Toronto, Ontario

CBSA Toronto Immigration Holding Centre

Canada

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Canada Border Services Agency

Management: Canada Border Services Agency (Governmental)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Families, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
183
18

10 November 2020

No Data
Canada

5,248

Migration Detainees

8,825

Migration Detainee Entries

To country overview
Main Centre

YES

FACILITY NAMES
CBSA Toronto Immigration Holding Centre
Location

Country: Canada

City & Region: Toronto, Ontario, Americas

Latitude, Longitude: 43.7155967629, -79.5889413357

Contact Information
Toronto Immigration Holding Centre;
385 Rexdale Blvd.;
Toronto, Ontario
Civil Society Contacts

Organisation: Yes
Website: 2025


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
In use
2021
In use
2020
In use
2018
In use
2013
In use
2012
In use
2011
In use
2010
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2012
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Immigration holding centre
2018
Management
Management
Type
Year
Canada Border Services Agency
Governmental
2017
Canada Border Services Agency
Governmental
2012
Private contractors
Private For-Profit
2012
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Canada Border Services Agency
Public Safety Canada
Internal or Public Security
2012
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Corbel Management Corporation
Management
2017
Corbel Management Corporation
Facility maintenance
2017
Corbel Management Corporation
Food services
2017
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2004

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2025

Adult men

2025

Families

2025

Adult men

2017

Unaccompanied minors

2016

Adult women

2015

Accompanied minors

2015

Adult women

2012

Adult men

2012

Accompanied minors

2012

Unaccompanied minors

2012

Accompanied minors

2011

Unaccompanied minors

2011

Accompanied minors

2010

Unaccompanied minors

2010
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2025

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2017

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2012

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2010

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2010

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 183

2025

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 195

2025

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 183

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 195

2017

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 125

2011
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 3296

2013
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
18
10 November 2020
21
1 April 2020
41
25 March 2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2025

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2012
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 15

2025

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Internal Security Regime

Open (cell doors are not locked or locked from inside only)

2025
External Security Regime

Secure

2012

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2025

Yes

2012
Age Segregation

Yes

2012
Family Segregation

Yes

2025

CELLS

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

Yes

2025

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2025
Outdoor Space

Yes

2025
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2025
Activities/Education for Children

Yes

2025

HEALTH

Nurse on Duty

Daily

2025

At least once a week

2020

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2025

Yes

2020
Family Access

Yes

2025

Yes

2020

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2020
Free Outgoing Local Calls

Yes

2020
Internet Access

No

2020
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2020