Table 3
Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2015

Table 3
Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000. The information is grouped by Municipal police services (appearing as row headers), 2014 population, Police officers, Hirings , Departures , Net gain or loss: hirings and departures, Police officers eligible to retire, 2015 number of police officers, 2015 police officers per 100,000 population and Percentage change from previous year, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Municipal police servicesNote 1 2014 populationNote 2 Police officersNote 3 HiringsNote 5 DeparturesNote 5 Net gain or loss: hirings and departuresNote 5 Police officers eligible to retireNote 5
2015 number of police officers 2015 police officers per 100,000 populationNote 4 Percentage change from previous year
number rate percent number percent
Toronto, Ont. 2,808,503 5,425 193 0.4 136 202 -66 7.4
Montréal, Que. 1,988,243 4,638 233 -0.9 203 215 -12 17.9
Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton), Ont. 1,351,347 1,951 144 -0.3 89 58 31 4.6
Calgary, Alta. 1,265,531 2,147 170 -0.7 105 69 36 0.0
York Region (Markham/Vaughan), Ont. 1,121,346 1,535 137 0.1 55 20 35 4.0
Ottawa, Ont. 947,031 1,272 134 -3.4 28 34 -6 3.4
Edmonton, Alta. 928,182 1,665 179 -2.5 110 84 26 8.4
Winnipeg, Man. 709,253 1,422 200 -5.0 8 41 -33 23.9
Durham Region (Oshawa/Whitby/Ajax), Ont. 653,567 866 133 -1.0 15 26 -11 3.6
Vancouver, B.C. 649,189 1,280 197 -2.9 28 32 -4 7.2
Québec, Que. 574,298 714 124 -2.7 0 23 -23 1.7
Hamilton, Ont. 551,751 834 151 -0.2 67 51 16 20.6
Halton Region (Oakville/Burlington), Ont. 551,027 672 122 -1.3 28 16 12 3.9
Waterloo Region (Kitchener), Ont. 538,302 767 142 -0.4 23 21 2 2.6
Surrey, B.C. 498,720 641 129 9.4 61 8 53 6.6
Niagara Region (St. Catharines), Ont. 446,192 709 159 0.0 19 20 -1 8.5
Laval, Que.Note 6 420,870 567 135 -4.6 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Longueuil, Que. 416,522 566 136 -0.4 2 20 -18 4.9
London, Ont. 388,615 592 152 -1.6 7 15 -8 4.4
Gatineau, Que. 276,338 396 143 -0.7 19 16 3 2.0
Saskatoon, Sask. 254,569 449 176 -2.9 14 14 0 9.4
Burnaby, B.C. 239,059 281 118 3.5 19 3 16 8.2
Halifax, N.S. 231,915 505 218 -1.8 20 16 4 1.8
Windsor, Ont. 218,270 436 200 -2.3 11 16 -5 0.0
Regina, Sask. 216,555 387 179 -0.4 14 13 1 2.1
St. John's, N.L. 204,427 326 159 -0.5 12 13 -1 33.4
Richmond, B.C.Note 7 203,178 197 97 -11.6 11 2 9 8.6
Richelieu Saint-Laurent, Que. 201,182 210 104 -1.4 0 4 -4 0.0
Greater Sudbury, Ont. 165,175 256 155 -2.7 13 10 3 3.9
Sherbrooke, Que. 162,638 204 125 -1.8 3 3 0 2.9
Saguenay, Que. 148,123 178 120 0.0 7 11 -4 2.2
Barrie, Ont. 146,250 238 163 -2.0 1 2 -1 5.5
Lévis, Que. 142,887 149 104 2.2 6 3 3 8.7
Abbotsford, B.C. 140,645 212 151 -1.0 2 4 -2 0.9
Terrebonne, Que. 137,192 151 110 -0.9 4 4 0 2.6
Coquitlam, B.C. 135,002 144 107 -5.1 6 4 2 14.6
Trois-Rivières, Que. 134,846 160 119 0.0 4 4 0 0.0
Kingston, Ont. 129,653 192 148 -2.7 6 7 -1 3.1
Guelph, Ont. 129,079 191 148 -0.7 8 7 1 9.9
Kelowna, B.C. 124,951 169 135 -4.0 3 3 0 11.2
Thunder Bay, Ont. 116,785 223 191 0.2 7 6 1 3.6
Codiac Region (Moncton), N.B. 116,029 149 128 -5.8 0 11 -11 22.8
Saanich, B.C. 113,624 156 137 -0.2 6 7 -1 3.8
Langley Township, B.C. 111,376 129 116 1.1 2 4 -2 10.1
Delta, B.C. 107,151 175 163 -0.8 10 8 2 0.0
Chatham-Kent, Ont. 105,260 161 153 -2.1 5 3 2 7.5
Roussillon Region, Que. 103,991 113 109 -1.6 0 3 -3 6.2
Red Deer, Alta. (RCMP) 101,895 149 146 1.6 7 7 0 8.1
Victoria, B.C. 101,190 243 240 -0.4 9 6 3 21.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note 1.

Refers to the municipal stand-alone police services and municipalities policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that have a population of 100,000 or more (based on 2014 populations).

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Note 2.

Populations are based on preliminary postcensal estimates for 2014 and are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations according to policing boundaries for 2015 were not available in time for this publication.

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Note 3.

Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2015. 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 4.

Based on the number of police officers on May 15, 2015 and populations for 2014. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2015 are not yet available.

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Note 5.

Represents hirings, departures and eligibility to retire during the 2014 calendar or 2014/2015 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, 2015.

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Note 6.

Data on hirings, departures, and eligibility to retire are not available for Laval in 2014/2015.

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Note 7.

Includes Vancouver International Airport.

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