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2016-2017 Performance Monitoring Report - Annex 1

Program Delivery Context

Offender Population

Table 1. Federal Offender Population

Year Incarcerated Conditional Release Total
# % # % # % change
1990/91 11,964 59.2 8,248 40.8 20,212 ---
1991/92 12,719 59.9 8,532 40.1 21,251 5.1
1992/93 12,877 59.5 8,749 40.5 21,626 1.8
1993/94 13,560 60.3 8,919 39.7 22,479 3.9
1994/95 14,262 62.8 8,465 37.2 22,727 1.1
1995/96 14,183 62.9 8,367 37.1 22,550 -0.8
1996/97 14,137 63.4 8,163 36.6 22,300 -1.1
1997/98 13,399 61.0 8,583 39.0 21,982 -1.4
1998/99 13,081 59.2 9,016 40.8 22,097 0.5
1999/00 12,800 58.4 9,135 41.6 21,935 -0.7
2000/01 12,794 58.9 8,911 41.1 21,705 -1.0
2001/02 12,662 59.6 8,589 40.4 21,251 -2.1
2002/03 12,654 60.2 8,371 39.8 21,025 -1.1
2003/04 12,413 59.8 8,339 40.2 20,752 -1.3
2004/05 12,623 60.6 8,218 39.4 20,841 0.4
2005/06 12,671 60.2 8,365 39.8 21,036 0.9
2006/07 13,171 60.9 8,449 39.1 21,620 2.8
2007/08 13,582 61.7 8,434 38.3 22,016 1.8
2008/09 13,289 60.4 8,716 39.6 22,005 0.0
2009/10 13,531 60.8 8,709 39.2 22,240 1.1
2010/11 14,219 62.2 8,644 37.8 22,863 2.8
2011/12 14,419 62.3 8,736 37.7 23,155 1.3
2012/13 14,744 63.4 8,500 36.6 23,244 +0.4
2013/14 14,826 63.3 8,585 36.7 23,411 0.7
2014/15 14,337 61.9 8,830 38.1 23,167 -1.0
2015/16 14,134 60.6 9,189 39.4 23,323 0.7
2016/17 13,514 58.1 9,747 40.9 23,261 -0.3

Note:Excluded as of April 9, 2017, were: escapees (121), those on bail (146), and UAL (475).
Definition: Incarcerated population includes: offenders serving federal sentences in penitentiaries and in provincial facilities, those housed as inmates in Community Correctional Centres (as distinguished from conditionally released offenders), those temporarily absent from the institution on some form of temporary release (Temporary Absence or Work Release), and those remanded in federal custody.
Conditional Release population includes: those federal offenders conditionally released on day parole, full parole and statutory release including those paroled for deportation and those on long-term supervision orders and temporary detainees whether detained in a penitentiary or a provincial jail.

Table 2. Federal Offender Population by Region

Year Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies Pacific Canada
# % # % # % # % # % #
2012/13 2,290 9.9 5,608 24.1 6,250 26.9 5,904 25.4 3,192 13.7 23,244
2013/14 2,365 10.1 5,872 25.1 5,926 25.3 5,734 24.5 3,514 15.0 23,411
2014/15 2,303 9.9 5,871 25.3 5,824 25.1 5,753 24.8 3,416 14.7 23,167
2015/16 2,180 9.3 5,862 25.1 6,006 25.8 5,967 25.6 3,308 14.2 23,323
2016/17 2,184 9.4 5,548 23.9 6,106 26.2 6,020 25.9 3,403 14.6 23,261

Note: Excluded as of April 9, 2017, were: escapees (2 Atlantic, 21 Quebec, 52 Ontario, 15 Prairies and 31 Pacific), those on bail (7 Atlantic, 29 Quebec, 73 Ontario, 27 Prairies and 10 Pacific) and UAL (27 Atlantic, 106 Quebec, 112 Ontario, 169, Prairies and 61 Pacific).

