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Mission Institution
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Mission Institution is a medium-security federal correctional institution operated by Correctional Service Canada in the Pacific Region, British Columbia.
Background
Mission Institution is a minimum and medium security federal institution within the Correctional Service of Canada and is located in Mission, British Columbia. It has a capacity of 540 inmates: 324 in medium security and 216 in minimum security. Mission Institution is broken up into 6 living units, with that also accommodates inmates from neighboring [Mission Minimum Institution]. Mission Institution has several industries building, allowing inmates to be employed to build numerous products. The institution was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak, where at least 133 inmates and staff had tested positive for the virus, with one death.
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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
British Columbia
Security level
Medium
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.
Contact & address
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Data completeness
62%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 (Q6878626)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Mission Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mission-institution
"Mission Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mission-institution.
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title = {Mission Institution},
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