Canada

Capital city — Ottawa

Country population
37,797,496
i
10/2019
/ Statistics Canada
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
107
i
10/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.922
(13/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.8
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Public Safety Canada
Total number of incarcerated people
39,579
i
03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102.2 %
i
03/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
216
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
9 %
i
2018
/ Statistics Canada, Table 4.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2 %
i
03/2018
/ Statistics Canada
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
38.7 %
i
03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998
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Country population

37,797,496

i

10/2019

/ Statistics Canada

Type of government

Constitutional Monarchy

Human Development Index

0.922

(13/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

1.8

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report