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Donnacona Institution
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Donnacona Institution is a maximum-security federal correctional institution operated by Correctional Service Canada in the Quebec Region, Quebec.
Capacity
451
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service CanadaPopulation held
male
Opened
—
Region
Quebec
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Compared to other facilities in Canada
229 peersData completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions
- Wikipedia â Correctional Service Canada
- Correctional Service Canada â Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions directory — Correctional Service Canada / Nova Scotia Open Data
- Wikidata (Q139150687)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Donnacona Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/donnacona-institution
"Donnacona Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/donnacona-institution.
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