This is a list of prisons and other secure correctional facilities in Canada, not including local jails.
In Canada, all offenders who receive a sentence of 24 months or greater must serve their sentence in a federal correctional facility administered by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). Any offender who receives a sentence less than 24 months, or who is incarcerated while awaiting trial or sentencing, must serve their sentence in a provincial/territorial correctional facility.
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are sentenced under military law serve their sentences at detention barracks designated by the Department of National Defence. For inmates with serious mental health conditions, CSC has 5 regional treatment centres.
In addition, CSC also provides healing lodges specifically for Indigenous offenders, designed with the intention "to address factors that led to their incarceration and prepare them for reintegration into society." CSC currently funds and/or operates 10 healing lodges across Canada, while others are operated by local Indigenous communities or partner organizations.
Ontario Provincial correctional facilities in Ontario are administered by the province's Ministry of the Solicitor General. Name Location Opened Security classificationSexesAdministration Bath Institution Bath 1972 MediumMenFederal Beaver Creek Institution Gravenhurst 1961 Minimum/MediumMenFederal Collins Bay Institution Kingston 1930 Minimum/Medium/Maximum MenFederalGrand Valley Institution for WomenKitchener1997Minimum/MediumWomenFederal Joyceville Institution Kingston 1959 MinimumMenFederal Millhaven Institution Bath 1971 MaximumMenFederal Warkworth Institution Trent Hills 1967 MediumMenFederalAlgoma Treatment and Remand Centre Sault Ste. Marie 1990 Medium/MaximumMenProvincialBrockville Jail Brockville 1842 MaximumMenProvincialCentral East Correctional CentreKawartha Lakes2002 Medium/MaximumMenProvincialCentral North Correctional CentrePenetanguishene2001 Medium/MaximumMenProvincialElgin-Middlesex Detention CentreLondon1977 MaximumMen / 1 women's range ProvincialFort Frances JailFort Frances1908MenProvincialHamilton-Wentworth Detention CentreHamilton1978MaximumMenProvincialKenora JailKenora1929Maximum Men/WomenProvincialMaplehurst Correctional ComplexMilton1975Medium/MaximumMenProvincialMonteith Correctional ComplexIroquois Falls1938Medium/MaximumMenProvincialNiagara Detention CentreThorold1973MenProvincialNorth Bay JailNorth Bay1930MaximumMenProvincialOntario Correctional InstituteBrampton1973MenProvincialOttawa-Carleton Detention CentreOttawa1972MenProvincialQuinte Detention CentreGreater Napanee1971MenProvincialBrockville2003MenProvincialSarnia JailSarnia1961MenProvincialSouth West Detention CentreLakeshore2013MaximumMen & WomenProvincialStratford JailStratford1901 MenProvincialSudbury JailGreater Sudbury1928MenProvincialThunder Bay Correctional CentreThunder Bay1965MixedProvincialThunder Bay JailThunder Bay1928MenProvincialToronto East Detention CentreScarborough1977MaximumMenProvincialToronto South Detention Centre Etobicoke2014Medium/MaximumMenProvincialVanier Centre for WomenMilton2003Medium/MaximumWomenProvincial
Quebec In Quebec, provincial correctional facilities are administered by the province's Ministry of Public Security (French: Ministère de la Sécurité publique). Name Location Security classificationSexesAdministrationArchambault Institution Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines MediumMenFederalBordeaux PrisonMontrealMinimumMenProvincialCowansville InstitutionCowansvilleMediumMenFederalDonnacona Institution Donnacona MaximumMenFederalDrummondville InstitutionDrummondvilleMediumMenFederalFederal Training CentreLavalMinimumMenFederalJoliette Institution for WomenJolietteMultiWomenFederalLa Macaza InstitutionLa MacazaMediumMenFederalLeclerc InstitutionLavalMultiWomenProvincialMontée Saint-François InstitutionLavalMinimumMenFederalPort-Cartier InstitutionPort-CartierMaximumMenFederalRegional Mental Health CentreSainte-Anne-des-Plaines(treatment centre)FederalRegional Reception Centre
Special Handling UnitSainte-Anne-des-PlainesMaximum
SupermaxMenFederalRivière-des-Prairie (RDP) InstitutionMontréalMinimumMenProvincialTalbot InstitutionMinimumMenProvincialWaseskun Healing CentreSaint-Alphonse-RodriguezMinimum (healing lodge)MenFederal
Atlantic The Atlantic Region consists of four provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Name Location Security classificationSexesAdministrationAtlantic Institution Blackville, New Brunswick MaximumMenFederalDorchester Penitentiary Dorchester, New Brunswick MediumMenFederalHer Majesty's Penitentiary St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Medium-Maximum MenFederalShepody Healing CentreDorchester, New BrunswickMulti-level (treatment facility)MenFederalProvincial Correctional CentreMiltonvale Park, Prince Edward IslandMinimumBothProvincialPrince County Correctional CentreSummerside, Prince Edward IslandMinimumMenProvincialSpringhill InstitutionCumberland County, Nova ScotiaMediumMenFederalWestmorland Institution Dorchester, New Brunswick MinimumMenFederalNova Institution For Women Truro, Nova Scotia Minimum-MaximumWomenFederalSaint John Correctional FacilitySaint John, New Brunswick Multi-levelMenProvincialCentral Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityEast Coast Forensic Hospital Halifax, Nova ScotiaMediumBothProvincialNew Brunswick Women's Correctional CentreMiramichi, New BrunswickMulti-LevelWomenProvincial
