List of correctional facilities in Ontario

This is a listing of past and present correctional facilities run by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada. Provincial jails (historically spelled gaols) and detention centres primarily house offenders awaiting trial. Correctional centres house convicted inmates serving sentences of up to two years, less a day. Offenders sentenced to two years or more are moved out of the provincial system to serve their time in federal correctional facilities run by Correctional Services Canada. Complexes are institutions that have both detention and correctional facilities.

Provincial adult (offenders 18 years of age or older) facilities are under the jurisdiction of the province's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Youth facilities have at various times been under the same jurisdiction, but currently fall under the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.

Operational correctional facilities

The Toronto "Don" Jail circa 1860.

The Toronto East Detention Centre in Scarborough.

Facility	Location	Opened
Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre	Sault Ste. Marie
Brantford Jail	Brantford	1852
Brockville Jail	Brockville	1842
Central East Correctional Centre	Lindsay	2002
Central North Correctional Centre	Penetanguishene	2001
Chatham Jail	Chatham-Kent	1850
Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre	London	1977
Fort Frances Jail	Fort Frances	1894
Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre	Hamilton	1978
Kenora Jail	Kenora
Maplehurst Correctional Complex	Milton
Mimico Correctional Centre	Toronto	1887
Monteith Correctional Complex	Iroquois Falls
Niagara Detention Centre	Thorold
North Bay Jail	North Bay
Northern Treatment Centre (See Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre)
Ontario Correctional Institute	Brampton	1973
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre	Ottawa	1972
Owen Sound Jail	Owen Sound	1854
Quinte Detention Centre	Greater Napanee
St. Lawrence Valley Correctional & Treatment Centre	Brockville
Sarnia Jail	Sarnia
Stratford Jail	Stratford
Sudbury Jail	Sudbury
Thunder Bay Correctional Centre	Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay Jail	Thunder Bay
Toronto (Don) Jail	Toronto	1858
Toronto East Detention Centre	Toronto	1977
Toronto South Detention Centre (see Mimico Correctional Centre)	Toronto
Toronto West Detention Centre	Toronto	1978
Vanier Centre for Women	Milton
Walkerton Jail	Walkerton
Windsor Jail	Windsor

Past jails and correctional facilities

The Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women in Toronto in 1895

The Nicholas Street Gaol, 2007

The Toronto Central Prison for men circa 1873

Facility	Opened	Closed
Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women	1872	1969
Barrie Jail	1842	2001
Belleville Jail	1838	1971
Bracebridge Jail	1882	1946
Brampton Adult Training Centre	1947	1979
Brampton Jail	1867	1977
Burtch Correctional Centre	1948	1974
Burwash Industrial Farm	1914	1974
Camp Turnaround	1998	2004
Carleton County Jail (see Nicholas Street Gaol)
Cayuga Jail	1851	1973
Cobourg Jail	1834	1998
Concord Industrial Farm for Women (see Toronto Municipal Farm for Women (Concord))
Cornwall Jail	1833
Durham Camp (see Millbrook Correctional Centre)
Goderich Jail (see Huron County Gaol)
Grandview Training School for Girls	1933	1976
Guelph Correctional Centre	1910	2003
Guelph Jail	1840	1980
Haileybury Jail	1935	1998
Halton County Jail	1863	1978
Hamilton Jail	1832	1978
Home District Jail (Toronto)	1838	1887
Huron County Gaol	1842	1972
Invictus Youth Centre
King Street Gaol	1798	1827(?)
King Street Gaol	1824
Kingston Jail	1835	1971
Kitchener Jail	1853	1978
Lindsay Jail	1863	2003
L'Orignal Jail	1825	1998
Millbrook Correctional Centre	1957	2003
Milton Jail	1878	1978
Napanee Jail	1865	1971
Niagara Falls Gaol
Nicholas Street Gaol	1862	1972
Norfolk County Gaol	1848	1978
Ontario County Jail (Whitby)[1]	1853	1960
Ontario Reformatory - Brampton (see Brampton Adult Training Centre)
Ontario Reformatory - Guelph (see Guelph Correctional Centre)
Ontario Reformatory - Millbrook (see Millbrook Correctional Centre)
Ontario Reformatory - Mimico (see Mimico Correctional Centre)
Orangeville Jail
Ottawa Jail	1862	1972
Parry Sound Jail	1878	2001
Peel County Jail (see Brampton Jail)
Pembroke Jail	1867	2004
Peterborough Jail	1842	2001
Picton Jail	1834	1971
Port Dalhousie Jail	1845
Renfrew County Gaol	1866	2004
Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre	1947	2004
Rodney Gaol	1890
St. Catharines Jail	1868	1973
Simcoe Jail	1867	1978
Toronto Central Prison	1873	1915
Toronto Municipal Farm for Women (Concord)	1912	1939
Toronto Youth Assessment Centre (see also Mimico Correctional Centre Chronology)
Trafalgar Jail
Victoria Industrial School for Boys (see also Mimico Correctional Centre Chronology)
Waterloo Detention Centre	1978	2001
Wellington Detention Centre	1980	2001
Whitby Jail[2]	1958	2003
Woodstock Jail	1853	1977

References

1. ^ Demolition of Ontario County Jail, 1960, Thomas Bouckley, Whitby Archives, 07-002-005.
2. ^ Whitby Jail, 1958, unknown photographer, Whitby Archives, 07-002-013.

• Ontario's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
• Ontario Archives