Table 4
Hirings and departures of police officers, by province and territory, Canada, 2014/2015

Table 4
Hirings and departures of police officers, by province and territory, Canada, 2014/2015
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 HiringsNote 1 DeparturesNote 2 Net gain or loss: hirings and departures Police officers eligible to retireNote 6
Total Experienced police officersNote 3 Recruit graduatesNote 4 Total Retirements OtherNote 5
number percent number percent number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 28 0 100 35 86 14 -7 23
Prince Edward Island 13 46 54 11 27 73 2 17
Nova Scotia 69 22 78 61 79 21 8 14
New Brunswick 43 5 95 60 48 52 -17 16
Quebec 521 34 66 595 82 18 -74 13
OntarioNote 7 773 10 90 874 73 27 -101 7
Manitoba 64 25 75 94 62 38 -30 19
SaskatchewanNote 8 112 13 87 96 44 56 16 8
Alberta 457 30 70 307 52 48 150 7
British Columbia 314 11 89 255 68 32 59 12
Yukon 0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2 100 0 -2 15
Northwest Territories 1 0 100 6 83 17 -5 9
Nunavut 0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0 13
Provincial and territorial totalNote 9 2,395 20 80 2,396 70 30 -1 10
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy 0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 100 69 31 -100 48
Canada 2,395 20 80 2,496 70 30 -101 11
... not applicable
Note 1.

Information on hirings was not available for police services employing 0.8% of officers across Canada. In addition, police services employing 26% of officers were unable to provide the level of experience (experienced police officers or recruit graduates) of their officers at time of hire. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations.

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Note 2.

Information on departures was not available for police services employing 0.8% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations.

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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.

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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.

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Note 5.

Includes police officers who departed for reasons other than retirement, such as being hired by another police service, career change, death, etc.

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Note 6.

Information on eligibility to retire was not available for police services employing 0.8% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations.

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Note 7.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters.

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Note 8.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy.

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Note 9.

Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy.

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Note: 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Supplemental Survey questionnaire.
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