This page includes an alphabetical list of current correctional institutions in Ontario and closed facilities that were in operation in 1965 and onwards. You can get their educational records if you contact the identified organizations for the respective institutions.

General contact information

Independent Learning Centre
P.O. Box 200, Station Q
Toronto, ON M4T 2T1
416-484-2704 or 1-800-387-5512
416-484-2754
 ilc@tvo.org

Records held by the school board

If the school board currently delivers an educational program at the institution, contact the teacher at the institution to obtain information.

If the facility is closed or the program has been discontinued, contact the school board as noted.

Records held by the Ministry of Education

Records Officer
Ontario Ministry of Education
Field Services Branch
315 Front Street West, 12th Floor
Toronto ON M7A 0B8
student.records@ontario.ca

Records held by the Ministry of the Solicitor General

Raj Singh
Program Development Unit
Teacher, School Program, Ontario Correctional Institute
109 McLaughlin Road South,
Brampton, ON
L6Y 2C8
905-878-8141 ext. 3514
905-876-7354
Rajendra.singh@ontario.ca

Records held by institutions A – L

Name of institutionStatus of operationWhere to obtain educational records
Algoma Treatment and Remand Centreopen
Barrie Jailclosed in 2001
Belleville Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Brampton Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Brampton Adult Training Centreclosed in 1979
  • Ministry of Education
Brantford Jailclosed
Brockville Jailopen
Burtch Correctional Centreclosed in 2001  
  • Ministry of Education
Burwash Correctional Centreclosed in 1974
  • Ministry of Education
Cayuga Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Central East Correctional Centreopen
Central North Correctional Centreopen
Chatham Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Cobourg Jailclosed in 1998  
Cornwall Jailclosed in 2002
Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centreopen
Fort Frances Jailopen
Glendale Adult Training Centreclosed in 1977
  • Ministry of Education
Goderich Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Guelph Correctional Centreclosed in 2001  
Guelph Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Haileybury Jailclosed in 1998
Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centreopen
Hamilton Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Kenora Jailopen
Kingston Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Kitchener Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Lindsay Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
London Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
L’Original Jailclosed

Records held by institutions M – R

Name of institutionStatus of operationWhere to obtain educational records
Maplehurst Correctional Complexopen
Metro Toronto West Detention Centreclosed
Millbrook Correctional Centreclosed
  • Ministry of Education
Milton Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Mimico Correctional Centreclosed
Monteith Correctional Centreopen
Napanee Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Niagara Detention Centreopen
North Bay Jailopen
Ontario Correctional Instituteopen
  • records from 1974 to now - Ministry of the Solicitor General
  • Simcoe County District School Board
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centreopen
Ottawa Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Orangeville Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Owen Sound Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Parry Sound Jailclosed
Pembroke Jailclosed in 2004
Perth Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Peterborough Jailclosed
Picton Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Quinte Detention Centreopen
Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centreclosed
  • Ministry of Education

Records held by institutions S – Z

Name of institutionStatus of operationWhere to obtain educational records
St. Lawrence Valley and Treatment Centreopen
Sarnia Jailopen
Sault Ste. Marie Jailclosed
Simcoe Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
South West Detention Centreopen
St. Catharines Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
St. Thomas Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Stratford Jailopen
  • there is currently no on-site educational program
Sudbury Jailopen
Thunder Bay Correctional Centreopen
Thunder Bay Jailopen
Toronto East Detention Centre (formerly Metro Toronto East Detention Centre)open
  • records from the 1990’s to 2002 – Toronto District School Board (formerly Scarborough Board of Education)
  • there is currently no on-site educational program
Toronto South Detention Centreopen
Toronto Jailclosed
Vanier Centre For Women (Brampton)closed in 2003
  • Ministry of Education
Vanier Centre For Women (Milton)open
Walkerton Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Waterloo Detention Centreclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Wellington Detention Centreclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Whitby Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program
Windsor Jailclosed
Woodstock Jailclosed
  • did not have an on-site educational program