| Grierson Centre | |
| Former Names: | Royal Canadian Mounted Police Building |
| Alternate Names: | Grierson Institution |
| Building Type: | Minimum Security Prison |
| Architectural Style: | Collegiate Gothic & Tudor Gothic |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates: | 53.5439°N -113.4794°W |
| Completion Date: | 1912 (Barrack Block) 1936 (Addition) 1957 (Addition) |
| Opened Date: | 1912 (RCMP) (Prison) |
| Closing Date: | 1975 (RCMP) |
| Cost: | (1912) |
| Client: | Correctional Service Canada |
| Architect: | Roland Lines |
| Unit Count: | --> |
The Grierson Centre, also known as Grierson Institution, is a minimum security prison and historic site in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The institution is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada.[1]
The Grierson Centre originally served as the North-West Mounted Police's Divisional headquarters in Edmonton upon its completion in 1912.[2] Prior to 1912, the detachment was stationed in Fort Saskatchewan for a period of 34 years before moving to the growing City of Edmonton.[3] The barracks, as designed by architect Roland Lines, were completed at a cost of CA$70,000 and included stables and ten cells within the complex.[3]
One of the buildings in the Grierson Centre, former RCMP Centre Building 3, was designated a Recognized Federal Heritage Building on January 17, 1985. The compound was expanded in 1936 and again in 1957 to meet the growing needs of the RCMP detachment.[2] In 1975 the RCMP would vacate the site, and the property would fall into the use of Correctional Service of Canada.[2]