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Incarceration rate per 100,000 adults: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Incarceration rate per 100,000 adults. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Adults in provincial and territorial corrections, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023/2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0154-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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National value: 77.78 (Canada).

Lowest: 39.71 to 67.81
Group 2: 67.81 to 73.29
Group 3: 73.29 to 91.05
Group 4: 91.05 to 239
Highest: 239 to 470.72

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nunavut	470.72
2	Northwest Territories	244.57
3	Saskatchewan	239
4	Manitoba	174.59
5	Yukon	106.4
6	Alberta	91.05
7	Prince Edward Island	79.97
8	Newfoundland and Labrador	73.29
9	Ontario	73.26
10	New Brunswick	69.92
11	Quebec	67.81
12	Nova Scotia	62.14
13	British Columbia	39.71

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0154-01: Average counts of adults in provincial and territorial correctional programs. Reference period: 2023/2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by incarceration rate per 100,000 adults (2023/2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0154-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-incarceration-rate-per-100000-adults/

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