Table 3. Federal Incarcerated Population by Region

Year Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies Pacific Canada
# % # % # % # % # % #
2012/13 1,494 10.1 3,411 23.1 3,985 27.0 3,925 26.6 1,929 13.1 14,744
2013/14 1,552 10.5 3,615 24.4 3,694 24.9 3,779 25.5 2,186 14.7 14,826
2014/15 1,451 10.1 3,518 24.5 3,576 24.9 3,752 26.2 2,040 14.2 14,337
2015/16 1,282 9.1 3,348 23.7 3,582 25.3 3,996 28.3 1,926 13.6 14,134
2016/17 1,289 9.5 2,925 21.6 3,451 25.5 3,861 28.6 1,988 14.7 13,514

Table 4. Federal Incarcerated Population by Indigenous and Race

Year Indigenous Asian Black White Other Canada
# % # % # % # % # % #
2012/13 3,388 23.0 612 4.2 1,446 9.8 8,613 58.4 685 4.6 14,744
2013/14 3,385 22.8 608 4.1 1,449 9.8 8,559 57.7 825 5.6 14,826
2014/15 3,500 24.4 559 3.9 1,406 9.8 8,216 57.3 656 4.6 14,337
2015/16 3,630 25.7 533 3.8 1,279 9.0 7,780 55.0 912 6.5 14,134
2016/17 3,574 26.4 501 3.7 1,175 8.7 7,290 53.9 974 7.2 13,514

Table 5. Federal Incarcerated Population by Gender

Year Male Female Canada
# % # % #
2012/13 14,165 96.1 579 3.9 14,744
2013/14 14,212 95.9 614 4.1 14,826
2014/15 13,684 95.4 653 4.6 14,337
2015/16 13,464 95.3 670 4.7 14,134
2016/17 12,865 95.2 649 4.8 13,514

Table 6. Federal Conditional Release Population

Year Day Parole Full Parole Statutory Release Long-term Supervision Total
# % # % # % # % #
1991/92 1,780 20.9 4,512 52.9 2,240 26.3     8,532
1992/93 1,785 20.4 4,878 55.8 2,086 23.8     8,749
1993/94 1,431 16.0 5,472 61.4 2,016 22.6     8,919
1994/95 1,263 14.9 5,063 59.8 2,139 25.3     8,465
1995/96 1,101 13.2 4,804 57.4 2,462 29.4     8,367
1996/97 959 11.7 4,588 56.2 2,616 32.0     8,163
1997/98 1,374 16.0 4,504 52.5 2,705 31.5     8,583
1998/99 1,562 17.3 4,755 52.7 2,699 29.9     9,016
1999/00 1,471 16.1 4,918 53.8 2,746 30.1     9,135
2000/01 1,319 14.8 4,807 53.9 2,779 31.2 6 0.1 8,911
2001/02 1,234 14.4 4,502 52.4 2,833 33.0 20 0.2 8,589
2002/03 1,201 14.3 4,258 50.9 2,878 34.4 34 0.4 8,371
2003/04 1,215 14.6 4,162 49.9 2,901 34.8 61 0.7 8,339
2004/05 1,160 14.1 4,043 49.2 2,922 35.6 93 1.1 8,218
2005/06 1,281 15.3 4,038 48.3 2,926 35.0 120 1.4 8,365
2006/07 1,245 14.7 3,997 47.3 3,038 36.0 169 2.0 8,449
2007/08 1,240 14.7 3,969 47.1 3,016 35.8 209 2.5 8,434
2008/09 1,145 13.1 4,007 46.0 3,311 38.0 253 2.9 8,716
2009/10 1,230 14.1 4,002 46.0 3,207 36.8 270 3.1 8,709
2010/11 1,128 13.0 4,040 46.7 3,177 36.8 299 3.5 8,644
2011/12 1,272 14.6 3,664 41.9 3,466 39.7 334 3.8 8,736
2012/13 1,243 14.6 3,390 39.9 3,499 41.2 366 4.3 8,500
2013/14 1,220 14.2 3,457 40.3 3,519 41.0 388 4.5 8,585
2014/15 1,341 15.2 3,564 40.4 3,550 40.2 371 4.2 8,830
2015/16 1,406 15.3 3,805 41.4 3,527 38.4 447 4.9 9,189
2016/17 1,625 16.7 4,146 42.5 3,508 36.0 468 4.8 9,747

Note 1: As of April 9, 2017, excluded UAL from supervision were 77 DP (4.5% of total DPs), 111 FP (2.6% of total FPs), 275 SR (7.3% of total SRs) and  12 LTS (2.6% of total LTSs).
Note 2: Totals include offenders who were deported or extradited.