Prairie The Prairie Region consists of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, as well as Northwestern Ontario and the Northwest Territories. Name Location Security classificationSexesAdministrationBowden InstitutionBowden, ABMinimum/MediumMenFederalBrandon Correctional CentreBrandon, MBMediumMenProvincial (Manitoba Corrections)Buffalo Sage for WomenEdmonton, ABMinimum (healing lodge)WomenCommunity (Native Counselling Service of Alberta)Calgary Remand CentreCalgary, ABRemandMenCanadian Forces Service Prison and Detention BarracksEdmonton, ABCanadian Armed ForcesDrumheller InstitutionDrumheller, ABMinimum/MediumMenFederalEdmonton Institution Edmonton, ABMaximumMenFederalEdmonton Institution for Women Edmonton, ABMultiWomenFederalEdmonton Remand Centre Edmonton, AB RemandMenFort Smith Correctional ComplexFort Smith, NWTBothTerritorial (NWT Corrections Service)Grande Cache InstitutionGrande Cache, ABMenFederalGrierson Centre Edmonton, ABMinimum MenFederalHeadingley Correctional CentreHeadingley, MBRemand/Multi-levelMenProvincial (Manitoba Corrections)Milner Ridge Correctional CentreBeausejour, MBMultiMenProvincial (Manitoba Corrections)North Slave Correctional ComplexYellowknife, NWTMenTerritorial (NWT Corrections Service)O-chi-chak-ko-sipi First Nation Healing LodgeO-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi, MBMinimum (healing lodge)MenOchichakkosipi First NationOkimaw Ohci Healing Lodge for Aboriginal WomenNear Maple Creek, SK Minimum/Medium (healing lodge)WomenFederalThe Pas Correctional CentreThe Pas, MBMultiBothProvincial (Manitoba Corrections)Pê Sâkâstêw CentreMaskwacis, ABMinimum (healing lodge)MenFederalPrince Albert Grand Council Spiritual Healing LodgePrince Albert, SKMinimum (healing lodge)Community Regional Psychiatric CentreSaskatoon, SKMultiBothFederalRiverbend InstitutionOne kilometre west of Prince Albert, SKMinimumMenFederalRockwood InstitutionStony Mountain, MBMinimumMenProvincial (Manitoba Corrections)Saskatchewan PenitentiaryOne kilometre west of Prince Albert, SKMedium/MaximumMenFederalSaskatoon Correctional CentreSaskatoon, SKRemand/Multi-levelMenSouth Mackenzie Correctional CentreHay River, NWTMinimum/MediumMenTerritorial (NWT Corrections Service)Stan Daniels Healing CentreEdmonton, ABMinimum (healing lodge)MenCommunity (Native Counselling Service of Alberta)Stony Mountain InstitutionStony Mountain, MBMultiMenFederalWillow Cree Healing LodgeDuck Lake, SKMinimum (healing lodge)MenFederalWinnipeg Remand CentreWinnipeg, MBRemand/Multi-levelBothProvincial (Manitoba Corrections)Women’s Correctional CentreHeadingley, MBMultiWomenProvincial (Manitoba Corrections)
Pacific The Pacific Region consists of the province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
Provincial correctional facilities in BC are administered by B.C. Corrections under the province's Ministry of Attorney General. Meanwhile, those in the Yukon are administered by Yukon Corrections. Name Location Security classificationSexesAdministrationAlouette Correctional Centre for WomenMaple Ridge, BCWomenProvincialFord Mountain Correctional CentreChilliwack, BCMediumMenProvincialFraser Regional Correctional CentreMaple Ridge, BCSecureMenProvincialFraser Valley Institution for WomenFraser Valley, BCMultiWomenFederalKamloops Regional Correctional CentreKamloops, BCMenProvincialKent InstitutionAgassiz, BCMaximumMenFederalKwìkwèxwelhp Healing VillageHarrison Mills, BCMinimum (healing lodge)MenFederalMatsqui InstitutionAbbotsford, BCMediumMenFederalMountain InstitutionAgassiz, BCMediumMenFederalMission InstitutionMission, BCMediumMenFederalMission Minimum Institution (formerly Ferndale Institution)Mission, BCMinimumMenFederalNanaimo Correctional CentreNanaimo, BCMenProvincialNorth Fraser Pretrial CentrePort Coquitlam, BCRemandMenProvincialOkanagan Correctional CentreOliver, BCMixedProvincialPrince George Regional Correctional CentrePrince George, BCProvincialPacific Institution/Regional Treatment CentreAbbotsford, BC(treatment centre)MenFederalSurrey Pretrial Services CentreSurrey, BCRemandMenProvincialVancouver Island Regional Correctional CentreVictoria, BCMaximumProvincialWhitehorse Correctional CentreWhitehorse, YukonMultiBothTerritorialWilliam Head InstitutionMetchosin, BC MinimumMenFederal
Nunavut +Facilities, as of 2015 Name Location Opened Security classificationSexesBaffin Correctional Centre (now Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility)Iqaluit1986Minimum-MaximumMenKugluktuk Ilavut CentreKugluktuk2005MinimumMenMakigiarvikIqaluit2015MinimumMenNunavut Women’s Correctional CentreIqaluit2010MediumWomenRankin Inlet Healing FacilityRankin Inlet2013Minimum-MediumMenUttaqivik Community Residential CentreIqaluit2000Minimum (halfway house)Men
See also List of youth detention centre incidents in Canada
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