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Women officers as a percentage of total police officers, by rank, Canada, 1993 to 2023

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% 0 5 10 15 20 25 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 Women commissionedWomen commissioned Women non-commissionedWomen non-commissioned Women constablesWomen constables Total women officersTotal women officers
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Commissioned officers include personnel who have obtained senior officer status, normally at the rank of lieutenant or higher, such as chief, deputy chief, captain, staff superintendent, superintendent, staff inspector, inspector, lieutenant and other equivalent ranks. Non-commissioned officers include personnel at the rank of corporal sergeant major, sergeant major, staff sergeant major, staff sergeant, sergeant, corporal 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):
Police Administration Survey (3301).

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Women officers as a percentage of total police officers, by rank, Canada, 1993 to 2023, %
  Women commissioned Women non-commissioned Women constables Total women officers
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 16.79 20.43 23.60 22.43
2022 16.92 20.95 23.80 22.69
2023 17.82 20.91 23.99 22.87
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Note(s):
Commissioned officers include personnel who have obtained senior officer status, normally at the rank of lieutenant or higher, such as chief, deputy chief, captain, staff superintendent, superintendent, staff inspector, inspector, lieutenant and other equivalent ranks. Non-commissioned officers include personnel at the rank of corporal sergeant major, sergeant major, staff sergeant major, staff sergeant, sergeant, corporal 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):
Police Administration Survey (3301).
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