Table 7
Police officers by sex, Canada, 1986 to 2014

Table 7
Police officers by sex, Canada, 1986 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers by sex. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Male, Female and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Male Female Total
number percent number percent number
1986 49,431 96.1 1,994 3.9 51,425
1987 50,205 95.6 2,305 4.4 52,510
1988 50,604 94.9 2,708 5.1 53,312
1989 51,068 94.2 3,143 5.8 54,211
1990 52,461 93.6 3,573 6.4 56,034
1991 52,804 93.0 3,964 7.0 56,768
1992 52,706 92.5 4,286 7.5 56,992
1993 52,340 92.0 4,561 8.0 56,901
1994 50,803 90.9 5,056 9.1 55,859
1995 49,630 90.2 5,378 9.8 55,008
1996 48,689 89.6 5,634 10.4 54,323
1997 48,628 88.9 6,091 11.1 54,719
1998 48,076 87.8 6,687 12.2 54,763
1999 48,169 87.1 7,152 12.9 55,321
2000 48,304 86.3 7,650 13.7 55,954
2001 48,803 85.5 8,273 14.5 57,076
2002 49,504 84.7 8,918 15.3 58,422
2003 50,060 84.3 9,352 15.7 59,412
2004 49,941 83.5 9,859 16.5 59,800
2005 50,450 82.7 10,576 17.3 61,026
2006 51,250 82.1 11,211 17.9 62,461
2007 52,261 81.5 11,873 18.5 64,134
2008 53,077 81.3 12,206 18.7 65,283
2009 54,422 80.9 12,821 19.1 67,243
2010 55,787 80.8 13,281 19.2 69,068
2011 55,820 80.4 13,604 19.6 69,424
2012 55,673 80.1 13,832 19.9 69,505
2013Note r: revised 55,252 79.8 13,998 20.2 69,250
2014 54,721 79.4 14,175 20.6 68,896
r revised
Note: A new version of the Police Administration Survey was implemented in 1986. Therefore, comparable data on police officers by sex is available for 1986 onward.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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