Before 1867
1800-First York County Gaol (Toronto) opened
1824-Second York County Gaol (Toronto) opened
1824-First York County Gaol closed
1825-Prescott and Russell County Gaol (L’Orignal) opened
1833-Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Gaol (Cornwall) opened
1834-Prince Edward County Gaol (Picton) opened
1838-Hastings County Gaol (Belleville) opened
1841-Huron County Gaol (Goderich) opened
1842-Leeds and Grenville Gaol (Brockville) opened
1843-Middlesex County Gaol (London) opened
1843-Simcoe County Gaol (Barrie) opened
1845-Third York County Gaol (Toronto) opened,
1845-Second York County Gaol closed
1850-Kent County Gaol (Chatham) opened
1851-Haldimand County Gaol (Cayuga) opened
1852-Brant County Gaol (Brantford) opened
1853-Elgin County Gaol (St Thomas) opened
1853-Oxford County Gaol (Woodstock) opened
1853-Waterloo County Gaol (Kitchener formerly Berlin) opened
1853-Wellington County Gaol (Guelph) opened
1855-Frontenac County Gaol (Kingston) opened
1856-Welland County Gaol (Welland) opened
1857-Norfolk County Gaol (Simcoe) opened
1861-First Lambton County Gaol (Sarnia) opened
1862-Carleton County Gaol (Ottawa) opened
1863-Victoria and Haliburton County Gaol (Lindsay) opened
1864-Lanark County Gaol (Perth) opened
1865-Lennox-Addington County Gaol (Napanee) opened
1865-Fourth York County Gaol (Toronto) opened
1865-Third York County Gaol closed
1866-Bruce County Gaol (Walkerton) opened
1866-Lincoln County Gaol (St Catharines) opened
1866-Peterborough County Gaol (Peterborough) opened
1866-Renfrew County Gaol (Pembroke) opened
1)John Sandfield Macdonald-PC-Premier July1867-December1871
1)1867-Peel County Gaol opened
2)1869-Grey County Gaol (Owen Sound) opened
2)Edward Blake-Lib-Premier December1871-October1872
3)Sir Oliver Mowat-Lib-Premier October1872-July1896
1)1873-Central Prison opened in Toronto,
a Provincial facility
2)1874-First Algoma District Gaol (Sault
Ste Marie) opened
3)1875-Third Wentworth County Gaol (Hamilton)
opened, Second Wentworth County Gaol closed
4)1878-Halton County Gaol (Milton) opened
5)1878-Parry Sound District Gaol (Parry
Sound) opened
6)1880-Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women
opened in Toronto
7)1881-Dufferin County Gaol (Orangeville)
opened
8)1882-Muskoka District Gaol (Bracebridge)
opened
9)1885-Huntsville Lock-Up opened
10)1887-Victoria Industrial School for Boys,
Mimico opened
11)1887-Alexandria Industrial School for Girls,
Scarborugh opened
12)1887-Second Perth County Gaol (Stratford)
opened, First Gaol opened in 1853 and closed in 1887
13)1894-St John’s Training School for Boys opened
in Toronto, moved to Uxbridge in 1956 (Roman Catholic)
4)Arthur Sturgis Hardy-Lib-Premier July 1896-October1899
5)Georges William Ross-Lib-Premier October1899-February1905
1)1900-St Mary’s Training School for Girls
opened in Toronto, moved to Downsview in 1941 (Roman Catholic)
2)1904-Reformatory for Boys in Penetanguishene
closed
6)Sir James Pliney Whitney-PC-Premier February1905-September1914
1)1905-Huntsville Lock-Up closed after
fire
2)1906-Northumberland and Durham County
Gaol opened
3)1909-Construction of Ontario Reformatory,
Guelph starts
4)1910-Ontario Parole Commission established
5)1911-The Ontario Reformatory opens in
Guelph
6)1911-Industrial Farm, Fort William opened
7)1912-Industrial Farm, Langstaff (Thornhill)
