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Prison spending per resident: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Prison spending per resident ($, derived). All 13 provinces and territories with data in Police, courts, prisons and fire spending by province, Canada, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01. 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
2026-11-10
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National value: 81 (Canada).

British Columbia: 60Alberta: 71Saskatchewan: 204Manitoba: 274Ontario: 76Quebec: 52New Brunswick: 69Yukon: 398Nunavut: 1,110Newfoundland and Labrador: 92Nova Scotia: 52Northwest Territories: 795Prince Edward Island: 117
  • Lowest: 52 to 60 $
  • Group 2: 60 to 76 $
  • Group 3: 76 to 117 $
  • Group 4: 117 to 398 $
  • Highest: 398 to 1,110 $
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1Nunavut1,110
2Northwest Territories795
3Yukon398
4Manitoba274
5Saskatchewan204
6Prince Edward Island117
7Newfoundland and Labrador92
8Ontario76
9Alberta71
10New Brunswick69
11British Columbia60
12Nova Scotia52
12Quebec52

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01: Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG) by consolidated government component
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0005-01: Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by prison spending per resident ($, derived) (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-prison-spending-per-resident/

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