Ford Government Jail Infrastructure Project Announcements Tracker

Compiled by:

Justin Piché, PhD

Full Professor, Criminology, University of Ottawa

justin.piche@uottawa.ca 

OVERVIEW

New sites of human caging announced = 3

Expansions to existing sites of human caging announced = 9

 

Beds = 1,601

 

Projected infrastructure costs announced: up to $2.7 billion

 

Estimated operational costs:

$587,567/day | $17.9 million/month | $214.5 million/year

* based on 2022/23 figures compiled by Statistics Canada *

NORTHERN REGION

Kenora Jail - expansion 

(Robinson-Superior Treaty Territory | Kenora)

Project type: accelerated build

Beds: 50

Infrastructure cost: $48 million 

Estimated operational cost: 

$18,350/day | $558,145/month | $6.7 million/year

Current status: operational

Thunder Bay Correctional Centre - expansion 

(Robinson-Superior Treaty Territory | Thunder Bay)

Project type: accelerated build

Beds: 50

Infrastructure cost: $48 million 

Estimated operational cost: 

$18,350/day | $558,145/month | $6.7 million/year

Current status: operational

Thunder Bay Correctional Complex - new

(Robinson-Superior Treaty Territory | Thunder Bay)

Project Type: design, build, finance, maintain

Beds: 345

Infrastructure cost (contract): $1.2 billion

Estimated operational cost: 

$126,615/day | $3.85 million/month | $46.2 million/year

Current status: under construction

Cecil Facer Women's Detention Centre 

- expansion via retrofit of youth detention centre

(Robinson-Superior Treaty Territory | Atikameksheng Anishnaabeg Territory | Sudbury)

Project Type: modular build

Beds: 50

Infrastructure cost (contract): $60 million

Estimated operational cost: 

$18,350/day | $558,145/month | $6.7 million/year

Current status: contract awarded / construction scheduled for 2026

EASTERN REGION

Quinte Detention Centre - expansion

(Wendat, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee Territory | Napanee)

Project type: design, bid, build

Beds: 66

Projected infrastructure cost: $200 million - $499 million 

Estimated operational cost: 

$24,222/day | $736,752/month | $8.84 million/year

Current status: active procurement (request for qualifications)

Brockville Correctional Complex - new / 

St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre - expansion
(Wendat, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee Territory | Brockville)

Project type: design, bid, build

Beds: 250 + 25

Projected infrastructure cost: less than $200 million 

Estimated operational cost: 

$100,925/day | $3.07 million/month | $36.8 million/year

Current Status: pre-procurement (i.e. planning)

Eastern Ontario Correctional Complex - new

(unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory | Kemptville)

Project type: design, build, finance 

Beds: 235

Projected infrastructure cost: $200 million - $499 million 

Estimated operational cost: 

$86,245/day | $2.6 million/month | $31.5 million/year

Current status: pre-procurement (i.e. planning)

CENTRAL REGION

Toronto South Detention Centre 

- expansion via intermittent centre retrofit 

(Wendat, Anishnaabeg and Haudenosaunee Territory | Toronto)

Project type: undisclosed

Beds: 320

Infrastructure cost: undisclosed

Estimated operational cost: 

$117,440/day | $3.57 million/month | $42.9 million/year

Current status: under construction

Niagara Detention Centre - expansion

(Anishnaabeg and Haudenosaunee Territory | Thorold)

Project type: modular build

Beds: 50

Infrastructure cost (contract): $60 million

Estimated operational cost: 

$18,350/day | $558,145/month | $6.7 million/year

Current status: contract awarded / construction scheduled for 2026

Vanier Centre for Women - expansion

(Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation | Milton)

Project Type: modular build

Beds: 50

Infrastructure cost (contract): $60 million

Estimated operational cost: 

$18,350/day | $558,145/month | $6.7 million/year

Current status: contract awarded / construction scheduled for 2026

WESTERN REGION

Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre 

- expansion via intermittent centre retrofit 

(Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron Territory | London)

Project type: undisclosed

Beds: 110

Infrastructure cost: undisclosed

Estimated operational cost: 

$40,370/day | $1.2 million/month | $14.7 million/year

Current status: under construction

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