# 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 (waiting trial or sentencing). 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 (IHCs) 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
* Calgary 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 (3 camps)
** Metis Nation Wilderness Camp
** Alsike Minimum Security Camp (closed April 2009)
** Fort McMurray Minimum Security Camp (closed)
* 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. As of April 2021, BC has 10 correctional centres throughout the province.
| Name | Location | Security |
| Alouette Correctional Centre for Women | Maple Ridge | Multilevel |
| Ford Mountain Correctional Centre | Chilliwack | Medium/open custody |
| Fraser Regional Correctional Centre | Maple Ridge | Multilevel |
| Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre | Kamloops | Multilevel |
| Nanaimo Correctional Centre | Nanaimo | Medium/open custody |
| North Fraser Pretrial Centre | Port Coquitlam | Remand |
| Okanagan Correctional Centre | Oliver | Multilevel |
| Prince George Regional Correctional Centre | Prince George | Multilevel |
| Surrey Pretrial Services Centre | Surrey | Remand |
| Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre | Victoria | Multilevel |

## Manitoba

Correctional services in Manitoba are administered by Manitoba Corrections, under the province's Department of Justice.
| Name | Location | Security | Inmates |
| Agassiz Youth Centre (AYC) | Portage la Prairie | Multilevel | Youth males |
| Brandon Correctional Centre | Brandon | Medium | Adult males |
| Headingley Correctional Institution | MB Highway 1 | Multilevel | Adult males |
| Manitoba Youth Centre (MYC) | Winnipeg | Multilevel | Youth males & females |
| Milner Ridge Correctional Centre | Agassiz Provincial Forest, Beausejour | Multilevel | Adult males |
| The Pas Correctional Centre | The Pas. | Multilevel | Adult males & females |
| Winnipeg Remand Centre | Downtown Winnipeg | Multilevel | Adult males & females |
| Women’s Correctional Centre | Headingley | Multilevel | Adult females |

## New Brunswick

Correctional services in New Brunswick are administered by the Community & Correctional Services of Department of Justice and Public Safety.
| Name | Location | Notes |
| Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre | Dalhousie | established 2011; estimated cost: $16M |
| Island View Community Residential Centre | Fredericton | |
| Madawaska Regional Correctional Centre | Saint-Hilaire | established 1980 |
| New Brunswick Women's Correctional Centre | Miramichi | established 2011 |
| New Brunswick Youth Centre | Miramichi | established 1998 |
| Saint John Regional Correctional Centre | Saint John | established 1981 |
| Southeast Regional Correctional Centre | Shediac | established 2012; estimated cost: $40M |
| Bathurst Day Detention Centre | Bathurst | closed 2011 |
| Moncton Detention Centre | Moncton | closed 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.
| Name | Location | Security | Inmates | Notes |
| Bishop’s Falls Correctional Centre | Bishop's Falls | minimum | Adult males | opened in 1983 |
| Corner Brook Lockup | Corner Brook | remand | Adult males & females | operated by the Adult Custody Division since 1981 |
| His Majesty’s Penitentiary | St. John’s | medium/maximum | Adult 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 Centre | Happy Valley-Goose Bay | minimum/medium | Adult | |
| Newfoundland & Labrador Correctional Centre for Women | Clarenville | minimum/remand | Adult females | opened in 1982 the only facility for female prisoners in the province |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Youth Centre | Whitbourne | | Youth | |
| St. John’s Lockup | St. John’s | remand | Adult 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 Centre | St. John’s | | Youth | |
| West Coast Correctional Institution | Stephenville | minimum/medium | Adult | constructed in 1978 |
| Salmonier Correctional Institution | | | | closed 2004 |

