Table 4
Police officers and selected crime statistics, by census metropolitan area, 2014

Table 4
Police officers and selected crime statistics, by census metropolitan area, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers and selected crime statistics. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2013 population, 2014 number of police officers, 2014 police officers per 100,000 population, Percent change in rate of officers 2013 to 2014, 2013 Crime Severity Index and 2013 Violent Crime Severity Index, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area 2013 populationNote 1 2014 number of police officersNote 2 2014 police officers per 100,000 populationNote 3 Percent change in rate of officers 2013 to 2014 2013 Crime Severity IndexNote 4 2013 Violent Crime Severity IndexNote 5
number rate percent
WinnipegNote 6 802,273 1,535 191 -0.6 83.17 119.85
Thunder Bay 121,763 228 187 -1.4 80.62 110.87
Montréal 3,986,346 7,420 186 2.2 65.93 79.45
Regina 234,426 415 177 -4.5 109.3 105.75
Windsor 330,108 580 176 -1.4 61.27 61.86
Brantford 142,084 249 175 -0.1 83.74 73.87
HalifaxNote 6 408,714 692 169 -0.3 68.64 84.83
Saskatoon 299,190 504 168 -3.8 99.09 109.86
Toronto 5,905,031 9,875 167 -2.4 47.14 68.16
St. Catharines–Niagara 445,351 742 167 0.6 57.48 49.26
Peterborough 121,576 199 164 5.2 54.37 57.74
St. John's 202,602 326 161 -3.4 78.38 79.45
Calgary 1,375,123 2,201 160 -1.6 60.4 61.98
Greater Sudbury 164,983 263 159 1.2 66.92 66.3
Victoria 357,416 560 157 0.5 59.11 54.44
Edmonton 1,290,932 1,998 155 -2.9 84.49 89.71
London 500,949 771 154 -2.5 67.2 56.93
Hamilton 734,389 1,120 153 0.1 55.11 59.9
Barrie 207,972 314 151 -2.1 42.84 38.59
Guelph 128,573 191 149 -3.1 43.01 42.46
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 534,762 792 148 -2.8 56.79 56.98
Abbotsford–Mission 177,298 262 148 0.9 80.68 70.65
VancouverNote 6 2,443,887 3,551 145 -4.0 90.26 83.61
OttawaNote 7 974,307 1,375 141 -2.5 52.08 56.12
Kingston 163,969 231 141 0.5 54.61 48.64
GatineauNote 8 323,084 448 139 0.8 56.91 65.06
Saint John 146,107 200 137 -1.4 60.4 59.48
Sherbrooke 194,678 256 131 1.0 58.36 45.28
Québec 785,838 1,018 130 -2.1 46.48 48.31
Kelowna 185,168 230 124 -0.3 92.56 67.08
Trois-Rivières 154,351 184 119 -1.1 60.25 51.44
Moncton 143,388 157 109 0.3 66.11 66.54
Saguenay 167,775 178 106 -0.2 59.89 57.23
Note 1.

Populations are based on preliminary postcensal estimates for 2013, Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Census metropolitan area populations for 2014 are not yet available.

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Note 2.

Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2014. 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.

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Note 3.

Based on the number of police officers in 2014 and census metropolitan area (CMA) populations for 2013. CMA populations for 2014 are not yet available.

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Note 4.

The Crime Severity Index (CSI) takes into account both the volume and the seriousness of crime. In the calculation of the CSI, each offence is assigned a weight, derived from average sentences handed down by criminal courts. The more serious the average sentence, the higher the weight for that offence. As a result, more serious offences have a greater impact on changes in the index. All police-reported Criminal Code offences, including traffic offences and other federal statute offences, are included in the CSI.

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Note 5.

The Violent Crime Severity Index (Violent CSI) takes into account both the volume and the seriousness of violent crime. In the calculation of the Violent CSI, each violent offence is assigned a weight, derived from average sentences handed down by criminal courts. The more serious the average sentence, the higher the weight for that offence. As a result, more serious offences have a greater impact on changes in the index. All police-reported violent Criminal Code offences are included in the Violent CSI.

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Note 6.

Police officer counts include officers deployed to contract positions (e.g. airport, port, United Nations Mission).

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Note 7.

Represents the Ontario portion of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area.

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Note 8.

Represents the Quebec portion of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area.

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Note: A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a central core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the central core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service. The CMA of Oshawa is not included due to incongruities between policing jurisdiction and census metropolitan area boundaries. The number of police officers at the CMA level include those working for municipal police service(s) as well as municipal and/or rural detachments of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Ontario Provincial Police or the Sûreté du Québec, responsible for policing the CMA. Crimes investigated by RCMP federal personnel within CMAs are included; however, police officer counts do not include RCMP federal police officers. Percent change is considered stable if it rounds to 0%.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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