Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2013

Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers by level of policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2013 population, Police services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Total police officers, Police officers per 100,000 population, Percent change in rate, Municipal, Provincial, Federal, Other, 2012 to 2013 and 2003 to 2013, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory 2013 populationNote 1 Police servicesNote 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Total police officers Police officers per 100,000 population Percent change in rate
Municipal Provincial Municipal Provincial Federal OtherNote 3 2012 to 2013 2003 to 2013
number rate percent
Newfoundland and LabradorNote 4 526,702 ... 402 ... 405 86 24 917 174 -0.9 17.5
Prince Edward Island 145,237 96 ... 6 94 25 11 232 160 -6.1 0.5
Nova Scotia 940,789 876 ... 45 758 181 35 1,895 201 -1.6 17.4
New Brunswick 756,050 456 ... 211 500 150 27 1,344 178 -1.3 4.1
Quebec 8,155,334 9,321 5,707 ... ... 957 39 16,024 196 -0.6 2.3
OntarioNote 5 13,537,994 20,449 4,222 ... ... 1,620 68 26,359 195 -0.5 2.6
Manitoba 1,265,015 1,627 ... 186 653 197 28 2,691 213 -1.7 8.7
SaskatchewanNote 6 1,108,303 1,037 ... 123 887 234 25 2,306 208 -1.5 3.8
Alberta 4,025,074 4,067 ... 1,094 1,351 336 51 6,899 171 -1.8 9.1
British Columbia 4,581,978 2,638 ... 3,563 1,780 741 134 8,856 193 -1.2 12.1
YukonNote 7 36,700 ... ... ... 105 20 7 132 360 9.6 -10.2
Northwest TerritoriesNote 7 43,537 ... ... ... 171 13 8 192 441 -3.3 15.2
NunavutNote 7 35,591 ... ... ... 111 9 8 128 360 -0.2 -12.9
Provincial and territorial totalNote 8 35,158,304 40,567 10,331 5,228 6,815 4,569 465 67,975 193 -0.9 5.0
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,297 1,297 ... ... ...
Canada 35,158,304 40,567 10,331 5,228 6,815 4,569 1,762 69,272 197 -1.5 4.9
... not applicable
Note 1.

Populations are based on July 1 estimates for 2013, Statistics Canada.

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Note 2.

Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Note 3.

Includes National Police Services and Departmental and Divisional Administration.

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Note 4.

Newfoundland and Labrador does not have any municipal police services. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (a provincial police service) provides policing to most of the larger municipalities.

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Note 5.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. The Ontario Provincial Police deploy 1,998 officers to provide municipal policing services under contract and these are included as municipal, not provincial policing.

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Note 6.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy.

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Note 7.

Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not have any municipal police services. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is responsible for providing policing to the territories.

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Note 8.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy.

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Notes: Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2013. This number also includes officers who are deployed to contract positions and who are not available for general policing duties in their community. Police officers on long-term leave who are not being paid by the police service’s annual budget are excluded. Percent change is considered stable if it rounds to 0%.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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