The John Howard Society of Canada is a Canadian non-profit organization that seeks to develop understanding and effective responses to the problem of crime and prison reform.

[1] The first organization with the John Howard Society name was founded in British Columbia in 1931 by Reverend J. Dinnage Hobden.

[1] The John Howard Society of Canada (JHS) fills an important role in public education, community service, and advocating for reform in the criminal justice system.

[2] The mission of the John Howard Society of Canada is to promote effective, just, and humane responses to the causes and consequences of crime.

John Howard society offices and branches can be found in sixty communities across Canada, in all of the provinces and the Northwest Territories.