## Nova Scotia

Corrections in Nova Scotia are administered by the Correctional Services of the province's Department of Justice.
Current facilities, as of April 2021 :
| Name | Location | Security | Inmates | Notes |
| Cape Breton Correctional Facility | Sydney | medium | Adult males | opened on 21 February 1975 capacity of 96 adult male offenders (also operates, as needed, a 4-bed dorm for adult women and a 6-bed temporary detention facility for youth) co-located with the Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility |
| Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility | | remand (up to 72 hours) | Youth males & females | opened on 28 August 2006 capacity of 8 offenders (boys and girls are housed separately) co-located with the Cape Breton Correctional Facility |
| Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Dartmouth | medium | Adult males & females | opened in October 2001 (replaced the facilities in Colchester, Halifax, Kings and Lunenburg) capacity of 322 males and 48 females co-located with the Capital District Health Authority's East Coast Forensic Hospital (independently operated) |
| Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | New Glasgow | | Adult | opened in February 2015 (replaced the Antigonish and Cumberland correctional facilities) 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 Centre | Waterville | multilevel/remand | Youth males & females | opened on 20 June 1988 120 cells (boys and girls are housed in separate living units) co-located with an IWK Health Centre site partnered with the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board to operate Valley Integrated Youth Services (formerly Centre 24-7), an off-site education program |
| Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Yarmouth | medium/minimum | Adult males | opened on 1 April 2004 replaced the Yarmouth Correctional Centre capacity of 38 sentenced/remanded adult male offenders |
Closed facilities :
| Name | Location | Closed | Replaced by | Inmates | Notes |
| Antigonish Correctional Facility | Antigonish | 2015 | Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Adult males | opened in 1948 17 beds |
| Colchester Correctional Centre | Colchester | 2001 | Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Adult | |
| Cumberland Correctional Facility | Cumberland | 2015 | Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Adult males | opened in 1890; renovated 1978; 29 beds |
| Guysborough Correctional Centre | Guysborough | 2000 | | Adult | |
| Halifax Correctional Centre | Halifax | 2001 | Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Adult | |
| Kings Correctional Centre | Kings | 2001 | Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Adult | |
| Lunenburg Correctional Centre | Lunenburg | 2001 | Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Adult | |
| Yarmouth Correctional Centre | Yarmouth | 2004 | Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility | Adult | |

## Northwest Territories

Corrections in the Northwest Territories are administered by the Corrections Service of the territory's Department of Justice.
| Name | Location | Security | Inmates | Notes |
| Fort Smith Correctional Complex | Fort Smith | minimum/medium | Adult 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 Complex | Yellowknife | multilevel/remand | Adult males; Youth males & females | |
| South Mackenzie Correctional Centre | Hay River | minimum/medium | Adult males | holds territorial and federal offenders |

## Nunavut

Corrections in Nunavut are administered by Nunavut Ministry of Justice.
Nunavut prisons, as of September 2021 :
| Name | Location | Security | Inmates | Notes |
| Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility (ACHF) | Iqaluit | minimum-maximum | Adult males (143) | opened in 1986 (as Baffin Correctional Centre) |
| Kugluktuk Ilavut Centre (KIC) | Kugluktuk | minimum (halfway house) | Adult males (15) | opened in 2005 |
| Rankin Inlet Healing Facility (RIHF) | Rankin Inlet | minimum-medium | Adult males (48) | opened in 2013 |
| Nunavut Women's Correctional Centre (NWCC) | Iqaluit | | Adult females | opened in 2010 |
| Uttaqivik Community Residential Centre (CRC) | Iqaluit | minimum (halfway house) | Adult males (14) | opened in 2000 |
| Isumaqsunngittukkuvik Youth Facility | Iqaluit | multilevel | Youth males & females (12) | 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.
* Prince County Correctional Centre — Summerside
* Prince Edward Island Youth Centre — Summerside
* Provincial Correctional Centre — Charlottetown

## Quebec

Corrections in Quebec are administered by the Direction générale des services correctionnels of the province's Ministry of Public Security (French: Ministère de la Sécurité publique).

## Saskatchewan

Corrections in Saskatchewan are administered by the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing.
* Saskatoon Correctional Centre — Saskatoon
* Regina Correctional Centre — Regina
* Prince Albert Correctional Centre — Prince Albert
* Pine Grove Correctional Centre
* Paul Dojack Youth Centre — Regina
* Kilburn Hall — Saskatoon

## 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 (c. 1967)
* Justice Wellness Centre — Whitehorse