Matsqui Institution is a federal medium-security prison facility in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, about 70 kilometres east of Vancouver.

Accommodations for the general population are provided in a three-story living unit with a central core of security control posts.

Actions taken by Corporal Patrick Aloysius Kevin McBride during the riot to rescue eight staff members from a burning roof led to his receiving a second medal of honour for heroism in the same year from the Governor General.

[6] March 2010: Inmate Assault April 2010: Two large packages of contraband intercepted at perimeter fence.

Brew (homemade alcohol) found[8] November 4, 2010: Lockdown and exceptional search of the institution due to numerous inmates requesting protection and the finding of a sharp-edged weapon, drugs, tobacco and other unauthorized materials.