Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Canadian County, Oklahoma, has about 182,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Canadian County is held at the county jail, run by the Canadian County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Canadian County public records, Canadian County arrest records, Canadian County warrants, Canadian County police reports, Canadian County property records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Canadian County
The county jail, run by the Canadian County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Canadian County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Canadian County Sheriff's Office at ccsheriff.net/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Canadian County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Canadian County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1 people, down from about 190 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 247 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Canadian County has about 182,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 0.1 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Canadian County Jail
The Canadian County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Yukon, Mustang, El Reno, Piedmont, Union City and Calumet make the arrests that end in a booking in Canadian County.
The Geary Police Department, the Okarche Police Department and the Oklahoma City Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Canadian County, so their arrests are not broken out for Canadian County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Yukon's 653 for 2025, El Reno's 514 for 2025 and Mustang's 481 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Canadian County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,943 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Canadian County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Canadian County serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Canadian County?
Look on the custody page of the Canadian County Sheriff's Office at ccsheriff.net/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Canadian County jail?
About 1 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 247 beds.
What is the phone number for the Canadian County jail?
877-654-8463, the number on the page of the Canadian County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Canadian County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Canadian County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.