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Parole Board of Canada

PBC QuickStats
Parole, Pardons and Clemency
1. Approximate Number of Offenders Under Federal Custody
2. Federal Conditional Release Population
3. Number of Reviews
4. Number of Elder Assisted Hearings Conducted
5. Parole Grant Rate
6. Number of Appeal Decisions by the Appeals Division of the PBC
7. Successful Completion Rates for Federal Conditional Release
8. Number of PBC Contacts with Victims
9. Number of Victim Statements Presented at Hearings
10. Number of Observers at Hearings
11. Number of Decisions Sent from the Decision Registry
12. Number of Pardons Granted
13. Number of Record Suspensions Ordered
14. Number of Royal Prerogative of Mercy Granted
(Note: Unless otherwise noted, the following statistics are for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.)
1. Approximate Number of Offenders under Federal Custody
Incarcerated - 14,744
(Incarcerated 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, and those temporarily absent from the institution on some form of
temporary absence (Temporary Absence or Work Release).
Conditional Release - 8,500
(Conditional Release includes those federal offenders conditionally released on day parole, full parole
and statutory release and those on long term supervision orders including those paroled for
deportation and temporary detainees whether detained in a penitentiary or a provincial jail.)
2. Federal Conditional Release Population
Canada: 8,500
Atlantic region: 796
Quebec region: 2,197
Ontario region: 2,265
Prairies region: 1,979
Pacific region: 1,263
3. Number of Reviews
18,941 (both pre- and post-release)
This number represents both federal level reviews (18,205) and provincial level reviews (736) where
the PBC is responsible to hear provincial cases.
Note: A review could be by way of an office review on file or by way of a hearing with the offender in
the institution.
4. Number of Elder Assisted Hearings Conducted
The number of Elder Assisted Hearings: 468
Note: The purpose of Elder-Assisted Hearings is to create an environment that facilitates a culturally
sensitive hearing process for Aboriginal offenders, and for non-Aboriginal offenders who are committed
to an Aboriginal way of life.
5. Parole Grant Rate
Federal day parole: 68%
Federal full parole: 29%
6. Number of Appeal Decisions by the Appeals Division of the PBC
Federal cases: 577 decisions were rendered with the initial decision being affirmed in 88 percent of
cases.
Provincial cases: 44 decisions were rendered with the initial decision being affirmed in 82 percent of
cases.
7. Successful Completion Rates for Federal Conditional Release
Day parole: 89.3%
Full Parole: 85.2%
(Includes only those offenders serving determinate sentences as offenders serving indeterminate
sentences can only successfully complete full parole by dying.)
Statutory Release: 60.6% (Note: SR is a release by law and is not a PBC decision)
Offenders released on statutory release were far more likely to have had their releases revoked
because of a breach of condition or of a new offence than federal offenders on day parole or full
parole during each of the last five years.
8. Number of PBC Contacts with Victims
In 2012-2013: 22,475
Last five years: 108,627
9. Number of Victim Statements Presented at Hearings
In 2012-2013: 254 presentations at 140 hearings.
Last five years: 1,137 presentations at 656 hearings
10. Number of Observers at Hearings
In 2012-2013: 3,524
Last five years: 12,764
Date Modified: 2014-02-07
11. Number of Decisions Sent from the Decision Registry
In 2012-2013: 6,646
Last five years: 29,622
12. Number of Pardons Granted
In 2012-2013: 612 with a grant rate of 82%
13. Number of Record Suspensions Ordered
In 2012-2013: 6,030 with a grant rate of 97%
Note: Since 1970, more than 460,000 Canadians have received pardons and record suspensions. 96
percent of these are still in force, indicating that the vast majority of pardon/record suspension
recipients remain crime-free in the community.
14. Number of Royal Prerogative of Mercy Granted
In 2012: 52 requests received, 12 granted.

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