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Millhaven Institution is a maximum-security federal correctional institution operated by Correctional Service Canada in the Ontario Region, Ontario.

Background

Millhaven Institution (French: Établissement de Millhaven) is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario. Approximately 500 inmates are incarcerated at Millhaven. Opened in 1971, Millhaven was originally built to replace Ontario's other aging maximum security prison, Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston Ontario. A riot at Kingston Penitentiary forced Millhaven to open prematurely. During the period of 1977–1984, a Special Handling Unit (SHU) operated at Millhaven, alongside its general maximum-security population.

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1971

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1971

Region

Ontario

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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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

  • Bruce McArthur
    1951 · landscape contractor

    Between 2010 and 2017, a total of eight men disappeared from the neighbourhood of Church and Wellesley, the LGBTQ village of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  • Richard Sauvé
    1952

    Richard Michael Anthony Sauvé (born 27 July 1952) is a Canadian former outlaw biker, convicted of first degree murder in the Port Hope 8 case of 1979, turned social activist.

  • Omar Khadr
    Omar Khadr
    1986 · jihadist

    Omar Ahmed Said Khadr (Arabic: عمر أحمد سعيد خضر, romanized: ʻUmar Aḥmad Saʻīd Khiḍr; 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

5775 Bath Road, Bath K0H 1G0

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Millhaven Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/millhaven-institution
Chicago
"Millhaven Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/millhaven-institution.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-millhaven-institution,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Millhaven Institution},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/millhaven-institution},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}