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Female officers as a percentage of total police officers, by rank, Canada, 1989 to 2021

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% 0 5 10 15 20 25 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 Female commissioned officersFemale commissioned officers Female non-commissioned officersFemale non-commissioned officers Female constablesFemale constables Total female officersTotal female officers
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Note(s):
Commissioned officers are personnel who have obtained senior officer status, normally at the rank of lieutenant or higher, such as chiefs, deputy chiefs, captains, staff superintendents, superintendents, staff inspectors, inspectors, lieutenants and other equivalent ranks. Non-commissioned officers are personnel between the ranks, such as corporal sergeant majors, sergeant majors, staff sergeant majors, staff sergeants, sergeants, corporals and other equivalent ranks. Despite the Police Administration Survey being an annual survey, the 2020 cycle was cancelled. Therefore, there are no data associated with the 2020 cycle. Additional data are available in Statistics Canada tables 35-10-0076 and 35-10-0078.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Police Administration Survey (3301).

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Female officers as a percentage of total police officers, by rank, Canada, 1989 to 2021, %
  Female commissioned officers Female non-commissioned officers Female constables Total female officers
1989 0.31 1.12 7.91 5.80
1990 0.38 1.26 8.60 6.38
1991 0.42 1.35 9.47 6.98
1992 0.75 1.59 10.16 7.52
1993 1.25 1.80 10.78 8.02
1994 1.32 2.20 12.02 9.05
1995 1.58 2.73 12.81 9.78
1996 1.73 3.01 13.46 10.37
1997 2.06 3.44 14.28 11.13
1998 2.17 3.91 15.52 12.21
1999 2.76 4.73 16.24 12.93
2000 3.10 5.45 17.01 13.67
2001 3.45 6.33 17.77 14.49
2002 3.97 7.08 18.58 15.26
2003 4.65 7.71 19.09 15.74
2004 5.18 8.86 19.76 16.49
2005 5.48 9.68 20.67 17.33
2006 6.06 10.85 21.11 17.95
2007 7.21 11.99 21.46 18.51
2008 7.75 13.34 21.24 18.70
2009 8.28 14.40 21.39 19.07
2010 8.66 15.14 21.37 19.23
2011 9.50 15.82 21.59 19.60
2012 9.95 16.38 21.77 19.90
2013 10.44 17.06 21.91 20.21
2014 10.89 17.59 22.19 20.57
2015 12.39 18.05 22.32 20.84
2016 13.22 18.22 22.61 21.14
2017 14.53 18.66 22.87 21.36
2018 15.35 19.31 23.24 21.80
2019 18.93 20.08 23.34 22.25
2020 ... ... ... ...
2021 18.10 20.43 23.63 22.42
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Note(s):
Commissioned officers are personnel who have obtained senior officer status, normally at the rank of lieutenant or higher, such as chiefs, deputy chiefs, captains, staff superintendents, superintendents, staff inspectors, inspectors, lieutenants and other equivalent ranks. Non-commissioned officers are personnel between the ranks, such as corporal sergeant majors, sergeant majors, staff sergeant majors, staff sergeants, sergeants, corporals and other equivalent ranks. Despite the Police Administration Survey being an annual survey, the 2020 cycle was cancelled. Therefore, there are no data associated with the 2020 cycle. Additional data are available in Statistics Canada tables 35-10-0076 and 35-10-0078.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Police Administration Survey (3301).
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