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Canada
Capital city —
Ottawa
Country population
36,503,097
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief / Statistics Canada
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
113
i
2017
/
ICPR
/ Statistics Canada
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.92
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Public Safety
Total number of prisoners
41,145
i
2017
/
ICPR
- Statistics Canada
Prison density
102 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
- Statistics Canada
Total number of prison facilities
230
i
2017
An NPM has been established
No
Incarcerated minors
2.4 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
- Statistics Canada
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.2 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
- Statistics Canada
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1976
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An NPM has been established
No
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