Youth Custody and Community Services (YCCS)

Summary of changes

Activity on this program started: Fiscal year 1997/98 (YCCS); Fiscal Year 2003/04 (ICSS)

Reference period of change - 2005/2006

Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Ontario as well as Alberta community corrections data are collected through the Integrated Correctional Services Survey (ICSS).

Reference period of change - 2004/2005

Data sources - Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, as well as Alberta community corrections data are collected through the Integrated Correctional Services Survey (ICSS).

Reference period of change - 2003/2004

As of the 2003-2004 reference period, data from New Brunswick are collected through the Integrated Correctional Services Survey (ICSS), a new person-based survey that is currently being implemented in several jurisdictions across Canada.

The ICSS is a census survey based on electronically-extracted micro-data that is conducted annually. It is also longitudinal in that it follows correctional histories of offenders. Therefore, YCCS has become a census with a cross-sectional design and a longitudinal follow-up.