportion of total population
Incarceration rates per 100,000
Total community supervision^[3]
Total conditional sentence orders	13,123.5	12,534.6	12,775.8	13,251.9	13,212.7	12,987.6
Probation rates per 100,000 adults

Canada 2015 to 2016:
- average of 998 youth in any type of custody [4]
- 5 / 10,000 (~0.05%) youth in any type of custody [5]

↑ Actual-in counts include federal and provincial or territorial offenders in a federal facility and those temporarily detained in a federal facility. As of 2013/2014, federal offenders on temporary absences and those held for deportation or extraditions are counted in custody counts rather than in community counts. Comparisons to previous years should be made with caution.
↑ Total community supervision counts are the sum of probation, conditional sentences, and provincial parole.
↑ Total community supervision counts are the sum of probation, conditional sentences, and provincial parole.

Admissions to custody by Aboriginal identity [6] [7]
Year	2007 to 2008	2017 to 2018
Newfoundland		405 (ab.) vs 1,526 (non-ab.) (21% ab. custody) (~3% total pop)
Prince Edward Island		32 (ab.) vs 641 (non-ab.) 7 (unkonwn) (5% ab. costody) (~2% total pop)
Nova Scotia		266 (ab.) vs 4,306 (non-ab.) 240 (unknown) (6% ab. costody) (~6% total pop)
New Brunswick		553 vsd 4,933 90 (unknown) (10% ab. custody) (~4% total pop)
Quebec		2,308 vs 43,072 (5% ab. custody) (~2% total pop)
Ontario		8,456 vs 60,734 (12% ab. custody) (~3% total pop)
Manitoba		22,280 vs 7,511 (75% ab. custody) (~18% total pop)
Saskatchewan		9,902 vs 3,052 350 (unknown) (74% ab. custody) (~16% total pop)
Alberta		17,614 vs 24,268 611 (unknown) (41% ab. custody) (~7% total pop)
British Columbia		8,420 vs 17,471 (32% ab. custody) (~6% total pop)
TOTAL &mdash prov. inst.		72,392 vs 167,825 1,361 (unknown) (30% ab. custody) (~5% total pop)
TOTAL &mdash fed. inst.		2,109 vs 5,236 (29% ab. custody) (~5% total pop)