opened for Metro Toronto males
8)1912-Industrial Farm, Concord opened
for Metro Toronto females
9)1913-Mimico Brick and Tile Plant opens
10)1914-Burwash Industrial Farm opens near Sudbury
11)1914-First Algoma District Gaol (Sault Ste Marie)
closed
12)1914-Second Algoma District Gaol (Sault Ste Marie)
opened
7)Sir William Howard Hearst-PC-Premier October1914-November1919
1)1915-Central Prison in Toronto closed
2)1916-First Board of Parole established
8)Ernest Charles Drury-United Farmers of Ontario-Premier November 1919-July1923
9)George Howard Ferguson-PC-Premier July1923-December1930
1)1923-Thunder Bay District Gaol (Port
Arthur now Thunder Bay) opened
2)1924-Civil Service Association of Ontario
(CSAO) founded
3)1924-Prison for the Criminally Insane
(a.k.a. Oakridge) at Penetanguishene opened
4)1925-Ontario Training School for Boys
in Bowmanville opened
5)1925-Essex County Gaol (Windsor formerly
Sandwich) opened
6)1927-Mimico opens as a reform School
7)1928-Kenora District Gaol (Kenora) opened
8)1928-Nipissing District Gaol (North Bay)
opened
9)1928-Sudbury District Gaol (Sudbury)
opened
10)George Stewart Henry-PC-Premier December1930-July1934
1)1931-Mimico becomes Ontario Reformatory,
Mimico
2)1933-St Joseph’s Training School for
Boys in Alfred opened
11)Mitchell Frederick Hepburn-Lib-Premier July1934-October1942
1)1935-Industrial Farm Concord closed,
given to Salvation Army
2)1936-Industrial Farm, Fort William (now
Thunder Bay) closed, becomes Ontario Hospital for mentally ill until 1955
3)1938-Monteith Industrial Farm opened
4)1939-Industrial Farm, Langstaff closed,
given to Salvation Army
12)Gordon Daniel Conant-Lib-Premier October1942-May1943
13)Harry Corwin Nixon-Lib-Premier May1943-October1943
14)Col George Alexander Drew-PC-Premier August1943-October1948
1)1946-Ontario Department of Reform Institutions
born
2)1946-Muskoka Distrct Gaol (Bracebridge)
closed
3)1948-Burtch Industrial Farm at
Mt Pleasant opened
15)Thomas Laird Kennedy-PC-Premier October1948-May1949
16)Leslie Miscampbell Frost-PC-Premier May1949-November1961
1)1955-Industrial Farm, Fort William (now
Thunder Bay) reopened
2)1956-Hillsdale Work Camp opened
3)1957-Ontario Reformatory, Millbrook opened
4)1958-Ontario County Gaol (Whitby) opened
17)John Parmenter Robarts-PC-Premier November1961-March1971
1)1965-Second Lambton County Jail (Sarnia)
opened, First Lambton County Jail (Sarnia) closed
2)1968-Ontario County and District Jails
taken over by the Province
3)1969-Vanier Centre for Women opened in
Brampton, Mercer closed
18)William Grenville Davis-PC-Premier March1971-February1985
1)1971-Hastings County Gaol (Belleville)
closed, was opened in 1838
2)1971-Frontenac County Gaol (Kingston)
closed, was opened in 1855
3)1971-Lennox-Addington County Gaol (Napanee)
closed, was opened in 1865
4)1971-Prince Edward County Gaol (Picton)
closed, was opened in 1834
5)1971-Quinte Detention Centre opened
6)1972-Huron County Gaol (Goderich) closed,
was opened in 1841
7)1972-Carleton County Gaol (Ottawa) closed,
was opened in 1962
8)1972-Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
opened
9)1973-Waterloo County Gaol (Kitchener)
wildcat strike Re: Governor
10)1973-Lincoln County Gaol (St Catharines) closed,
opened in 1866
11)1973-St Mary’s Training School for Girls in Downsview
closed
12)1973-Welland County Gaol (Welland) closed, was opened
