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Port-Cartier Institution
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Port-Cartier Institution is a maximum-security federal correctional institution operated by Correctional Service Canada in the Quebec Region, Quebec.
Capacity
237
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service CanadaPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
Quebec
Security level
Maximum
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
- Robert Pickton1949–2024 · farmer
Robert William Pickton (October 24, 1949 â May 31, 2024), also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher, was a Canadian pig farmer and serial killer.
- Alexandre Bissonnette1989 · murderer
The Quebec City mosque shooting (French: Attentat de la grande mosquée de Québec) was an attack by a single gunman on the evening of January 29, 2017, at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada.
- Vital Lemire1940–2019 · con artist
Luka Magnotta1982 · murderer
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Compared to other facilities in Canada
229 peersCapacity (beds)this: 237 · peers avg: 568 (58%)
Data completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions
- Wikipedia â Correctional Service Canada
- Correctional Service Canada â Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions directory — Correctional Service Canada / Nova Scotia Open Data
- Wikidata (Q112265934)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Port-Cartier Institution. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/port-cartier-institution
Chicago
"Port-Cartier Institution." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/port-cartier-institution.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-port-cartier-institution,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Port-Cartier Institution},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/port-cartier-institution},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}