* Updated: 2 February 2022 at 1:05pm ET *
5,123 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Ontario Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 31 January 2022 *
Prisoners = 4,004 (2 dead)
Staff = 1,115
Contractor = 4
Total = 5,123
* 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 provincial prison staff in Ontario that have not been publicly disclosed.
INSTITUTIONS AND CASES
Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre
Prisoners = 33
Staff = 20
Total = 53
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Brockville Jail
Prisoners = 2
Staff = 24
Total = 26
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022) | Ottawa Citizen (14 December 2021)
Central East Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 670 (minus 2 transferred from when the Brockville Jail closed)
Staff = 32
Total = 700
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Central North Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 338 (minus 9 transferred from when the Stratford Jail closed)
Staff = 28
Total = 357
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
Prisoners = 232
Staff = 95
Total = 327
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Fort Frances Jail
Prisoners = 1
Staff = 0
Total = 1
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre
Prisoners = 150
Staff = 74
Contractor = 1
Total = 225
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Kenora Jail
Prisoners = 116
Staff = 14
Total = 130
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Maplehurst Correctional Complex
Prisoners = 475
Staff = 154
Contractor = 1
Total = 630
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022) | Radio-Canada Toronto (26 November 2021)
Milton-Vanier Centre for Women
Prisoners = 87
Staff = 24
Contractor = 1
Total = 112
Monteith Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 47
Staff = 15
Total = 62
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Niagara Detention Centre
Prisoners = 64
Staff = 40
Total = 104
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
North Bay Jail
Prisoners = 32 + 120 (-32 prisoners transferred due to 24 June 2021 temporary closure)
Staff = 42
Total = 162
Sources: Radio-Canada Nord de l'Ontario (26 July 2021) | CTV News (24 June 2021) | Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Ontario Correctional Institute
Prisoners = 106
Staff = 33
Total = 139
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
Prisoners = 177
Staff = 39
Total = 216
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Quinte Detention Centre
Prisoners = 47
Staff = 31
Total = 78
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Sarnia Jail
Prisoners = 91
Staff = 32
Total = 123
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
South West Detention Centre
Prisoners = 120 (1 dead in December 2021)
Staff = 53
Contractor = 1
Total = 174
Sources: Windsor Star (20 March 2020) | Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre
Prisoners = 4
Staff = 2
Total = 6
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Stratford Jail
Prisoners = 9 + 3 (minus 9 transferred due to 22 February 2021 temporary closure)
Staff = 3
Total = 6
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022) | Stratford Beacon Herald (22 February 2021)
Sudbury Jail
Prisoners = 64
Staff = 18
Total = 82
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
* A number of prisoners who contracted COVID-19 at the Sudbury Jail, which was temporarily closed following a October 2021 outbreak, were transferred elsewhere leading to additional transmission at the Central North Correctional Centre (20 October 2021) and Toronto South Detention Centre (27 October 2021). These cases are not included in the Sudbury Jail cases above, which preceded the October 2021 outbreak, but are included instead as part of the Central North Correctional Centre and Toronto South Detention Centre figures.
Thunder Bay Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 74
Staff = 24
Total = 98
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Thunder Bay Jail
Prisoners = 188
Staff = 81
Total = 269
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Toronto East Detention Centre
Prisoners = 168 (1 dead on 23 March 2021)
Staff = 67
Total = 235
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
Toronto South Detention Centre
Prisoners = 631
Staff = 172
Total = 803
Sources: Ministry of the Solicitor General (31 January 2022 | 18 January 2022)
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.
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