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

* Updated: 2 January 2022 at 10:40am ET *

2,621 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Federal Penitentiaries Operated by Correctional Correctional Service Canada | CSC as of 31 December 2021 *

Prisoners = 1,768 (6 dead)

Staff = 853

Total = 2,621

* 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

Prisoners = 82

Staff = 13

Total = 95

Nova Institution for Women 

Prisoners = 20

Staff = 0

Total = 20

Source: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) 

Springhill Institution

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) 

Atlantic Institution

Prisoners = 3

Staff = 7

Total = 10

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021 | 30 December 2021) 

Dorchester Penitentiary  

Prisoners = 58 (medium)

Staff = 6

Total = 65

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) | CTV News (24 November 2021) 

QUEBEC REGION

Prisoners = 384

Staff = 145

Total = 529

Archambault Institution 

Prisoners = 79 (minimum) + 3 (medium)

Staff = 5

Total = 87

Sources: CBC News (21 July 2020) | Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021)

Donnacona Institution

Prisoners = 19

Staff = 2 + 7

Total = 28

Sources: CBC News (21 July 2020) | Radio-Canada (29 April 2021) | Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021)

Drummond Institution

Prisoners = 18

Staff = 2

Total = 20

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 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 (31 December 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Joliette Institution for Women

Prisoners = 54

Staff = 49

Total = 103 

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

La Macaza Institution

Prisoners = 4

Staff = 15

Total = 19

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021 | 30 December 2021) 

Port Cartier Institution

Prisoners = 15

Staff = 26

Total = 41

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Regional Mental Health Centre - Quebec Region

Prisoners = 15 

Staff = 4

Total = 19

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (15 April 2021 | 31 December 2021)

Regional Reception Centre - Quebec Region

Prisoners = 14

Staff = 1

Total = 15

Sources: CBC News (17 July 2020) | Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) 

ONTARIO REGION

Prisoners = 231

Staff = 23

Total = 254

Bath Institution

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (28 July 2020)

Beaver Creek Institution

Prisoners = 1 (via Joyceville Institution) + 1

Staff = 1 

Total = 3

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Collins Bay Institution

Prisoners = 6 (medium via Joyceville Institution) + 1

Staff = 0

Total = 7

Source: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021)

Grand Valley Institution for Women

Prisoners = 8

Staff = 3

Total = 11

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021)| CBC News (17 July 2020)

Joyceville Institution

Prisoners = 161 (medium) + 1

Staff = 1 + 16

Total = 179

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020) | Global News (2 February 2021)

Millhaven Institution

Prisoners = 4

Staff = 1

Total = 5

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) | Kingston Whig-Standard (19 October 2020)

Warkworth Institution

Prisoners = 3 (medium via Joyceville Institution) + 45

Staff = 0

Total = 48

Source: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021)

PRAIRIE REGION

Prisoners = 942

Staff = 168

Total = 1,110

Stony Mountain Institution

Prisoners = 374 (medium | 1 dead on 27 December 2020) + 2 

Staff = 8 + 25 + 12

Total = 421

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021 | 30 December 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 + 7

Total = 328

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) | Saskatoon Star Phoenix (6 October 2020) | CTV News (24 December 2020) | Saskatoon Star Phoenix (30 December 2021)

Willow Cree Healing Centre

Prisoners = 8 (1 dead on 25 January 2021)

Staff = 2

Total = 10

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

Bowden Institution

Prisoners = 37 (1 dead on 12 May 2021)

Staff = 3 + 10

Total = 50

Sources: CTV News (30 October 2020) | Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021 | 25 October 2021)

Drumheller Institution

Prisoners = 184 + 25

Staff = 2 + 20 + 41

Total = 272

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021 | 30 December 2021) | Calgary Herald (31 October 2020) | CTV News (10 March 2021)

Edmonton Institution

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 7 + 2

Total = 11

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (30 November 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 (30 November 2021) | Edmonton Journal (24 November 2020)

Pê Sâkâstêw Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff =3

Total = 3

Source: Calgary Herald (31 October 2020) 

PACIFIC REGION

Prisoners = 129

Staff = 46

Total = 175

Fraser Valley Institution for Women

Prisoners = 4 

Staff = 1 

Total = 5

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (30 November 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020)

Kent Institution

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 10 + 18

Total = 30

Sources: Abbotsford News (25 October 2021) | Correctional Service Canada (30 November 2021) | CityNews (31 December 2021)

Matsqui Institution

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 1

Total = 3

Sources: Correctional Service Canada (30 November 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 (30 November 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020) | Daily Hive News Vancouver (16 September 2020) | CTV News (19 November 2020)

Mountain Institution

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: Correctional Service Canada (31 December 2021) 

UNKNOWN INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONS

Staff = 566 (minus 256 cases compiled by the Prison Pandemic Partnership prior to 10 March 2021 highlighted in green above) 

Total = 310

Source: Justin Ling (10 March 2021)

Staff = 248 (minus 100 cases compiled by the Prison Pandemic Partnership in December 2021 highlighted in light blue above) 

Total = 155

Source: Global News (31 December 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.