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Edmonton Institution
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Edmonton Institution is a maximum-security federal correctional institution operated by Correctional Service Canada in the Prairie Region, Alberta.
Background
The Edmonton Institution (French: Ãtablissement d'Edmonton) is a maximum security federal institution located in the northeastern part of Edmonton, Alberta. It is operated by Correctional Service of Canada. It is part of the Prairie Regions institutions, the Regional Headquarters of which is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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Capacity
324
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
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Region
Alberta
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.
Notable inmates
Omar Khadr1986 · jihadistOmar Ahmed Said Khadr (Arabic: ع٠ر Ø£Ø٠د سعÙد خضر, romanized: Ê»Umar Aḥmad Saʻīd Khiá¸r; born September 19, 1986) is a Canadian who, at the age of 15, was detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for ten years, during which he pleaded guilty to the murder of U.S.
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Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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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)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions directory — Correctional Service Canada / Nova Scotia Open Data
- Wikidata (Q5339067)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Edmonton Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/edmonton-institution
"Edmonton Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/edmonton-institution.
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title = {Edmonton Institution},
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