Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2025

Release date: May 21, 2026
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Description: Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2025

As of May 15, 2025, there were 75,107 police officers in Canada,Note 1 3,641 more than in 2023. This represents a rate of police strength of 180 officers per 100,000 population, an increase of 1.1% from 2023.

Number of police officers by province and territory, 2025

Table 1
Table summary
The information is grouped by Province/Territory (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
Province/Territory Number of police officers Rate of police officers per 100,000 population Percentage change in rate from 2023
Newfoundland 870 158 -1.8
P.E.I. 258 141 +6.2
Nova Scotia 1,901 174 +1.1
New Brunswick 1,384 159 +2.0
Quebec 17,657 195 +2.7
Ontario 28,888 178 +4.0
Manitoba 2,640 175 -1.0
Saskatchewan 2,423 191 -4.7
Alberta 8,172 162 -4.5
British-Columbia 9,151 161 -4.4
Yukon 154 319 -0.8
Northwest Territories 196 427 -2.4
Nunavut 153 366 +6.9

Police personnel

Police officers

66%

Civilians

29%

Recruits

2%

Special constables

3%

Women in policing

Gender representation of police officers

Men

77% 

Women

23%

In 2025, there were 917 more women police officers than in 2023.

Women accounted for 69% of civilian employees, 34% of special constables and 23% of recruits.

Indigenous and racialized police officersNote 2
9.7% of police officers were racialized.
3.7% of police officers were Indigenous.

Calls for service
Across Canada, police services received 14.8 million calls for service.

Police operating expenditures
In 2024/2025, operating expenditures for policing totalled $22 billion, up 12% from 2022/2023.

Note: Data on overall police personnel, women in policing, and Indigenous and racialized personnel are based on a “snapshot date” of May 15, 2025. The other data in this infographic represent the calendar year ending December 31, 2024 (or March 31, 2025, as some police services operate on a fiscal year basis). Percentages may not add up because of rounding.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Police Administration Survey, 2025.

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