Canada

Capital city — Ottawa

Country population
37,797,496
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10/2019
/ Statistics Canada
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
107
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10/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.922
(13/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Public Safety Canada
Total number of prisoners
39,579
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102.2 %
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03/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
216
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
9 %
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2018
/ Statistics Canada, Table 4.
Incarcerated minors
2 %
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03/2018
/ Statistics Canada
Percentage of untried prisoners
38.7 %
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998
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Special populations

Female prisoners

9 %

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2018

/ Statistics Canada, Table 4.

Incarcerated minors

2 % (793)

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03/2018

/ Statistics Canada

Percentage of untried prisoners

38.7 % (15,317)

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03/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1998

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