Canada

Capital city — Ottawa

Country population
36,503,097
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2017
/ World Prison Brief / Statistics Canada
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
113
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2017
/ ICPR / Statistics Canada
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.92
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Public Safety
Total number of incarcerated people
41,145
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2017
/ ICPR - Statistics Canada
Prison density
102 %
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2015
/ ICPR - Statistics Canada
Total number of prison facilities
230
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2017
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.4 %
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2017
/ ICPR - Statistics Canada
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
36.2 %
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2017
/ ICPR - Statistics Canada
The death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1976

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Special populations

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

2.4 % (998)

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2017

/ ICPR - Statistics Canada

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

36.2 % (14,899)

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2017

/ ICPR - Statistics Canada

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1976