Grand Valley Institution for Women

Grand Valley Institution for Women is a women's prison in , operated by the Correctional Service of Canada. In , all offenders sentenced to prison terms of greater than two years serve their time in a federal institution operated by the CSC.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Prison
  • Description: women’s prison in Canada
  • Also known as: “Établissement pour femmes Grand Valley” and “Grand Valley Institution For Women”
  • Address: 1575 Homer Watson Boulevard

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Doon Heritage Village and Homer Watson House.

Museum
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, located at the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum, is a picturesque 25-hectare living history village that shows visitors what life was like in the Waterloo Region in the year 1914. is situated 430 metres east of Grand Valley Institution for Women.

Historic building
Photo: Matt Deres, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic building, which is situated 2 km east of Grand Valley Institution for Women.

Railway station
Photo: Radagast, CC0.
Fairway is a light rail station and bus station in , Canada. It is a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. The station is located just off Wilson Avenue between Fairway Road and Kingsway Drive, adjacent to the . is situated 2½ km north of Grand Valley Institution for Women.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doon and Kitchener.

Suburb
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is a suburban community and former village which is now a part of the city of , Canada. was settled around 1800 by German Mennonites from Pennsylvania, and after 1830 by Scottish immigrants.

Photo: Allie Caulfield, CC BY 2.0.
and neighbouring and form a tightly-integrated metro area within the larger in . At the time of the 2021 Canadian census, the population of the city of was 256,885 people and the population of the Region of Waterloo area was 587,165.

Suburb
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is a community in , , in the . Prior to 1973 it was an independent town, incorporated in 1915, but amalgamation with the town of , the city of and the village of Blair formed the new municipality of Cambridge. is situated 7 km east of Grand Valley Institution for Women.

Grand Valley Institution for Women

Latitude
43.40184° or 43° 24′ 7″ north
Longitude
-80.44287° or 80° 26′ 34″ west
Open location code
86MXCH24+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280711696
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q5595221
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tswana—“Grand Valley Institution for Women” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “大谷地妇女机构”
  • Chinese: “大谷地妇女监狱”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مؤسسة جراند فالى للمراه”
  • Italian: “Grand Valley Institution for Women”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Établissement pour femmes Grand Valley”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Valley Institution for Women”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand Valley Institution for Women”
  • Persian: “مؤسسه گرند ولی برای زنان”
  • Tswana: “Grand Valley Institution for Women”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum and Forward Church.

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