All prisonsAll in Canada →
Amherst Internment Camp
Closed 1919Low
Verified
Fresh · 2mo ago
Sources last reviewed on
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Amherst Internment Camp
Step-by-step guidance using the Canada system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Background
Amherst Internment Camp was an internment camp that existed from 1914 to 1919 in Amherst, Nova Scotia. It was the largest internment camp in Canada during World War I; a maximum of 853 prisoners were housed at one time at the old Malleable Iron foundry on the corner of Hickman and Park Streets. The most famous prisoner at the camp was Leon Trotsky. There was a commemoration of the guards and prisoners for the 100th anniversary of the closing of the Amherst Internment Camp on July 2, 2019, at the Amherst Armoury.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
850
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1914
Closed 1919
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
—
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1914
Region
—
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
—
Insufficient data
We don't have enough public data on this facility to score it. Have something to add? Send us a correction.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Fenbrook InstitutionGravenhurstMediumFederal institution
- Spirit Lake Internment Camp
- Hampton Gaol
- Beaver Creek InstitutionGravenhurstMinimumFederal institution
- York County Gaol
- Nova Scotia Youth FacilityWatervilleYouth institution
Compared to other facilities in Canada
229 peersCapacity (beds)this: 850 · peers avg: 513 (+66%)
Data completeness
22%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q16002877)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
APA
World Prisons. (2026). Amherst Internment Camp. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/amherst-internment-camp
Chicago
"Amherst Internment Camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/amherst-internment-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-amherst-internment-camp,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Amherst Internment Camp},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/amherst-internment-camp},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}