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Adult Correctional Services Survey

The Adult Correctional Services Survey (ACSS) collects annual aggregate data from all jurisdictions on the delivery of adult correctional services from both the provincial, territorial and federal correctional systems. Key themes include the average daily counts of adults in custodial facilities, including remand, as well as monthly counts of probationers; and new admissions (commencements) to correctional programs of sentenced custody, probation, conditional sentences and other community-based programs. The survey also captures information on conditional releases to the community, including parole and statutory release. These data are administrative data.

Although the surveys attempt to standardize the way in which status changes are counted, limitations due to differences among jurisdictional operations may restrict uniform application of the definitions in some situations. For this reason, inter-jurisdictional comparisons of the data should be made with caution. Nevertheless, as a result of consistent counting practices within jurisdictions over time, statements may be made about the trends within each jurisdiction. Due to rounding, figures may not add to totals.

The following tables have been replaced by the Corrections Key Indicator Report for Adults and Young Offenders (KIR)

  • Average counts of offenders in provincial, territorial and federal programs, annual, 1978 to 2006
  • Average counts of offenders in provincial and territorial programs, annual, 1978 to 2006
  • Average counts of offenders in federal programs, annual, 1978 to 2006

Documentation

Adult Criminal Court Survey

The objective of the Adult Criminal Court Survey (ACCS) is to produce a national database of statistical information on charges, cases and persons involving accused who are 18 years or older at the time of offence, companies, as well as youths who have been transferred to adult criminal court. The survey is intended to be a census of federal statute charges heard in provincial and superior criminal courts in Canada. It includes information on the age and sex of the accused, case decision patterns, sentencing information regarding the length of prison and probation, and amount of fine, as well as case-processing data such as case elapsed time and number of appearances per charge. These data on federal statute charges heard in adult criminal courts in the reference period are collected by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) in collaboration with provincial and territorial government departments responsible for adult criminal courts. The data are collected to respond to the needs of the provincial/territorial and federal departments of justice and attorneys-general, researchers and policy analysts, academics and the media, as well as to inform the public how adults are dealt with by adult provincial/territorial criminal courts in Canada.

Adult criminal courts in ten provinces and three territories report to the ICCS/ACCS. Reporting jurisdictions include: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. In addition, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut reported superior court data to the ICCS/ACCS. These thirteen jurisdictions represent approximately 98% of the national adult criminal court caseload.

Terminated Files

Corrections Key Indicator Report for Adults and Young Offenders

The purpose of this survey is particularly important for monitoring trends in correctional populations. These data assist policy makers and corrections managers in formulating decisions based upon historical comparisons. Key indicator data also give some indication of current trends in the utilization of correctional services and provide a basis for calculating incarceration rates (number of persons incarcerated as a proportion of the Canadian population).

These tables were previously found in the Adult Correctional Services Survey and the Youth Custody and Community Services Survey.

Common Offences - Terminated

Homicide Survey

This survey collects detailed data on homicide in Canada. The survey has collected police-reported data on the characteristics of all murder incidents, victims and accused persons since 1961 and all homicides (including murder, manslaughter and infanticide) since 1974.

Legal Aid Survey

The Legal Aid Survey has been conducted annually since 1983-84, by the Courts Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. The objective of this census survey is to provide revenue, expenditure, personnel, and caseload statistics associated with the delivery and administration of legal aid in Canada. Data are collected and presented at the aggregate provincial/territorial level.

Police Administration Survey

The objective of this survey is to collect baseline information on police personnel and expenditures to enable detection of historical trends as well as permit comparisons at the provincial/territorial and municipal levels.

Transition Home Survey

The Transition Home Survey is conducted as part of the federal government's Family Violence Initiative. The survey is a biennial census of all known residential facilities for abused women in Canada. The survey data includes annual admissions, a profile of facilities, the types of services provided to residents, ex-residents and non-residents and a profile of the residents and their children. Data on the characteristics of the facilities and the services dispensed during the previous 12 months and a one-day snapshot of the characteristics of women and children residing in shelters is also included.

Terminated Files

1995 Edition

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Uniform Crime Reporting

The UCR Survey was designed to measure the incidence of crime in Canadian society and its characteristics. The data reflect reported crime that has been substantiated by police. Information collected by the survey includes the number of criminal incidents, the clearance status of those incidents and persons-charged information.

There are two versions of the UCR collection instrument that are operating simultaneously: UCR Aggregate (UCR1.0) Survey and the UCR2 Incident-based Survey.

UCR2.1

UCR2.2

Includes violations not processed separetly in the past (organized crime, cyber crime, and hate crime)

UCR1.0

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Documentation

Victim Services Survey (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010)

The objective of this survey is to collect information on victim service agencies that provided services directly to primary or secondary victims of crime during the 12-month reference period, as well as to provide a one-day snapshot of clientele being served on a specific date. Information on activities by criminal injuries compensation/financial benefit programs during the 12-month reference period is also collected.

Youth Court Survey

The objective of the Youth Court Survey (YCS) is to produce a national database of statistical information on charges, cases and persons involving accused who are aged 12 to 17 years (up to the 18th birthday) at the time of offence. The survey is intended to be a census of federal statute charges heard in youth courts in Canada. It includes information on the age and sex of the accused, case decision patterns, sentencing information regarding the length of prison and probation, and amount of fine, as well as case-processing data such as case elapsed time. These data on federal statute charges heard in youth courts in the reference period are collected by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) in collaboration with provincial and territorial government departments responsible for youth courts. The data are collected to respond to the needs of the provincial/territorial and federal departments of justice and attorneys-general, researchers and policy analysts, academics and the media, as well as to inform the public how youth are dealt with by youth courts in Canada.

Terminated Files

Youth Custody and Community Services Survey

The Youth Custody and Community Services survey (YCCS) provides information to the justice community on the nature and extent of youth corrections and community services for young offenders and to inform the public. The YCCS covers all occurances relating to a youth who has commenced an uninterupted period of time serving in either a custodial and/or community-based disposition. It also collects information on youths being held in remand (non-sentenced custody while awaiting trail, sentencing, or transfer to and from an institution).

The following table has been replace by the Corrections Key Indicator Report for Adults and Young Offenders (KIR)

  • Average counts of young persons in provincial and territorial correctional services (1997/1998 - 2005/2006)

Last Updated: 30 April 2012

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