Provincial correctional services in Canada


In Canada, the criminal legal system is divided into federal and provincial/territorial jurisdictions. Provincial/territorial correctional facilities hold people who have been sentenced to less than two years in custody and people being held on remand. Federal Correctional Facilities, which are the responsibility of Correctional Service of Canada—is concerned with people who have been sentenced to two years or more in custody.
Provincial/territorial jurisdiction includes: remand for those with a custody sentence of less than two years; community sentences such as fines, community service, or probation; including pre-trial supervision, community and custody sentences, and Extrajudicial Sanctions Programs. Youth criminal legal facilities and sentencing are also provincial/territorial but are usually governed by the ministry responsible for child and youth services, rather than the body responsible for adult corrections.
Though immigration detention is facilitated by the Canada Border Services Agency, immigration detainees may also be kept in provincial/territorial facilities because either the federal Immigration Holding Centres are full, there is no IHC in their region, or the detainee's file has a link to criminality.

Alberta

Corrections in Alberta are administered by the Correctional Services of the Ministry of
Justice.
  • Calgary Correctional Centre
  • Remand Centre
  • Edmonton Remand Centre — largest in Canada
  • Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre
  • Lethbridge Correctional Centre
  • Medicine Hat Remand Centre
  • Peace River Correctional Centre
  • Red Deer Remand Centre
  • Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre
  • * Metis Nation Wilderness Camp
  • *Alsike Minimum Security Camp
  • * Fort McMurray Minimum Security Camp
  • Kainai Community Correctional Centre

British Columbia

Corrections in British Columbia are administered by B.C. Corrections under the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General., BC has 10 correctional centres throughout the province.
NameLocationSecurity
Alouette Correctional Centre for WomenMaple RidgeMultilevel
Ford Mountain Correctional CentreChilliwackMedium/open custody
Fraser Regional Correctional CentreMaple RidgeMultilevel
Kamloops Regional Correctional CentreKamloopsMultilevel
Nanaimo Correctional CentreNanaimoMedium/open custody
North Fraser Pretrial CentrePort CoquitlamRemand
Okanagan Correctional CentreOliverMultilevel
Prince George Regional Correctional CentrePrince GeorgeMultilevel
Surrey Pretrial Services CentreSurreyRemand
Vancouver Island Regional Correctional CentreVictoriaMultilevel

Manitoba

Correctional services in Manitoba are administered by Manitoba Corrections, under the province's Department of Justice.
NameLocationSecurityInmates
Agassiz Youth Centre Portage la PrairieMultilevelYouth males
Brandon Correctional CentreBrandonMediumAdult males
Headingley Correctional InstitutionMB Highway 1MultilevelAdult males
Manitoba Youth Centre WinnipegMultilevelYouth males & females
Milner Ridge Correctional CentreAgassiz Provincial Forest, BeausejourMultilevelAdult males
The Pas Correctional CentreThe Pas.MultilevelAdult males & females
Winnipeg Remand CentreDowntown WinnipegMultilevelAdult males & females
Women’s Correctional CentreHeadingleyMultilevelAdult females

New Brunswick

Correctional services in New Brunswick are administered by the Community & Correctional Services of Department of Justice and Public Safety.
NameLocationNotes
Dalhousie Regional Correctional CentreDalhousieestablished 2011; estimated cost: $16M
Island View Community Residential CentreFredericton
Madawaska Regional Correctional CentreSaint-Hilaireestablished 1980
New Brunswick Women's Correctional CentreMiramichiestablished 2011
New Brunswick Youth CentreMiramichiestablished 1998
Saint John Regional Correctional CentreSaint Johnestablished 1981
Southeast Regional Correctional CentreShediacestablished 2012; estimated cost: $40M
Bathurst Day Detention CentreBathurstclosed 2011
Moncton Detention CentreMonctonclosed 2011

