Chart 1
Rate of police strength and civilian personnel per 100,000 population, Canada, 1962 to 2017
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, 2017 estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Additional data are available on CANSIM (Table 254-0002).
Source(s):
Police Administration Survey (3301).
Chart description
This is a line chart.
| 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 | 191.9 | 79.2 |
| 2016 | 189.9 | 78.4 |
| 2017 | 188.0 | 79.1 |
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, 2017 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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