Canada

Capital city — Ottawa

Country population
38,929,902
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
88
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10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.935
(18/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.27
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Public Safety Canada
Total number of incarcerated people
33,833
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31/03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102.2 %
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31/03/2015
/ 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
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
7 %
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12/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.5 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
43.4 %
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31/03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

7 %

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12/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.5 %

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

43.4 % (14,695)

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31/03/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1998

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