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  • 1. Police resources in Canada 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240867421
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 2. Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024004
    Description: This infographic is a visual representation using some of the data from the 2023 Police Administration Survey. Findings reported on the infographic include results on key indicators such as police strength, number of police officers, number of calls for service and police personnel data.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 3. Police services expenditures, by detailed expenditures
    Table: 35-10-0059-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Salaries, wages, benefits (of police officers, civilian personnel, special constables, and recruits), non-salary operating expenditures (vehicle operating and maintenance, building operating and maintenance, training and professional development, information technology operations, police equipment, contracts for professional services) and capital expenditures (vehicle purchases, new building and capital projects, information technology operations, police equipment) of police services, 2018 to 2023.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 4. Police personnel and selected crime statistics
    Table: 35-10-0076-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on police personnel (police officers by gender, civilian and other personnel), police-civilian ratio, police officers and authorized strength per 100,000 population, authorized police officer strength and selected crime statistics. Data is provided for Canada, provinces, territories and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs, 1986 to 2023.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 5. Police personnel and selected crime statistics, municipal police services
    Table: 35-10-0077-01
    Geography: Policing district/zone
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on police personnel (police officers by gender, civilian and other personnel), police officers and authorized strength per 100,000 population, authorized police officer strength, population, net gain or loss from hirings and departures, police officers eligible to retire and selected crime statistics. Data is provided for municipal police services, 2000 to 2023.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 6. Police personnel by detailed rank, duties and gender
    Table: 35-10-0078-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on police officers (by detailed ranks and gender), civilian personnel and special constables (by detailed duties and gender), and recruits (by gender). Data is provided for Canada, provinces, territories and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs, 1986 to 2023.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 7. Police personnel by gender, municipal police services
    Table: 35-10-0079-01
    Geography: Policing district/zone
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on police officers (by high level ranks and gender), total number of civilian personnel, special constables and recruits (each by gender). The proportion of total police, civilians, special constables and recruits from total personnel, and also the proportion of high level ranks from total number of police officers. Data is provided for municipal police services, 2000 to 2023.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 8. Infographic: Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024006
    Description: Using police-reported data from the 2022 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey, this infographic is a visual representation of some of these data. Findings include results at the national, provincial, and territorial levels. Also included are findings related to the type and motivation of hate crimes committed in Canada, as well as the most serious violations reported in each incident.
    Release date: 2024-03-13
  • 9. Police-reported Information Hub: Selected Crime Indicators
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023026
    Description: This interactive data visualization dashboard provides an overview of police-reported crime in Canada. The dashboard features statistics on the crime rate, Crime Severity Index and for key violations on an annual basis and over the last 10 years. Information is available at different levels of geography including by Canada, province and territory and census metropolitan area.
    Release date: 2023-07-27
  • 10. Police-reported Information Hub: Criminal Violations
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023027
    Description: This interactive data visualization dashboard provides a focus on police-reported violations in Canada. Users can select for one or more violations or violation groups to view statistics over the last 10 years and at different geographies. This dashboard provides the number of incidents, rate, and year-over-year percentage change in rate for each violation, as well as incident clearance information. It also provides a comparison between each province and territory and each census metropolitan area for the selected violation(s).
    Release date: 2023-07-27
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  • 11. Perception of job being done by local police in regard to enforcing the law, by sex, population aged 15 and over
    Table: 35-10-0158-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Proportion of the population who believe their local police are doing a good job or an average or poor job at enforcing the law, by sex, population aged 15 and over.
    Release date: 2016-01-27
  • 12. Perception of job being done by local police in regard to responding quickly to calls, by sex, population aged 15 and over
    Table: 35-10-0159-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Proportion of the population who believe their local police are doing a good job or an average or poor job at responding quickly to calls, by sex, population aged 15 and over.
    Release date: 2016-01-27
  • 13. Perception of job being done by local police in regard to being approachable and easy to talk to, by sex, population aged 15 and over
    Table: 35-10-0160-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Proportion of the population who believe their local police are doing a good job or an average or poor job at being approachable and easy to talk to, by sex, population aged 15 and over.
    Release date: 2016-01-27
  • 14. Perception of job being done by local police in regard to supplying information to the public on ways to prevent crime, by sex, population aged 15 and over
    Table: 35-10-0161-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Proportion of the population who believe their local police are doing a good job or an average or poor job at supplying information to the public on ways to prevent crime, by sex, population aged 15 and over.
    Release date: 2016-01-27
  • 15. Perception of job being done by local police in regard to ensuring neighbourhood safety, by sex, population aged 15 and over
    Table: 35-10-0162-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Proportion of the population who believe their local police are doing a good job or an average or poor job at ensuring neighbourhood safety, by sex, population aged 15 and over.
    Release date: 2016-01-27
  • 16. Perception of job being done by local police in regard to treating people fairly, by sex, population aged 15 and over
    Table: 35-10-0163-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Proportion of the population who believe their local police are doing a good job or an average or poor job at treating people fairly, by sex, population aged 15 and over.
    Release date: 2016-01-27
  • 17. Police Resources in Canada
    Table: 85-225-X
    Description:

    This report examines trends in police personnel (including selected demographic characteristics) and expenditures on policing (a component of justice system spending) for Canada, the provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and municipal police services. Findings are based on data from the Police Administration Survey. Selected data are presented at the national and provincial levels, including rank, gender, age group and years of service of police officers. Other crime and personnel statistics, including officers per population, hirings and departures and Crime Severity Index values are presented for census metropolitan areas and for all municipal police services in Canada. The information contained in this report provides an overview of the Canadian policing community and how it continues to change over time.

