Print version| Country | CANADA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Solicitor General | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), provincial and territorial correctional services | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0PQ (CSC), provincial and territorial correctional services | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +1 613 9955364 fax: +1 613 9470091 Web: www.csc-scc.gc.ca |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Don Head
Commissioner of CSC |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
38,691
average for year to 31.3.2010 (Statistics Canada - comprising 37,058 adult prisoners and 1,633 persons under 18 in youth custody) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
114
based on an estimated national population of 33.8 million at 30.9.2009 (from Statistics Canada figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
37.0%
(average, year to 31.3.2009) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.1%
(average, year to 31.3.2009) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
4.9%
(average, year to 31.3.2009 - under 18) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
234
(2005 - number of adult institutions, of which 57 are federal and 177 are provincial / territorial prisons) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 38,604
(average, year to 31.3.2009 in adult institutions, of which 14,761 in federal institutions and 23,843 in provincial / territorial institutions) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
96.4%
(average, year to 31.3.2009, in adult institutions - 90.4% in federal institutions and 100.1% in provincial / territorial institutions) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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