Correctional Facilities

GeoBC Branch, Government of British Columbia
Correctional Facilities is a point dataset identifying correctional facilities in British Columbia. It provides location data for prisons, pretrial custody and youth custody facilities. The location data is tracked in the sites database at GeoBC, identifying the physical location of buildings or access points to properties (for emergency response).
Data Format WMS, KML, BC Geographic Warehouse Custom Download (multiple formats including Shapefile, GeoJSON, CSV)
Download Url https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/WHSE_IMAGERY_AND_BASE_...
Download Url Validated False
Validation Message All URLs failed validation
Alternate Download Urls https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/kml/geo/layers/WHSE_...
https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/WHSE_IMAGERY...
Update Frequency Monthly (updated at the beginning of each month)
Last Updated 2025-03-07
Geospatial Bounds -128.6231,48.341,-120.4123,54.5152
Portal Type ckan
Success False
Quality Score
100%
Usable
Yes
Total Rows
28
Valid Geometries
28 / 28

Schema Compliance

Geometry Type Point
CRS {"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjso...
WGS84 Yes
Required Columns Yes

Spatial Bounds

SW: (-128.6231, 48.341)
NE: (-120.4123, 54.5152)

Column Completeness

Column Completeness
id 100.0%
names 100.0%
categories 100.0%
operating_status 100.0%
addresses 100.0%
sources 100.0%
source_properties 100.0%
websites 0.0%

Top Categories

jail_and_prison (28)

Issues

Overture Comparison

jail_and_prison (auto-inferred)
Candidate POIs
28
Overture POIs
15

H3 Cell Coverage (res 10)

Candidate Cells 26
Overture Cells 15
Overlapping 3
Candidate Only 23
Overture Only 12

Coverage Ratios

Overlap Ratio
11.5%
Unique Coverage
88.5%

Density Statistics

Mean Max Min
Candidate 1.08 2 1
Overture 1.00 1 1