Table 7. Federal Conditional Release Population by Region

Year Type Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies Pacific Canada

2012/13

 Day parole 128 324 257 277 257 1,243
Full parole 333 963 861 713 520 3,390
Statutory release 316 787 1,041 933 422 3,499
Long-term supervision 18 123 105 56 64 366
Total 796* 2,197 2,265* 1,979 1,263 8,500

2013/14

 Day parole 108 337 278 272 225 1,220
Full parole 351 975 831 704 596 3,457
Statutory release 336 810 1,008 923 442 3,519
Long-term supervision 18 135 115 56 64 388
Total 813 2,257 2,232 1,955 1,328* 8,585

2014/15

 Day parole 153 320 301 322 245 1,341
Full parole 348 972 905 722 617 3,564
Statutory release 338 940 929 899 444 3,550
Long-term supervision 13 121 113 58 66 371
Total 852 2,353 2,248 2,001 1,376* 8,830

2015/16

 Day parole 170 330 353 293 260 1,406
Full parole 380 1,027 1,035 773 590 3,805
Statutory release 333 1,019 893 845 437 3,527
Long-term supervision 15 138 143 60 91 447
Total 898 2,514 2,424 1,971 1,382* 9,189

2016/17

 Day parole 162 437 403 320 303 1,625
Full parole 437 1,103 1,177 831 598 4,146
Statutory release 279 933 923 947 426 3,508
Long-term supervision 17 150 152 61 83 463
Total 895 2,623 2,655 2,159 1,415* 9,747

* Includes offenders who were deported or extradited.
Note: Excluded as of April 9, 2017, were: 475 UAL (27 Atlantic, 106 Quebec, 112 Ontario, 169 Prairies and 61 Pacific).

Table 8. Federal Conditional Release Population by Indigenous and Race

Year Indigenous Asian Black White Other Canada
# % # % # % # % # % #
2012/13 1,376 16.2 424 5.0 669 7.9 5,689 66.9 342 4.0 8,500
2013/14 1,451 16.9 470 5.5 674 7.9 5,644 65.7 346 4.0 8,585
2014/15 1,465 16.6 532 6.0 719 8.1 5,765 65.3 349 4.0 8,830
2015/16 1,564 17.0 525 5.7 766 8.3 5,920 64.4 414 4.5 9,189
2016/17 1,700 17.4 550 5.6 801 8.2 6,177 63.3 519 5.3 9,747

Table 9. Federal Conditional Release Population by Gender

Year Male Female Canada
# % # % #
2012/13 7,973 93.8 527 6.2 8,500
2013/14 8,085 94.2 500 5.8 8,585
2014/15 8,268 93.6 562 6.4 8,830
2015/16 8,570 93.3 619 6.7 9,189
2016/17 9,057 92.9 690 7.1 9,747

Table 10. Provincial Conditional Release Population by Region

Year Type Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies Pacific Canada

2012/13

   Day parole 15 - - 9 39 63
  Full parole 26 - - 12 33 71
  Long-term supervision - - - - -  
  Total 41 - - 21 72 134

2013/14

   Day parole 19 - - 13 44 76
  Full parole 29 - - 18 24 71
  Long-term supervision - - - - - -
  Total 48 - - 31 68 147

2014/15

   Day parole 22 - - 10 45 77
  Full parole 24 - - 12 17 53
  Long-term supervision - - - 1 - 1
  Total 46 - - 23 62 131

2015/16

   Day parole 17 - - 14 48 79
  Full parole 33 1 - 16 21 71
  Long-term supervision - 1 - - - 1
  Total 50 2 - 30 69 151

2016/17

   Day parole 17 - - 17 33 67
  Full parole 31 1 1 26 21 80
  Long-term supervision - - - - - -
  Total 48 1 1 43 54 147

Note: Excluded as of April 9, 2017, were: 8 UAL (1 Atlantic, 2 Prairies and 5 Pacific), and two offenders in the Pacific region who had been deported.
The provincial cases in the Quebec and Ontario regions were transfers from another region upon parole release or on an exchange of service.

