Table 8
Police officers by sex, by province and territory, 2013

Table 8
Police officers by sex, by province and territory, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers by sex. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Male, Female and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Male Female Total
number percent number percent number
Newfoundland and Labrador 740 80.7 177 19.3 917
Prince Edward Island 195 84.1 37 15.9 232
Nova Scotia 1,570 82.8 325 17.2 1,895
New Brunswick 1,128 83.9 216 16.1 1,344
Quebec 12,128 75.7 3,896 24.3 16,024
OntarioNote 1 21,384 81.1 4,975 18.9 26,359
Manitoba 2,280 84.7 411 15.3 2,691
SaskatchewanNote 2 1,860 80.7 446 19.3 2,306
Alberta 5,668 82.2 1,231 17.8 6,899
British Columbia 6,949 78.5 1,907 21.5 8,856
Yukon 115 87.1 17 12.9 132
Northwest Territories 166 86.5 26 13.5 192
Nunavut 112 87.5 16 12.5 128
Provincial and territorial totalNote 3 54,295 79.9 13,680 20.1 67,975
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy 973 75.0 324 25.0 1,297
Canada 55,268 79.8 14,004 20.2 69,272
Note 1.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters.

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Note 2.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy.

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Note 3.

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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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