Newfoundland and Labrador

Correctional services in Newfoundland and Labrador are administered by the Corrections and Community Services branch of the Department of Justice and Public Safety.
NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotes
Bishop’s Falls Correctional CentreBishop's FallsminimumAdult males
  • opened in 1983
Corner Brook LockupCorner BrookremandAdult males & females
  • operated by the Adult Custody Division since 1981
    • Her Majesty’s PenitentiarySt. John’smedium/maximumAdult males
  • constructed in 1859; renovated in 1945, 1981, 1994
  • houses all admissions from the Avalon Peninsula, high-security male inmates, long-term remands, and those awaiting transfer to a federal penitentiary
    • Labrador Correctional CentreHappy Valley-Goose Bayminimum/mediumAdult
    Newfoundland & Labrador Correctional Centre for WomenClarenvilleminimum/remandAdult females
  • opened in 1982
  • the only facility for female prisoners in the province
    • Newfoundland and Labrador Youth CentreWhitbourneYouth
    St. John’s LockupSt. John’sremandAdult males & females
  • operated by the Adult Custody Division since 1981
  • a short-term holding unit for inmates remanded to await court appearance
  • under the auspices of His Majesty's Penitentiary
    • St. John’s Youth Detention CentreSt. John’sYouth
    West Coast Correctional InstitutionStephenvilleminimum/mediumAdult
  • constructed in 1978
    • Salmonier Correctional Institutionclosed 2004

    Nova Scotia

    Corrections in Nova Scotia are administered by the Correctional Services of the province's Department of Justice.
    NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotes
    Cape Breton Correctional FacilitySydneymediumAdult males
    • opened on 21 February 1975
    • capacity of 96 adult male offenders
    • co-located with the Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility
    Cape Breton Youth Detention Facilityremand Youth males & females
  • opened on 28 August 2006
  • capacity of 8 offenders
  • co-located with the Cape Breton Correctional Facility
    • Central Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityDartmouthmediumAdult males & females
  • opened in October 2001
  • capacity of 322 males and 48 females
  • co-located with the Capital District Health Authority's East Coast Forensic Hospital
    • Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityNew GlasgowAdult
  • opened in February 2015
  • capacity of 196 offenders
  • designed with two separate units—Alpha and Bravo—each consisting of 3 smaller ‘living units’ for offenders, including a 40-bed, 38-bed, and a 20-bed living space.
  • services courthouses in Truro, Amherst, Pictou, Antigonish, and Port Hawkesbury.
    • Nova Scotia Youth CentreWatervillemultilevel/remandYouth males & females
  • opened on 20 June 1988
  • 120 cells
  • co-located with an IWK Health Centre site
  • partnered with the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board to operate Valley Integrated Youth Services, an off-site education program
    • Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityYarmouthmedium/minimumAdult males
  • opened on 1 April 2004
  • replaced the Yarmouth Correctional Centre
  • capacity of 38 sentenced/remanded adult male offenders

    • Northwest Territories

    Corrections in the Northwest Territories are administered by the Corrections Service of the territory's Department of Justice.
    NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotes
    Fort Smith Correctional ComplexFort Smithminimum/mediumAdult males & females
    • holds territorial and federal offenders, as well as remanded inmates
    • male unit formerly Riverrige Correctional Centre
    • female unit formerly Territorial Women's Correctional Centre
    North Slave Correctional ComplexYellowknifemultilevel/remandAdult males; Youth males & females
    South Mackenzie Correctional CentreHay Riverminimum/mediumAdult males
  • holds territorial and federal offenders

    • Nunavut

    Corrections in Nunavut are administered by Nunavut Ministry of Justice.
    NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotes
    Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility Iqaluitminimum-maximumAdult males opened in 1986
    Kugluktuk Ilavut Centre Kugluktukminimum Adult males opened in 2005
    Rankin Inlet Healing Facility Rankin Inletminimum-mediumAdult males IqaluitAdult femalesopened in 2010
    Uttaqivik Community Residential Centre Iqaluitminimum Adult males opened in 2000
    Isumaqsunngittukkuvik Youth FacilityIqaluitmultilevelYouth males & females opened in 1989

    Ontario

    Adult corrections in Ontario are administered by the Ministry of the Solicitor General, whereas youth detention centres for secure detention of young people ages 12–18 are administered by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.

    Prince Edward Island

    Corrections in Prince Edward Island are administered by the Community and Correctional Services Division of the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General.

    Quebec

    Corrections in Quebec are administered by the Direction générale des services correctionnels of the province's Ministry of Public Security.

    Saskatchewan

    Corrections in Saskatchewan are administered by the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing.

    Yukon

    Corrections in Yukon are administered by the Community and Correctional Services Branch of the Ministry of Justice.
    • Whitehorse Correctional Centre — a multi-level 190-inmate facility, for adult males and females, completed in February 2012 and built next to an existing prison building
    • Justice Wellness Centre — Whitehorse