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Number of police officers and civilian personnel per 100,000 population, Canada, 1962 to 2016

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personnel per 100,000 population 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 Police officersPolice officers Civilian personnelCivilian personnel
Note(s):
Police officers represent the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents). Civilian personnel include permanent civilian staff on the police service's payroll, employed in permanent positions such as clerks, dispatchers, managers, cadets, special constables, security officers, school crossing guards and by-law enforcement officers. Populations are based on July 1, 2016, estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Additional data are available on CANSIM table 254-0002.
Source(s):
Police Administration Survey (3301).

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Number of police officers and civilian personnel per 100,000 population, Canada, 1962 to 2016, personnel per 100,000 population
  Police officers Civilian personnel
1962 140.6 30.7
1963 144.4 31.4
1964 149.4 34.5
1965 153.5 36.3
1966 160.3 37.9
1967 165.8 39.3
1968 168.5 40.3
1969 173.0 42.7
1970 178.2 46.7
1971 182.8 48.3
1972 185.5 52.9
1973 191.8 54.7
1974 198.5 53.0
1975 206.2 59.6
1976 205.6 61.3
1977 205.5 64.2
1978 203.2 65.7
1979 202.4 62.0
1980 203.3 66.9
1981 203.7 68.5
1982 201.2 70.6
1983 197.4 68.4
1984 195.3 68.4
1985 194.8 68.5
1986 197.0 70.0
1987 198.5 73.9
1988 199.0 72.4
1989 198.7 71.6
1990 202.3 69.5
1991 202.5 69.4
1992 200.9 70.7
1993 198.4 69.6
1994 192.6 67.2
1995 187.7 65.7
1996 183.5 66.2
1997 183.0 65.8
1998 181.6 64.3
1999 182.0 66.3
2000 182.3 64.9
2001 184.0 64.4
2002 186.3 66.1
2003 187.8 67.9
2004 187.2 69.5
2005 189.3 72.5
2006 191.8 73.4
2007 195.0 76.9
2008 196.4 77.1
2009 200.0 80.5
2010 203.1 80.4
2011 202.2 81.9
2012 200.0 81.2
2013 197.0 79.3
2014 193.6 80.0
2015 191.8 79.1
2016 189.5 78.3
Note(s):
Police officers represent the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents). Civilian personnel include permanent civilian staff on the police service's payroll, employed in permanent positions such as clerks, dispatchers, managers, cadets, special constables, security officers, school crossing guards and by-law enforcement officers. Populations are based on July 1, 2016, estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Additional data are available on CANSIM table 254-0002.
Source(s):
Police Administration Survey (3301).
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