Facilities for the Incarceration of Women in Ontario
Federal Institutions
In Canada, women sentenced to prison terms of greater than two years will serve their time in a federal institution operated by the Correctional Service of Canada. In Ontario, there is one penitentiary which can house about 150 women.
Grand Valley Institute for Women
1575 Homer Watson Boulevard
Kitchener, ON N2P 2C5
Telephone: (519) 894-2011
Further Information: Institutional Profile
Provincial Institutions
Adult women sentenced to incarceration for less than two years serve their sentences in provincial institutions operated by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. One provincial facility is dedicated to housing women, the Vanier Centre for Women, at the Maplehurst campus in Milton. It is designed for 124 women, mostly sentenced but also some remanded in custody pending trial or sentence. Women also are held in special units of local jails, detention centres and correctional centres where men are housed. Young offenders, ages 12 to 17, are housed separately from adults in facilities operated by Ministry of Children and Youth Justice Services (see below). Most are held in co-ed facilities, sometimes in the same unit as males.
Adults
Visiting hours vary from facility to facility. Call the institution to confirm local guidelines and visiting hours for the day you plan to visit.
Correctional Centres: Sentenced
| Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre (Formerly Northern Treatment Centre) 800 Great Northern Road Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K7 Telephone: (705) 946-0995 |
Central East Correctional Centre |
| Central North Correctional Centre 1501 Fuller Avenue Penetanguishene, ON L9M 2H4 Telephone: (705) 549-9470 |
Monteith Correctional Complex Junction Hwys 11 & 577 Box 90 Monteith, ON P0K 1P0 Telephone: (705) 232-4092 |
Vanier Centre for Women |
Jails: Remand/Sentenced
Brantford Jail |
Brockville Jail |
| Chatham Jail 17th Seventh Street Chatham, ON N7M 4J9 Telephone: (519) 352-0150 |
Fort Frances Jail 310 Nelson Street Box 189 Fort Frances, ON P9A 1B1 Telephone: (807) 274-7708 |
| Kenora Jail 1430 River Street Kenora, ON P9N 1K5 Telephone: (807) 468-2871 |
North Bay Jail 2550 Trout Lake Road North Bay, ON P1B 7S7 Telephone: (519) 337-3261 |
| Owen Sound Jail 1237 Third Avenue East Box 517 Owen Sound, ON N4K 5R7 Telephone: (519) 376-0435 |
Sarnia Jail 70 North Christina Street Sarnia ON N7V 3C2 Telephone: (519) 337-3261 |
| Stratford Jail 130 St. Andrews Street Stratford, ON N5A 1A3 Telephone: (519) 271-2180 |
Sudbury Jail 181 Elm Street West Sudbury, ON P3C 1T6 Telephone: (705) 564-4150 |
| Sault Ste Marie Jail 145 Mcnab Street Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5L8 Telephone: (705) 256-3020 |
Toronto Jail 550 Gerrard Street East Toronto, ON M4M 1X6 Telephone: (416) 325-8600 |
| Thunder Bay Jail Downtown 285 McDougall Street Thunder Bay, ON P7A 2K6 Telephone: (807) 345-7364 |
Windsor Jail 378 Brock Street Box 7038 Windsor, ON N9C 3Y6 Telephone: (519) 973-1324 |
| Walkerton Jail 209 Cayley Street Box 429 Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0 Telephone: (519) 881-3442 |
Detention Centres: Remand/Sentenced
| Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre 711 Exeter Road London, ON N6E 1L3 Telephone: (519) 686-1922 |
Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre |
| Niagara Detention Centre Hwy 58, 1355 Uppers Lane Box 1050 Thorold, ON L2V 4A6 Telephone: (905) 227-6321 |
Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre 2244 Innes Road Ottawa, ON K1B 4C4 Telephone: (613) 824-6080 |
| Quinte Detention Centre 89 Ricmond Boulevard Napanee, ON K7R 3S1 Telephone: (613) 354-9701 |
Toronto East Detention Centre 55 Civic Road Scarborough ON M1L 2K9 Telephone: (416) 750-3513 |
Toronto West Detention Centre |
Young Offenders
These two secure custody facilities, operated by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, have units for young women:
Bluewater Youth Centre |
Roy McMertry |