List of prisons in Canada

This is a list of prisons and other secure correctional facilities in Canada. 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. 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 correctional facility. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces serving sentences under military law serve their sentences at detention barracks designated by the Department of National Defence.

Ontario

See also: List of provincial correctional facilities in Ontario

Men's

Administered by the Correctional Service of Canada
Name	Location	Opened	Security classification
Bath Institution	Bath	1972	Medium
Beaver Creek Institution	Gravenhurst	1961	Minimum/Medium
Collins Bay Institution	Kingston	1930	Minimum/Medium/Maximum
Joyceville Institution	Kingston	1959	Minimum
Millhaven Institution	Bath	1971	Maximum
Warkworth Institution	Campbellford	1967	Medium
Administered by the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General
Name	Opened	Location	Security classification
Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre	Sault Ste. Marie	1990	Medium/Maximum
Brockville Jail	Brockville	1842	Maximum
Central East Correctional Centre	Lindsay	2002	Medium/Maximum
Central North Correctional Centre	Penetanguishene	2001	Medium/Maximum
Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre	London	1977	Maximum
Fort Frances Jail	Fort Frances	1908[1]
Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre	Hamilton	1978[1]
Kenora Jail	Kenora	1929[1]
Maplehurst Correctional Complex	Milton	1975	Medium/Maximum
Monteith Correctional Complex	Iroquois Falls	1938	Medium/Maximum
Niagara Detention Centre	Thorold	1973[1]
North Bay Jail	North Bay	1930	Maximum
Ontario Correctional Institute	Brampton	1973[1]
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre	Ottawa	1972
Quinte Detention Centre	Greater Napanee	1971
St. Lawrence Valley Correctional & Treatment Centre[2]	Brockville	2003[1]
Sarnia Jail	Sarnia	1961[1]
South West Detention Centre	Maidstone	2013[1]
Stratford Jail	Stratford	1901[1]
Sudbury Jail	Sudbury	1928[1]
Thunder Bay Correctional Centre	Thunder Bay	1965[1]
Thunder Bay Jail	Thunder Bay	1928[1]
Toronto East Detention Centre	Toronto	1977	Maximum
Toronto South Detention Centre	Toronto	2014	Medium/Maximum

Women's

Administered by the Correctional Service of Canada
Name	Opened	Location	Security classification
Grand Valley Institution for Women	1997	Kitchener	Minimum/Medium
Administered by the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General
Vanier Centre for Women	2003	Milton	Medium/Maximum

Quebec

Men's

• Donnacona Institution (Maximum)
• Port-Cartier Institution (Maximum)
• Regional Reception Centre (Maximum)
• Archambault Institution (Medium)
• Cowansville Institution (Medium)
• Drummondville Institution (Medium)
• La Macaza Institution (Medium)
• Leclerc Institution (Medium)
• Bordeaux Prison (Minimum)
• Federal Training Centre (Minimum)
• Montée Saint-François Institution (Minimum)
• Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (Minimum), also location of super-max Special Handling Unit
• Rivière-des-Prairie (RDP) Institution (Minimum)
• Talbot Institution (Minimum)

Women's

• Joliette Institution (Multi)
• Établissement de détention Leclerc de Laval (Multi)

Atlantic

Men's

• Atlantic Institution (Maximum, federal, in Renous-Quarryville, New Brunswick)
• Dorchester Penitentiary (Medium, federal, in Dorchester, New Brunswick)
• Her Majesty's Penitentiary (Medium-Maximum, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Springhill Institution (Medium, federal, in Springhill, Nova Scotia)
• Westmorland Institution (Minimum, federal, in Dorchester, New Brunswick)
• Saint John Correctional Facility (Multi-level, provincial, in Saint John, New Brunswick)

Women's

• Nova Institution For Women (Minimum-Maximum, federal, in Truro, Nova Scotia)

Both sexes

• Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (Medium, provincial, in Burnside Park)
  • East Coast Forensic Hospital

Prairie

Men's

• Edmonton Institution (Maximum)
• Edmonton Remand Centre
• Grierson Centre (Minimum)
• Calgary Remand Centre
• Drumheller Institution (Medium/Minimum)
• Bowden Institution (Medium/Minimum)
• Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary (Medium/Maximum)
• Saskatoon Correctional Centre (Remand/Multi-level)
• Regional Psychiatric Centre (Multi)
• Stony Mountain Institution (Medium/Maximum/Minimum)
• Headingley Correctional Centre (Remand/Multi-level)

Women's

• Edmonton Institution for Women (Multi)
• Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge (Medium/Minimum)

Pacific

Provincial

• Alouette Correctional Centre for Women
• Ford Mountain
• Fraser Regional Correctional Centre
• Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre
• Nanaimo Correctional Centre
• North Fraser Pretrial Centre
• Prince George Regional Correctional Centre
• Surrey Pretrial Services Centre
• Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre

Men's

• Regional Treatment Centre / Pacific Institution & Regional Reception Centre
• Kent Institution (Maximum)
• Matsqui Institution (Medium)
• Mountain Institution (Medium)
• Mission Institution (Medium)
• William Head Institution (Minimum)
• Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village (Minimum)
• Ferndale Institution (Minimum)
• Dualeh Elmi Institution (Minimum)

Women's

Fraser Valley Institution for Women (Minimum, Medium, Maximum)

Other Canadian correctional facilities

• Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks
• North Slave Correctional Complex
• Baffin Correctional Centre

References

1. "Interim Report of the Independent Reviewer of the Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services' Compliance with the 2013 Jahn Settlement Agreement and the Terms of the Consent Order of January 16, 2018 Issued by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario" (PDF). Ontario Human Rights Commission.
2. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/st-lawrence-valley-correctional-and-treatment-centre/article631320/