* Updated: 2 March 2022 at 11:20am ET *
6,027 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Ontario Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 28 February 2022 *
Prisoners = 4,648 (2 dead)
Staff = 1,375
Contractor = 4
Total = 6,027
* 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 = 47
Staff = 29
Total = 76
Brockville Jail / St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre
Prisoners = 4
Staff = 30
Total = 34
Central East Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 737 (minus 2 transferred from when the Brockville Jail closed)
Staff = 50
Total = 787
Central North Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 463 (minus 9 transferred from when the Stratford Jail closed)
Staff = 75
Total = 528
Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
Prisoners = 268
Staff = 116
Total = 384
Fort Frances Jail
Prisoners = 6
Staff = 4
Total = 10
Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre
Prisoners = 177
Staff = 83
Contractor = 1
Total = 261
Kenora Jail
Prisoners = 138
Staff = 15
Total = 153
Maplehurst Correctional Complex
Prisoners = 546
Staff = 185
Contractor = 1
Total = 732
Milton-Vanier Centre for WomenPrisoners = 110
Staff = 41
Contractor = 1
Total = 152
Monteith Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 122
Staff = 15
Total = 137
Niagara Detention Centre
Prisoners = 71
Staff = 45
Total = 116
North Bay Jail
Prisoners = 32 + 123 (-32 prisoners transferred due to 24 June 2021 temporary closure)
Staff = 42
Total = 165
Ontario Correctional Institute
Prisoners = 106
Staff = 34
Total = 140
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
Prisoners = 220
Staff = 51
Total = 271
Quinte Detention Centre
Prisoners = 54
Staff = 39
Total = 93
Sarnia Jail
Prisoners = 94
Staff = 45
Total = 139
South West Detention Centre
Staff = 70
Contractor = 1
Total = 202
Stratford Jail
Prisoners = 9 + 5 (minus 9 transferred due to 22 February 2021 temporary closure)
Staff = 6
Total = 11
Sudbury Jail
Prisoners = 82
Staff = 22
Total = 104
* 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 = 76
Staff = 24
Total = 100
Thunder Bay Jail
Prisoners = 208
Staff = 83
Total = 291
Toronto East Detention Centre
Toronto South Detention Centre
Prisoners = 666
Staff = 193
Total = 859
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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