In other jurisdictions across North America, double-bunking occurred in response to
increasing numbers of incarcerated offenders. Double-bunking is practised in most
provincial jurisdictions across Canada. All eight jurisdictions that provided information
reported inmates being housed in double or shared accommodations designed for more
than two inmates.* The proportion of inmates housed in double or shared
accommodations in these jurisdictions ranged from 14% in PEI to 95% in the
Northwest Territories.

Entrance to North Fraser Pretrial Centre (2002) Corrections Branch Archives

24 One-Day Snapshot of Inmates in Canada's Adult Correctional Facilities, Catalogue # 85-601, Statistics Canada, 1999.

250 Corrections in British Columbia