Canada Profile

Introduction

List of Detention Sites

Map of Detention Sites

Country Links

Reference List

Canada Detention Profile 2009

Quick Facts: Canada

Detention centres: 3 federally run centres; provincial prisons

Detention capacity: 300 (CBSA facilites) (2008)

Number of deportations: 12,636 (FY 2006-2007)

Est. number of irregular residents: 35,000-120,000 (2007)

Number of asylum seekers: 36,900 (2008)

Length of detention: No limit

Last updated: May 2009

Canada Detention Profile

Reference List

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  • Canadian Red Cross (CRC). Web site. Canadian Red Cross Detention Monitoring Program. http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=10148&tid=001(accessed 23 April 2009).
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  • Nova Scotia Department of Justice. Website. Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facilitiy. www.gov.ns.ca/just/Corrections/CNSCF.asp (accessed 10 March 2009).
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