Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2022

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Release date: March 27, 2023
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Infographic: Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2022
Description: Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2022

As of May 15, 2022, there were 70,566 police officers in Canada, 406 more than in 2021. This represents a rate of police strength of 181 officers per 100,000 population, a decrease from 2021.Note 1


Number of police officers by province and territory, 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of police officers by province and territory. The information is grouped by Province/Territory (appearing as row headers), Number of police officers, Rate of police officers per 100,000 population and Percentage change in rate from 2021 (appearing as column headers).
Province/Territory Number of police officers Rate of police officers per 100,000 population Percentage change in rate from 2021
Newfoundland 879 167 -1
Prince Edward Island 226 132 -3
Nova Scotia 1,874 184 -3
New Brunswick 1,281 158 -2
Quebec 16,277 187 0
Ontario 26,215 174 -2
Manitoba 2,582 183 0
Saskatchewan 2,378 199 -1
Alberta 8,007 176 -1
British Columbia 9,293 175 -3
Yukon 140 320 -1
Northwest Territories 195 428 2
Nunavut 151 373 1
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero

Police personnel

  • Police officers = 68%
  • Civilians =28%
  • Special constables = 2%
  • Recruits = 2%

Women in policing

  • Percent of police officers: Male police officers 77%; Female police officers 23%
  • In 2022, there were 273 more female police officers than in 2021.
  • Women accounted for 69% of civilian employees, 36% of special constables and 27% of recruits.

Indigenous and racialized police officersNote 2

  • 8% of police officers were racialized
  • 4% of police officers were Indigenous

Calls for service
Across Canada, police services received 11.9 million calls for service

Note: Data on police personnel, women in policing, Indigenous and racialized people are based on a "snapshot date" of May 15, 2022. The other data on this infographic represent the calendar year ending December 31, 2021 (or March 31, 2022, as some police services operate on a fiscal year basis). Percentages may not add up due to rounding.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Police Administration Survey, 2022.

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