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Grierson Institution
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Background
The Grierson Centre, also known as Grierson Institution, is a minimum security prison and historic site in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The institution is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada. The Grierson Centre originally served as the North-West Mounted Police's Divisional headquarters in Edmonton upon its completion in 1912. Prior to 1912, the detachment was stationed in Fort Saskatchewan for a period of 34 years before moving to the growing City of Edmonton. The barracks, as designed by architect Roland Lines, were completed at a cost of CA$70,000 and included stables and ten cells within the complex.
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Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service CanadaPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
Alberta
Security level
Minimum
Death-row facility
No
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Sources
- CSC â Grierson Institution
- Correctional Service Canada â Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5608703)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Grierson Institution. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/grierson-institution
Chicago
"Grierson Institution." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/grierson-institution.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-grierson-institution,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Grierson Institution},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/grierson-institution},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}