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Our history
The history of corrections in Canada is fascinating and complex. Much has changed over the years: not only the institutions involved but also the principles on which they are run. -
Appearance of the Commissioner before the Standing Committee on Public...
Parliamentary committee binder for the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU): January 25, 2021. -
Institutional profiles: Pacific region
The Pacific Region consists of the province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. There are 8 institutions in the Pacific Region (seven for men and one for women). -
SERN Reliability: Indicators Contributing to Risk and Needs Ratings
In 2019, the Romanian Probation Service (RPS) nationally implemented a ‘Scale for the Evaluation of Risk and Needs’ (or SERN) that was modeled earlier on the static and dynamic... -
Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act 2024 to 2025
This report shows how CSC fulfilled compliance with the Privacy Act during the fiscal reporting period of April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. -
Commissioner's Directives
The link to this website provides various links to specific Commissioner's Directives (CD) this can include: Guidelines (GL), Financial Directive (FD) as well as Internal... -
Ministerial transition binder: May 2025
Transition binder for the new Minister after the 2025 federal election in May 2025. -
Post-pandemic Provisional Federal Population Forecasts
Post-pandemic changes in 10-year federal population forecasts were observed for men, women, and across regions. -
Examining Experiences of Federal Offenders on Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT)...
Correctional populations experience high levels of opioid use disorder (OUD) and increased risks for related harms upon the high-risk period of community release and... -
Gender diverse offenders with sex offence histories compared to offenders...
This study compares the characteristics, sentence/offence information, and criminogenic risk and need profile of gender diverse offenders with sex offence histories to offenders... -
Investigating incidents
When an incident involving an offender occurs in one of our institutions or in the community, CSC must determine if further administrative review is needed. -
Appearance before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP): February 9, 2023
Parliamentary committee binder for the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP): February 9, 2023. -
SIU Authorizations: January 1st, 2024 to March 31st, 2024 (Quarterly Report Q4)
As part of a quarterly series highlighting trends in SIUs, the current analysis examines SIU stay-level data drawn from CSC’s data warehouse for the fourth quarter of 2023-2024... -
Experiences at Men's CSC-operated Healing Lodges: A Qualitative Examination
Healing Lodges are environments that use Indigenous values, traditions, and beliefs to offer culturally-relevant services and programs for Indigenous offenders. The goal of the... -
Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge: Resident, Elder, and Staff Experiences
The goal of this qualitative research is to gain an understanding of the collective impacts that women's Healing Lodges have on Indigenous offenders, as well as the challenges... -
CSC - Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act 2022-2023
Discover how Correctional Service Canada fulfilled compliance with the Privacy Act during the fiscal reporting period of April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. -
Correctional Service Canada’s 2026-2027 Departmental Plan
Correctional Service Canada’s 20262027 Departmental Plan -
Aboriginal Women: Profile and Changing Population
Examinations over a ten-year period demonstrate that Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women differ on many indicators of correctional outcomes and that First Nations and Métis... -
Institutional profiles: Prairie region: Regional Psychiatric Centre
The Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC) is located on land leased from the University of Saskatchewan within the city of Saskatoon. RPC is approximately 140 kilometres south west... -
Indigenous healing lodges
Healing lodges are environments designed specifically for Indigenous offenders. They offer culturally appropriate services and programs to offenders in a way that incorporates...