    Release date: 2013-03-20
  • 18. Number and percentage of police officers, by sex for Canada, provinces and territories Archived
    Table: 35-10-0136-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 96 series, with data for years 1986 - 2009 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (16 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Prince Edward Island;Nova Scotia; ...); Sex (3 items: Both sexes;Males;Females); Statistics (2 items: Total number of police officers;Percentage of total police officers).
    Release date: 2010-12-15
  • 19. Number of police officers Archived
    Table: 35-10-0135-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 31 series, with data for years 1974 - 2001 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Prince Edward Island;Nova Scotia; ...); Police officers (3 items: Total number of police officers;Population per police officer;Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters).
    Release date: 2008-06-26
  • 20. General Social Survey Cycle 13. Overview: Personal Safety and Perceptions of Policing Archived
    Table: 85-554-X
    Geography: Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This report presents a brief overview of the information collected in Cycle 13 of the General Social Survey (GSS). Cycle 13 is the third cycle (following cycles 3 and 8) that collected information in 1999 on the nature and extent of criminal victimisation in Canada. Focus content for cycle 13 addressed two areas of emerging interest: public perception toward alternatives to imprisonment; and spousal violence and senior abuse. Other subjects common to all three cycles include perceptions of crime, police and courts; crime prevention precautions; accident and crime screening sections; and accident and crime incident reports. The target population of the GSS is all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces

    Release date: 2001-08-08
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  • 1. Police resources in Canada 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240867421
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 2. Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024004
    Description: This infographic is a visual representation using some of the data from the 2023 Police Administration Survey. Findings reported on the infographic include results on key indicators such as police strength, number of police officers, number of calls for service and police personnel data.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 3. Infographic: Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024006
    Description: Using police-reported data from the 2022 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey, this infographic is a visual representation of some of these data. Findings include results at the national, provincial, and territorial levels. Also included are findings related to the type and motivation of hate crimes committed in Canada, as well as the most serious violations reported in each incident.
    Release date: 2024-03-13
  • 4. Police-reported crime in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023041
    Description: Key statistics about crime in Canada are presented in this infographic. Findings on changes to the Crime Severity Index (CSI) at the national and provincial, territorial levels are presented. Also included are the categories of crime which were reported in 2022.
    Release date: 2023-07-27
  • 5. Police-reported gender-related homicides of women and girls in Canada, 2011 to 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023032
    Description: This infographic analyzes police-reported data of homicides involving women and girls who were killed by an intimate partner, family member, within the context of sex work as well as those who experienced sexual violence. Some data on the attempted murder of women and girls are also presented. Overall, it provides information on rates of victimization, and the characteristics of victims, incidents and accused persons.
    Release date: 2023-04-05
  • 6. Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023014
    Description: This infographic is a visual representation using some of the data from the 2022 Police Administration Survey. Findings reported on the infographic include results on key indicators such as police strength, number of police officers, number of calls for service, police personnel data and financial cost-drivers for police services.
    Release date: 2023-03-27
  • 7. Infographic: Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023026
    Description: Using police-reported data from the 2021 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey, this infographic is a visual representation of some of these data. Findings include results at the national, provincial, and territorial levels. Also included are findings related to the type and motivation of hate crimes committed in Canada, as well as the most serious violations reported in each incident.
    Release date: 2023-03-22
  • 8. Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas in the Canadian provinces, 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100002
    Description:

    This Juristat article presents information on the nature and extent of crime in the rural areas of the Canadian provinces. This includes analysis of recent trends in crime rates and severity in rural and urban areas, both at the national and provincial levels. The report also examines the specific nature and extent of crime in rural areas of the provincial North. Analysis uses police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Homicide Survey, as well as self-reported data from General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization).

    Release date: 2023-02-20
  • 9. Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas, 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023016
    Description: Infographic with main findings from the "Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas in the Canadian provinces, 2021" Juristat article.
    Release date: 2023-02-20
  • 10. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100013
    Description:

    This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2021 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.

    Release date: 2022-08-02
Reference (2)

Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. Police Administration Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3301
    Description: The purpose of the Police Administration Survey (PAS) is to collect statistics on public policing personnel and expenditures from municipal, provincial and federal police services in Canada. The information collected is used by federal and provincial policy makers, individual police services as well as officials responsible for police budgets. The data are also used by the media for the purpose of providing information to the general public.
  • 2. RCMP Public Complaints Commission (PCC) Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4412
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to assess the experiences of individuals who have lodged complaints against the RCMP and individuals who were involved in a complaint review.
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