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Bordeaux Prison Prison in Canada Bordeaux Prison The Bordeaux Prison ( French: _Prison de Bordeaux_), also known as the Montreal Detention Centre,[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux_Prison#cite_note-:0-2) is a provincial prison in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 800 Gouin Boulevard West[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux_Prison#cite_note-3) in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The prison was built between 1908 and 1912 by architect Jean-Omer Marchand\ [fr\] to replace the aged Pied-du-Courant Prison. The prison currently houses male inmates sentenced to less than two years' imprisonment. It also houses prisoners awaiting trial. It is the largest provincial prison in Quebec, with a maximum capacity of almost 1500 inmates. The prison was also an execution site, where 85 hangings were carried out by Quebec between 1912 and 1960. On Christmas Day, 2022, a 21-year old inmate died after being pepper sprayed by staff while wearing a spit hood in a shower and then left face down in a cell, despite a court having ordered his release on December 23.

Background

The Bordeaux Prison (French: Prison de Bordeaux), also known as the Montreal Detention Centre, is a provincial prison in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 800 Gouin Boulevard West in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The prison was built between 1908 and 1912 by architect Jean-Omer Marchand to replace the aged Pied-du-Courant Prison. The prison currently houses male inmates sentenced to less than two years' imprisonment. It also houses prisoners awaiting trial.

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Year opened

1912

Operational

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1912

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Death-row facility

No

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Chuggo
    Chuggo
    1971 · musician
  • Lucien Rivard
    1914–2002 · drug trafficker

    Lucien Rivard (June 16, 1915 – February 3, 2002) was a Quebec criminal known for a sensational prison escape in 1965.

  • Gabriel Roy
    1980 · humorist
  • Pierre Vallières
    Pierre Vallières
    1938–1998 · writer

    Pierre "PK" Vallières (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ valjɛʁ]; 22 February 1938 – 23 December 1998) was a Canadian journalist and writer, known as an intellectual leader of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ).

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World Prisons. (2026). Bordeaux Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bordeaux-prison
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@misc{worldprisons-bordeaux-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Bordeaux Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bordeaux-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}