People admitted to the Whitehorse Correctional Centre include those sentenced to provincial custody by the courts, those remanded awaiting trial or those being held on orders such as immigration holds or Yukon Review Board clients. Anyone who enters the facility for these purposes is counted as an admission.
April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
| Whitehorse Correctional Centre | Total admissions |
|---|---|
| We count every admission. Therefore 1 person may have more than 1 admission in a reporting period. | 306 |
| Sentence |
22.2% |
| Remand | 73.9% |
| Other sentence types: immigration hold, Yukon Review Board, or federal sentence. | 3.9% |
| Admissions by gender | |
| Male | 86.6% |
| Female | 13.4% |
| Admissions by age | |
| 18 to 34 | 52.6% |
| 35 to 49 | 32% |
| 50 and over | 15.4% |
| Average age at admission | 37.4 years old |
| Admissions by ethnicity | |
| First Nations | 70.6% |
| Non-First Nations | 29.4% |
| Sentenced admission by length (original sentence) | |
| Less than 30 days | 23.5% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 33.8% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 32.4% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 5.9% |
| Average length of sentenced admission | 111.4 days |
| Time served by length (actual) for sentenced inmates | |
| Each inmate is eligible to have their period of incarceration reduced up to 33% with earned remission days. | |
| Less than 30 days | 38.3% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 38.3% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 23.4% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 0% |
| Average time served by length (actual) | |
| Sentenced inmates | 68.9 days |
| Remand inmates | 48.6 days |
April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023
| Whitehorse Correctional Centre | Total admissions |
|---|---|
| We count every admission. Therefore 1 person may have more than 1 admission in a reporting period. | 292 |
| Sentence | 27.4% |
| Remand | 70.5% |
| Other sentence types: immigration hold, Yukon Review Board, or federal sentence. | 2.1% |
| Admissions by gender | |
| Male | 88.0% |
| Female | 12.0% |
| Admissions by age | |
| 18 to 34 | 53.4% |
| 35 to 49 | 33.9% |
| 50 and over | 12.7% |
| Average age at admission | 35.6 years old |
| Admissions by ethnicity | |
| First Nations | 67.5% |
| Non-First Nations | 32.5% |
| Sentenced admission by length (original sentence) | |
| Less than 30 days | 35.0% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 37.5% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 25.0% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 1.3% |
| Average length of sentenced admission | 79.1 days |
| Time served by length (actual) for sentenced inmates | |
| Each inmate is eligible to have their period of incarceration reduced up to 33% with earned remission days. | |
| Less than 30 days | 39.5% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 29.1% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 29.1% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 2.3% |
| Average time served by length (actual) | |
| Sentenced inmates | 91.6 days |
| Remand inmates | 62.4 days |
April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022
| Whitehorse Correctional Centre | Total admissions |
|---|---|
| We count every admission. Therefore 1 person may have more than 1 admission in a reporting period. | 252 |
| Sentence | 21.4% |
| Remand | 77.1% |
| Other sentence types: immigration hold, Yukon Review Board, or federal sentence. | 1.5% |
| Admissions by gender | |
| Male | 88.7% |
| Female | 11.3% |
| Admissions by age | |
| 18 to 34 | 48% |
| 35 to 49 | 37% |
| 50 and over | 15% |
| Average age at admission | 36.3 years old |
| Admissions by ethnicity | |
| First Nations | 63.9% |
| Non-First Nations | 36.1% |
| Sentenced admission by length (original sentence) | |
| Less than 30 days | 22.9% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 31.4% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 28.6% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 10% |
| Average length of sentenced admission | 105.9 days |
| Time served by length (actual) for sentenced inmates | |
| Each inmate is eligible to have their period of incarceration reduced up to 33% with earned remission days. | |
| Less than 30 days | 44.8% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 28.4% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 25.4% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 1.5% |
| Average time served by length (actual) | |
| Sentenced inmates | 69.5 days |
| Remand inmates | 38.2 days |
April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021
| Whitehorse Correctional Centre | Total admissions |
|---|---|
| We count every admission. Therefore 1 person may have more than 1 admission in a reporting period. | 459 |
| Sentence |
19.6% |
| Remand | 79.1% |
| Other sentence types: immigration hold, Yukon Review Board, or federal sentence. | 1.5% |
| Admissions by gender | |
| Male | 89.5% |
| Female | 10.5% |
| Admissions by age | |
| 18 to 34 | 45.8% |
| 35 to 49 | 41% |
| 50 and over | 13.3% |
| Average age at admission | 36.4 years old |
| Admissions by ethnicity | |
| First Nations | 63.6% |
| Non-First Nations | 36.4% |
| Sentenced admission by length (original sentence) | |
| Less than 30 days | 31.1% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 43.3% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 24.4% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 1.1% |
| Average length of sentenced admission | 69.3 days |
| Time served by length (actual) for sentenced inmates | |
| Each inmate is eligible to have their period of incarceration reduced up to 33% with earned remission days. | |
| Less than 30 days | 48.2% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 36.1% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 13.3% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 2.4% |
| Average time served by length (actual) | |
| Sentenced inmates | 56.3 days |
| Remand inmates | 40.9 days |
April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020
| Whitehorse Correctional Centre | Total admissions |
|---|---|
| We count every admission. Therefore 1 person may have more than 1 admission in a reporting period. | 399 |
| Sentence |
18.5% |
| Remand | 80.7% |
| Other sentence types: immigration hold, Yukon Review Board, or federal sentence. | <1% |
| Admissions by gender | |
| Male | 87.2% |
| Female | 12.8% |
| Admissions by age | |
| 18 to 34 | 45.9% |
| 35 to 49 | 38.6% |
| 50 and over | 15.5% |
| Average age at admission | 38 years old |
| Admissions by ethnicity | |
| First Nations | 65.4% |
| Non-First Nations | 34.6% |
| Sentenced admission by length (original sentence) | |
| Less than 30 days | 26% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 37% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 31.5% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 5.5% |
| Average length of sentenced admission | 101.9 days |
| Time served by length (actual) for sentenced inmates | |
| Each inmate is eligible to have their period of incarceration reduced up to 33% with earned remission days. | |
| Less than 30 days | 27.4% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 37% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 32.9% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 2.7% |
| Average time served by length (actual) | |
| Sentenced inmates | 86.6 days |
| Remand inmates | 34.8 days |
April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019
| Whitehorse Correctional Centre | Total admissions |
|---|---|
| We count every admission. Therefore 1 person may have more than 1 admission in a reporting period. | 424 |
| Sentence |
30% |
| Remand | 69% |
| Other sentence types: immigration hold, Yukon Review Board, or federal sentence. | <1% |
| Admissions by gender | |
| Male | 91% |
| Female | 9% |
| Admissions by age | |
| 18 to 34 | 44% |
| 35 to 49 | 36% |
| 50 and over | 20% |
| Average age at admission | 38 years old |
| Admissions by ethnicity | |
| First Nations | 66% |
| Non-First Nations | 34% |
| Sentenced admission by length (original sentence) | |
| Less than 30 days | 32% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 26% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 31% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 7% |
| Average length of sentenced admission | 94 days |
| Time served by length (actual) for sentenced inmates | |
| Each inmate is eligible to have their period of incarceration reduced up to 33% with earned remission days. | |
| Less than 30 days | 60% |
| 30 days to 89 days | 24% |
| 90 days to 364 days | 13% |
| 365 days to 2 years or more | 2% |
| Average time served by length (actual) | |
| Sentenced inmates | 52 days |
| Remand inmates | 37 days |
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