This is a listing of past and present correctional facilities run by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada. Provincial correctional facilities for adults are operated by the province's Ministry of the Solicitor General. Youth facilities have at various times been under the same jurisdiction, but currently fall under the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
Types of facilities Adult correctional facilities in Ontario are divided into four categories: correctional centres, jails, detention centres, and treatment centres. Some facilities are more than one type. Correctional centres house sentenced offenders who are serving a period of incarceration of up to two years, less a day. Provincial jails (historically spelled gaols) and detention centres house persons awaiting trial, offenders serving short sentences, or offenders awaiting transfer to other facilities. Jails are smaller and older facilities originally established by local governments while detention centres are larger, regional facilities. Treatment centres are specialized facilities treating offenders for sexual misconduct, substance abuse, anger management, and other issues.
Youth correctional facilities in Ontario are also called "secure custody facilities" and hold young people who are between 12 and 17 years of age. Youths are held in secure custody facilities if they are sentenced to secure custody after being found guilty of a crime or if a youth is ordered to be held in custody before or during a trial. , the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services directly operates six secure custody facilities.
Operational correctional facilities Adult
Name Location OpenedAlgoma Treatment and Remand CentreSault Ste. Marie1990Brockville JailBrockville1842Central East Correctional CentreLindsay2002Central North Correctional CentrePenetanguishene2001Elgin-Middlesex Detention CentreLondon1977Fort Frances JailFort Frances1908Hamilton-Wentworth Detention CentreHamilton1978Kenora JailKenora1929Maplehurst Correctional ComplexMilton1975Monteith Correctional ComplexIroquois Falls1938Niagara Detention CentreThorold1973North Bay JailNorth Bay1930Ontario Correctional InstituteBrampton1973Ottawa-Carleton Detention CentreOttawa1972Quinte Detention CentreGreater Napanee1971Brockville2003Sarnia JailSarnia1961South West Detention CentreMaidstone2013Stratford JailStratford1901Sudbury JailSudbury1928Thunder Bay Correctional CentreThunder Bay1965Thunder Bay JailThunder Bay1928Toronto East Detention CentreToronto1977Toronto South Detention Centre Toronto2014Vanier Centre for WomenMilton2003Waypoint Centre for Mental Health CarePenetanguishene1904
Youth
Name Location OpenedCecil Facer Youth CentreSudbury1971Donald Doucet Youth CentreSault Ste. Marie2008Justice Ronald Lester Youth CentreThunder Bay2009Roy McMurtry Youth CentreBrampton2009Syl Apps Youth CentreOakville1973Sprucedale Youth CentreSimcoe1966
Past jails and correctional facilities
Facility Opened ClosedAndrew Mercer Reformatory for Women18721969Barrie Jail18422001Belleville Jail18381971Bluewater Youth Centre19852002Brookside Youth Centre19482021Bracebridge Jail18821946Brampton Adult Training Centre19471979Brampton Jail18671977Brantford Jail18522017Burtch Correctional Centre19492003Burwash Industrial Farm19141974Carleton County Jail (see Nicholas Street Gaol)Cayuga Jail18511973Chatham Jail18502014Cobourg Jail18341998Concord Industrial Farm for Women (see Toronto Municipal Farm for Women (Concord))Cornwall Jail18332002Durham Camp (see Millbrook Correctional Centre)Goderich Jail (see Huron County Gaol)Grandview Training School for Girls19331976Guelph Correctional Centre19102003Guelph Jail18401980Haileybury Jail19351998Halton County Jail18631978Hamilton Jail18321978Home District Jail (Toronto)18381887Huron County Gaol18421972Invictus Youth CentreKing Street Gaol17981827(?)King Street Gaol1824Kingston Jail18352014Kitchener Jail18531978L'Orignal Jail18251998Lindsay Jail18632003Millbrook Correctional Centre19572003Milton Jail18781978Mimico Correctional Centre18872011Napanee Jail18651971Niagara Falls GaolNicholas Street Gaol18621972Norfolk County Gaol18481978Ontario County Jail (Whitby)Demolition of Ontario County Jail, 1960, Thomas Bouckley, Whitby Archives, 07-002-005.18531960Ontario Reformatory—Brampton (see Brampton Adult Training Centre)Ontario Reformatory—Guelph (see Guelph Correctional Centre)Ontario Reformatory—Millbrook (see Millbrook Correctional Centre)Ontario Reformatory—Mimico (see Mimico Correctional Centre)Orangeville JailOttawa Jail18621972Owen Sound Jail18542011Parry Sound Jail18782001Peel County Jail (see Brampton Jail)Pembroke Jail18672004Peterborough Jail18422001Picton Jail18341971Port Dalhousie Jail1845Project Turnaround (operated by Encourage Youth Corporation)19972004Renfrew County Gaol18662004Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre (Burritts Rapids)19472004Sault Ste. Marie District Jail19282003St. Catharines Jail18681973Simcoe Jail18671978Toronto Central Prison18731915Toronto (Don) Jail18642014Toronto Municipal Farm for Women (Concord)19121939Toronto West Detention Centre19782014Toronto Youth Assessment Centre (see also Mimico Correctional Centre Chronology)Trafalgar JailVictoria Industrial School for Boys (see also Mimico Correctional Centre Chronology)Walkerton Jail18662011Waterloo Detention Centre19782001Wellington Detention Centre19802001Whitby JailWhitby Jail, 1958, unknown photographer, Whitby Archives, 07-002-013.19582003Windsor Jail2014Woodstock Jail18531977
See also
List of youth detention incidents in Canada :Category:Correctional Service of Canada institutions
Notes
References
Correctional Services - Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General Ontario Archives