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Table 5
Hirings and departures of police officers, by province and territory, Canada, 2012/2013

Table 5
Hirings and departures of police officers, by province and territory, Canada, 2012/2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Hirings and departures of police officers. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Hirings, Departures, Net gain or loss: hirings and departures, Police officers eligible to retire, Total , Experienced police officers, Recruit graduates, Total, Retirements and Other, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	Hirings^Note 1			Departures^Note 2			Net gain or loss: hirings and departures	Police officers eligible to retire^Note 6
	Total	Experienced police officers^Note 3	Recruit graduates^Note 4	Total	Retirements	Other^Note 5	Net gain or loss: hirings and departures	Police officers eligible to retire^Note 6
	number	percent		number	percent		number	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	20	6	94	32	81	19	-12	22.7
Prince Edward Island	10	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	7	86	14	3	17.2
Nova Scotia	111	31	69	116	71	29	-5	13.6
New Brunswick	12	67	33	44	57	43	-32	15.7
Quebec	471	69	31	395	69	31	76	11.1
Ontario^Note 7	683	30	70	769	75	25	-86	7.9
Manitoba	48	47	53	73	73	27	-25	17.9
Saskatchewan^Note 8	93	12	88	82	65	35	11	9.9
Alberta	346	10	90	285	55	45	61	9.6
British Columbia	300	21	79	266	64	36	34	10.9
Yukon	3	...	...	4	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	-1	7.6
Northwest Territories	3	...	...	6	50	50	-3	7.3
Nunavut	2	...	...	3	67	33	-1	10.9
Provincial and territorial total^Note 9	2,102	31	69	2,082	69	31	20	10.2
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy	0	...	...	92	79	21	-92	47.0
Canada	2,102	31	69	2,174	69	31	-72	10.9
... not applicable x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note 1. Information on hirings was not available for police services employing 0.2% of officers across Canada. In addition, police services employing 35% of officers were unable to provide the level of experience (experienced police officers or recruit graduate) of their officers at time of hire. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Information on reason for departure was not available for police services employing 0.2% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes senior officers, non-commissioned officers and constables who achieved the status of fully-sworn officer prior to the calendar or fiscal year for which data are shown. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes paid police officers who achieved the status of fully-sworn police officer during the calendar or fiscal year prior to the year for which data are shown. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes police officers who departed for reasons other than retirement, such as being hired by another police service, career change, death, etc. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Information on eligibility to retire was not available for police services employing 0.2% of police officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7. Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8. Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9. Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 9 referrer Notes: Represents hirings, departures and eligibility to retire during the 2012 calendar or 2012/2013 fiscal year. The percent of officers eligible to retire is calculated using these data, along with the number of fully sworn officers employed on May 15, 2013. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Supplemental Survey.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30