Table 1 
Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2017 

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Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2017
  Population2 Police officers3 Police officers3 Police officers3 Female officers Hirings6 Departures6 Net gain or loss: hirings and departures6 Police officers eligible to retire6
  numbernumber rate per 100,000 population4 annual % change in rate5 % numbernumbernumber %
Municipal police services1                  
Toronto, Ont. 2,876,095 5,190 180 -4.9 19.1 26 171 -145 7.1
Montréal, Que. 2,014,221 4,596 228 -0.9 32.1 180 220 -40 16.3
Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton), Ont. 1,404,431 1,973 140 -2.0 18.3 100 74 26 4.5
Calgary, Alta. 1,318,817 2,215 168 -0.4 18.5 128 55 73 0.0
York Region (Markham/Vaughan), Ont. 1,157,419 1,586 137 -2.4 19.0 52 39 13 5.3
Ottawa, Ont. 973,481 1,242 128 -1.5 22.6 62 45 17 5.8
Edmonton, Alta. 969,068 1,775 183 -0.2 18.9 134 65 69 8.5
Winnipeg, Man. 735,552 1,409 192 -2.6 15.6 2 43 -41 25.8
Durham Region (Oshawa/Whitby/Ajax), Ont. 671,839 854 127 -2.3 19.8 36 26 10 2.7
Vancouver, B.C. 670,718 1,313 196 0.0 25.3 73 34 39 8.4
Quebéc, Que. 575,398 757 132 -2.3 27.2 0 6 -6 2.6
Halton Region (Oakville/Burlington), Ont. 569,591 686 120 -2.5 20.7 33 23 10 2.2
Hamilton, Ont. 561,022 835 149 -1.7 23.8 21 26 -5 15.7
Waterloo Region (Kitchener), Ont. 548,936 776 141 -0.1 21.6 33 22 11 0.6
Surrey, B.C. (RCMP) 514,522 732 142 -1.3 18.4 72 19 53 5.9
Niagara Region (St. Catharines), Ont. 453,817 706 156 -0.8 16.6 22 18 4 6.8
Laval, Que. 429,413 611 142 0.9 30.0 11 15 -4 12.3
Longueuil, Que. 423,525 568 134 -0.4 34.7 10 12 -2 3.5
London, Ont. 397,493 605 152 2.5 20.3 38 29 9 3.6
Gatineau, Que. 281,392 393 140 -1.7 22.6 13 15 -2 4.3
Saskatoon, Sask. 266,064 460 173 -1.4 23.0 17 14 3 10.7
Burnaby, B.C. (RCMP) 246,987 290 117 1.5 23.4 31 7 24 7.6
Halifax, N.S.7 238,467 531 223 1.7 19.0 21 17 4 2.3
Regina, Sask. 223,637 397 178 -1.2 24.9 9 11 -2 2.5
Windsor, Ont. 221,862 428 193 -1.2 15.9 24 17 7 4.0
Richmond, B.C.8 (RCMP) 209,738 206 98 1.3 18.4 30 6 24 7.3
St. John's, N.L. 207,695 341 164 -1.2 28.7 15 16 -1 24.0
Richelieu Saint-Laurent, Que. 205,564 212 103 -0.8 23.1 0 12 -12 0.0
Greater Sudbury, Ont. 165,154 264 160 0.0 17.4 6 9 -3 4.5
Sherbrooke, Que. 164,538 200 122 -2.6 23.5 1 4 -3 1.5
Barrie, Ont. 150,443 239 159 -0.6 15.9 0 2 -2 2.5
Saguenay, Que. 147,543 178 121 0.2 24.2 0 9 -9 3.4
Abbotsford, B.C. 146,498 203 139 -5.6 18.2 9 8 1 3.0
Lévis, Que. 144,918 155 107 0.4 21.3 8 7 1 10.3
Terrebonne, Que. 139,818 169 121 0.7 27.2 19 2 17 3.0
Coquitlam, B.C. (RCMP) 139,055 163 117 -3.9 26.4 11 8 3 8.6
Trois-Rivières, Que. 136,168 157 115 -0.5 19.7 4 4 0 2.5
Guelph, Ont. 132,350 194 147 -0.8 22.7 2 9 -7 7.7
Kingston, Ont. 131,746 203 154 -0.1 18.7 3 4 -1 3.4
Kelowna, B.C. (RCMP) 129,512 173 134 -4.3 31.8 9 10 -1 9.8
Codiac Region (Moncton), N.B. (RCMP) 118,122 134 113 -9.8 18.7 6 14 -8 17.2
Saanich, B.C. 117,285 158 135 -1.2 24.7 7 8 -1 5.1
Thunder Bay, Ont. 115,740 228 197 -1.3 16.7 6 5 1 3.5
Langley Township, B.C. (RCMP) 114,940 139 121 -1.6 25.2 13 3 10 8.6
Delta, B.C. 110,730 168 152 6.6 22.6 14 7 7 3.0
Roussillon Region, Que. 105,835 115 109 -1.0 25.2 0 2 -2 1.7
Chatham-Kent, Ont. 104,859 155 148 -2.3 13.5 3 2 1 10.3
Victoria, B.C. 104,777 244 233 -0.9 25.4 7 6 1 6.1
Red Deer, Alta. (RCMP) 103,690 172 166 3.7 22.7 11 6 5 5.8
Brantford, Ont. 100,791 173 172 0.1 15.0 8 4 4 0.0
Note(s):
A new version of the Police Administration Survey was implemented in 1986. Data on police strength pertain to the snapshot date (May 15, 2017 for the most recent data). Additional data are available on CANSIM (Table 254-0004).
Source(s):
Police Administration Survey (3301).

Table note 1

Refers to the municipal stand-alone police services and municipalities policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that have a population of 100,000 or more (based on 2016 populations).

Table note 2

Populations are based on preliminary postcensal estimates for 2016 and are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations according to policing boundaries for 2017 were not available in time for this publication.

Table note 3

Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2017. This number also includes officers who are deployed to contract positions and who are not available for general policing duties in their community. Police officers on long-term leave who are not being paid by the police service's annual budget are excluded.

Table note 4

Based on the number of police officers on May 15, 2017 and populations for 2016. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2017 are not yet available.

Table note 5

Percent changes are based on unrounded rates.

Table note 6

Represents hirings, departures and eligibility to retire during the 2016 calendar or 2016/2017 fiscal year. The percent of officers eligible to retire is calculated using these data, along with the number of fully sworn officers employed on May 15, 2017.

Table note 7

The data in this table represents Halifax Regional Police (HRP) only. It does not include data for RCMP Halifax rural which shares responsibility to police the same area. When RCMP Halifax rural data is added to the calculation, the rate of police strength amounts to approximately 175 police officers per 100,000 population.

Table note 8

Includes Vancouver International Airport.
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