Table 11. Offence Profile of the Total Federal Offender Population by Region (%)

Region Year Murder Schedule I-Sex Schedule I-Non-Sex Schedule II Non-Scheduled

Atlantic

 2012/13 15 11 38 19 18
2013/14 16 10 37 19 18
2014/15 16 10 37 19 18
2015/16 17 10 38 18 17
2016/17 17 10 40 19 15

Quebec

 2012/13 21 13 34 16 16
2013/14 20 14 35 18 14
2014/15 20 13 35 18 14
2015/16 20 14 34 20 13
2016/17 21 13 33 20 12

Ontario

 2012/13 21 13 33 17 15
2013/14 21 13 33 18 14
2014/15 22 14 33 18 13
2015/16 22 14 32 19 13
2016/17 22 14 32 20 12

Prairies

 2012/13 14 14 39 18 15
2013/14 14 14 39 19 15
2014/15 14 13 40 19 13
2015/16 14 13 41 19 13
2016/17 14 12 42 19 12

Pacific

 2012/13 30 12 34 10 14
2013/14 30 13 34 10 13
2014/15 31 12 34 11 12
2015/16 33 12 33 10 11
2016/17 33 11 35 11 10

Table 12. Offence Profile of the Federal Incarcerated and Conditional Release Population by Region in 2016/17 (%)

Region   Murder Schedule I-Sex Schedule I-Non-Sex Schedule II Non-Scheduled
Atlantic   Incarcerated 20 9 43 14 14
  Conditional release 13 10 35 25 17
Quebec   Incarcerated 22 13 38 15 12
  Conditional release 21 13 29 25 13
Ontario   Incarcerated 24 15 34 16 11
  Conditional release 20 12 31 24 13
Prairies   Incarcerated 14 12 46 16 13
  Conditional release 15 12 36 25 12
Pacific   Incarcerated 34 12 38 6 9
  Conditional release 31 10 31 17 11

Table 13. Offence Profile of the Federal Conditional Release Population (%)

Type Year Murder Schedule I-Sex Schedule I-Non-Sex Schedule II Non-Scheduled

Day parole

 2012/13 21 7 26 29 17
2013/14 21 8 27 28 16
2014/15 20 7 26 32 15
2015/16 19 9 29 31 13
2016/17 18 9 31 29 14

Full parole

 2012/13 44 5 14 26 11
2013/14 44 5 15 26 11
2014/15 44 5 14 27 11
2015/16 42 5 14 28 11
2016/17 40 6 16 28 11

Statutory release

 2012/13 - 14 48 17 21
2013/14 - 16 47 18 19
2014/15 - 14 49 18 19
2015/16 - 14 49 18 19
2016/17 - 13 51 20 16

LTSO

 2012/13 - 72 26 - 2
2013/14 - 72 26 - 2
2014/15 - 68 30 - 2
2015/16 - 67 32 - 1
2016/17 - 65 33 - 2

Table 14. Offence Profile of the Total Federal Offender Population by Indigenous and Race (%)

Race Year Murder Schedule I-Sex Schedule I-Non-Sex Schedule II Non-Scheduled

Indigenous

 2012/13 18 15 45 8 14
2013/14 18 15 45 9 13
2014/15 18 13 47 9 12
2015/16 18 12 48 10 12
2016/17 19 11 50 10 11

Asian

 2012/13 16 5 25 41 14
2013/14 16 4 26 40 13
2014/15 16 5 28 38 12
2015/16 17 6 28 38 10
2016/17 18 5 30 36 10

Black

 2012/13 16 8 40 24 12
2013/14 16 8 40 23 12
2014/15 17 8 41 23 12
2015/16 18 8 40 23 11
2016/17 19 7 40 23 9

White

 2012/13 22 14 32 15 16
2013/14 22 14 32 16 15
2014/15 22 14 32 17 15
2015/16 23 14 31 18 14
2016/17 23 14 31 18 13

Other

 2012/13 14 11 31 27 18
2013/14 13 11 35 26 16
2014/15 15 12 31 30 13
2015/16 12 13 31 30 14
2016/17 13 14 31 29 13

Table 15. Offence Profile of the Total Federal Offender Population by Gender (%)

Gender Year Murder Schedule I-Sex Schedule I-Non-Sex Schedule II Non-Scheduled

Male

 2012/13 20 14 35 16 15
2013/14 20 14 35 16 14
2014/15 21 14 36 17 13
2015/16 21 14 36 17 13
2016/17 21 13 36 17 12

Female

 2012/13 18 3 35 26 18
2013/14 18 3 35 27 17
2014/15 17 3 35 28 17
2015/16 17 3 35 30 16
2016/17 17 2 35 31 15

 

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