Table 1: Summary of data for adults admitted to custody, initial entries to custody, and admissions, Canada and Ontario, 2014/2015 [8, 10, 11].

Canada Ontario
federal facilities provincial/ territorial facilities provincial facilities
Persons in custody Per day 15,168 [8] 24,455 [8] 7,785 [8]
   Per year* <20,000 [10] unknown <48,615 [11]
    Initial entries per year† N/A 52,966‡ [8] 36,117 [8]
Admissions per year Statistics Canada admissions§ 7,565 [8] 197,454 [8] 75,657 [8]
Admissions to custody|| ~5,000 [10] unknown 58,778 [8]

*Estimate calculated as the number of persons in custody on a given day plus the number of admissions to custody per year. †Initial entry refers to the periods of uninterrupted supervision within the adult correctional system [10]. Data are available for only Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. §The Statistics Canada definition of admission includes entry to custody and changes in legal status while in custody or on release. This data do not include admissions to provincial custody in Alberta [10]. ||Number of times a person entered custody per year.