in 1856
13)1973-Niagara Detention Centre opened
14)1974-Burwash Correctional Centre closed
15)1974-Haldimand County (Cayuga) Gaol closed, was
opened in 1851
16)1975-The Ontario Public Service Employees Union
born from the CSAO
17)1975-Shapiro Commission starts, and most recommendations
are not enacted
18)1975-Maplehurst Correctional Centre opened
19)1977-Elgin County Gaol (St Thomas) closed, was opened
in 1853
20)1977-Oxford County Gaol (Woodstock) closed, was
opened in 1853
21)1977-Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre opened
22)1977-Fourth York County Gaol (Toronto) closed, was
opened in 1865, First York County Gaol opened in 1800 and closed in 1824,
Second York County Gaol opened in 1824 and closed in 1845, Third York County
Gaol opened in 1845 and closed in 1865
23)1977-Fifth Toronto Jail opened
24)1977-Metro Toronto West Detention Centre opened
25)1977-Metro Toronto East Detention Centre opened
26)1978-Halton County Gaol (Milton) closed
27)1978-Dufferin County Gaol (Orangeville) opened
28)1978-Norfolk County Gaol (Simcoe) closed, was opened
in 1857
29)1978-Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre opened,
Third Wentworth County Gaol closed
30)1979-Corrections wide 3 day wildcat strike for their
own contract category
31)1980-Wellington County Gaol closed, was opened in
1853
32)1980-Wellington Detention Centre opened
19)Frank Stewart Miller-PC-Premier February1985-June1985
20)David Robert Peterson-Lib-Premier June1985-October1990
1)1989-Largest wage increase ever for Corrections
through arbitration
2)1989-Maplehurst expanded-Detention Centre
added
21)Robert Keith Rae-New Democratic Party-Premier October1990-June
1995
1)1991-Rae Days are initiated on Corrections
and Public Service employees
2)1992-Lanark County Gaol (Perth) closed,
was opened in 1864
22)Mike Deane Harris-PC-Premier June1995-April2002
1)1996-First ever Ontario Public Service
contract strike
2)1998-Temiskaming District Gaol (Haileybury)
closed
3)1998-Northumberland and Durham County
Gaol (Cobourg) closed
4)1998-Prescott and Russell County Gaol
(L’Orignal) closed
5)1998-First privately operated Y.O. ‘Boot
Camp’ opens at the old adult Hillsdale Work Camp, north of Barrie called
Camp Turnaround
6)2001-First Private Prison in Canada opened
at Penetanguishene
7)2001-Parry Sound District Gaol (Parry
Sound) closed
8)2002-Second Ontario Public Service contract
strike
9)2002-Guelph Correctional Centre (a.k.a.
Ontario Reformatory) closed
10)2002-Maplehurst Correctional Complex refitted-super
jail style pods added
23)Ernie L. Eves-PC-Premier April2002-October2003
1)2002-Burtch Correctional Centre closed
2)2002-Second Algoma District Gaol (Sault
Ste Marie) closed, Jail incorporated into the Algoma District Treatment
Centre (formerly the Northern Treatment Centre) (Sault Ste Marie)
3)2003-Sault Ste Marie Jail closed
4)2003-Guelph Treatment Centre closed (former
GATU section of GCC)
5)2003-Vanier Centre for Women moved to
Maplehurst site, Brampton facility becomes the Ivictus Young Offender facility
5)2003-Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County
Gaol (Cornwall) closed, was opened in 1833
6)2003-Millbrook Correctional Centre closed
24)Dalton McGinty-Lib-Premier October2003-present
1)2004-Private Y.O. ‘Boot Camp’ closed
2)2004-Renfrew County Gaol (Pembroke) closed,
was opened in 1866