COVID-19 Cases Linked to Federal Penitentiaries (end-September 2021)

  * Updated: 2 October 2021 at 10:00am EDT *

2,193 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Federal Penitentiaries Operated by Correctional Correctional Service Canada | CSC as of 27 September 2021 *

Prisoners = 1,584 (6 dead)

Staff = 609

Total = 2,193

* Data based on figures made publicly available through government, union and media reporting. Due to the quality of the data available, it is possible that there are additional laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst federal penitentiary staff that have not been publicly disclosed. 

ATLANTIC REGION

No COVID-19 cases amongst federal prisoners and CSC staff reported by government, union or media sources.

QUEBEC REGION

Prisoners = 363

Staff = 130

Total = 493

Archambault Institution 

Prisoners = 79 (minimum) 

Staff = 5

Total = 84

Sources: CBC News (21 July 2020) | Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021)

Donnacona Institution

Prisoners = 19

Staff = 2 + 7

Total = 25

Source: CBC News (21 July 2020) | Radio-Canada (29 April 2021) | Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021)

Drummond Institution

Prisoners = 18

Staff = 2

Total = 20

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Federal Training Centre

Prisoners = 162 (multi | 1 dead on 3 May 2020) + 1 (minimum)

Staff = 34 

Total = 197

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Joliette Institution for Women

Prisoners = 54

Staff = 49

Total = 103 

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Port Cartier Institution

Prisoners = 15

Staff = 26

Total = 41

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Regional Mental Health Centre - Quebec Region

Prisoners = 15 

Staff = 4

Total = 19

Source: Correctional Service Canada (15 April 2021 | 27 September 2021)

Regional Reception Centre - Quebec Region

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (17 July 2020)

ONTARIO REGION

Prisoners = 183

Staff = 23

Total = 206

Bath Institution

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (28 July 2020)

Beaver Creek Institution

Prisoners = 1 (via Joyceville Institution)

Staff = 1 

Total = 2

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Collins Bay Institution

Prisoners = 6 (medium via Joyceville Institution)

Staff = 0

Total = 6

Source: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021)

Grand Valley Institution for Women

Prisoners = 8

Staff = 3

Total = 11

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Joyceville Institution

Prisoners = 161 (medium)

Staff = 1 + 16

Total = 178

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020) | Global News (2 February 2021)

Millhaven Institution

Prisoners = 4

Staff = 1

Total = 5

Source: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | Kingston Whig-Standard (19 October 2020)

Warkworth Institution

Prisoners = 3 (medium via Joyceville Institution)

Staff = 0

Total = 3

Source: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021)

PRAIRIE REGION

Prisoners = 912

Staff = 108

Total = 1,120

Stony Mountain Institution

Prisoners = 374 (medium | 1 dead on 27 December 2020) 

Staff = 8 + 25

Total = 407

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | Newstalk 610 CKTB (23 November 2020) | CBC News (21 February 2021)

Saskatchewan Penitentiary

Prisoners = 8 (maximum) + 295 (medium | 1 dead on 8 January 2021) 

Staff = 1 + 14 + 10

Total = 328

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (29 April 2021 | 27 September 2021) | Saskatoon Star Phoenix (6 October 2020) | CTV News (24 December 2020)

Willow Cree Healing Centre

Prisoners = 8 (1 dead on 25 January 2021)

Staff = 2

Total = 10

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | Global News (31 December 2020)

Bowden Institution

Prisoners = 37 (1 dead on 12 May 2021)

Staff = 3 + 10

Total = 48

Source: CTV News (30 October 2020) | Correctional Service Canada (29 April 2021 | 27 September 2021)

Drumheller Institution

Prisoners = 181 

Staff = 2 + 20

Total = 203

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | Calgary Herald (31 October 2020) | CTV News (10 March 2021)

Edmonton Institution

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 7 + 2

Total = 11

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CTV News (21 November 2020) | CTV News (8 May 2021)

Edmonton Institution for Women

Prisoners = 7

Staff = 1

Total = 8

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | Edmonton Journal (24 November 2020)

Pê Sâkâstêw Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff =3

Total = 3

Source: Calgary Herald (31 October 2020) 

PACIFIC REGION

Prisoners = 126

Staff = 28

Total = 153

Fraser Valley Institution for Women

Prisoners = 4 

Staff = 1 

Total = 5

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Kent Institution

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 10

Total = 10

Sources: Abbotsford News (27 September 2021)

Matsqui Institution

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 1

Total = 3

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (27 September 2021) | News 1130 (10 September 2020)

Mission Institution

Prisoners = 120 (medium | 1 dead on 15 April 2020)

Staff = 12 + 2 + 2

Total = 136

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 August 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020) | Daily Hive News Vancouver (16 September 2020) | CTV News (19 November 2020)

UNKNOWN INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONS

Staff = 566 (minus 246 cases compiled above with the exception of RMHC, Kent Institution, as well as the most recent Bowden Institution, Donnacona Institution and Saskatchewan Penitentiary outbreaks)

Total = 320

Source: Justin Ling (10 March 2021)

RESEARCH PROJECT AND FUNDING 

The data above was compiled as part of the "COVID-19: Investigating Canada's Carceral Response to the Coronavirus through the Prison Pandemic Partnership" (principal investigator: Kevin Walby, PhD - uWinnipeg | co-investigator: Justin Piché, PhD - uOttawa | partner organization: Canadian Civil Liberties Association) project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The partnership project is housed within the Centre for Access to Information and Justice at the University of Winnipeg.