Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 38: Justice (25-42)

Indigenous Youth Incarceration Rates, 2011 – 2018

December 1, 2018
Breakdown by Province of Youth in Custody

A Statistics Canada report says 47 per cent of all incarcerated youth across Canada were Indigenous in 2016-17 despite making up only 8% of the population. Here is a breakdown by province of admissions to custody of Aboriginal youth during that time (in per cent):

Province/Territory% Male% Female
Newfoundland and Labrador6%0%
Prince Edward Island13%0%
New Brunswick11%15%
Ontario10%15%
Manitoba81%82%
Saskatchewan92%98%
British Columbia44%60%
Yukon74%100%
Northwest Territories94%60%
Nunavut100%100%
Total47%60%