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Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2014/2015 Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2014/2015

Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total expenditures on policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2015 population, Municipal police services, Provincial police services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Total policing, Total expenditures, Percentage change from previous year, Contract policing expenditures, Federal and international policing expenditures and Operational support and services expenditures, calculated using number, thousands of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	2015 population^Note 1	Municipal police services^Note 2		Provincial police services^Note 3		Royal Canadian Mounted Police					Total policing
	2015 population^Note 1	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^Note 4	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^Note 4	Contract policing expenditures^Note 5	Federal and international policing expenditures^Note 6	Operational support and services expenditures^Note 7	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^Note 4^,^Note 8	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^Note 4^,^Note 8
	number	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars				percent	thousands of dollars	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador^Note 9	527,756	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	55,398	-11.9	77,017	11,345	8,707	97,070	Note ...: not applicable	152,468	Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island	146,447	12,431	-2.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	15,384	3,384	2,279	21,048	Note ...: not applicable	33,478	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	943,002	130,969	1.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	126,674	17,757	13,255	157,687	Note ...: not applicable	288,655	Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick	753,871	66,706	1.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	116,738	18,148	25,554	160,441	Note ...: not applicable	227,146	Note ...: not applicable
Quebec	8,263,600	1,588,991	-1.5	963,670	-3.4	Note ...: not applicable	125,512	38,186	163,699	Note ...: not applicable	2,716,359	Note ...: not applicable
Ontario^Note 10^,^Note 11	13,792,052	3,670,259	1.7	1,108,996	5.3	Note ...: not applicable	251,464	54,873	306,337	Note ...: not applicable	5,085,592	Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba	1,293,378	282,945	3.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	165,311	16,383	34,168	215,862	Note ...: not applicable	498,808	Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan^Note 12	1,133,637	177,441	3.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	190,820	14,711	81,979	287,510	Note ...: not applicable	464,950	Note ...: not applicable
Alberta	4,196,457	863,928	0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	429,854	38,070	29,970	497,894	Note ...: not applicable	1,361,822	Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia	4,683,139	501,685	1.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	855,967	95,119	80,655	1,031,741	Note ...: not applicable	1,533,426	Note ...: not applicable
Yukon	37,428	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	29,214	1,987	4,044	35,245	Note ...: not applicable	35,245	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	44,088	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	51,696	1,921	3,035	56,653	Note ...: not applicable	56,653	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	36,919	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	48,670	1,672	3,958	54,301	Note ...: not applicable	54,301	Note ...: not applicable
Provincial and territorial total^Note 13	35,851,774	7,295,354	1.0	2,128,064	0.7	2,107,346	597,475	380,664	3,085,486	Note ...: not applicable	12,508,903	Note ...: not applicable
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	342,122	251,479	779,785	1,373,386	Note ...: not applicable	1,373,386	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	35,851,774	7,295,354	1.0	2,128,064	0.7	2,449,468	848,954	1,160,450	4,458,871	-1.4	13,882,289	0.1
... not applicable Note 1. Populations are based on July 1st estimates for 2015, Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes municipal stand-alone police services (i.e. municipalities with a dedicated police service, not contracted out to a provincial police service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). This includes First Nations communities that are not policed by a provincial police service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes provincial police services providing policing services to municipalities, rural areas, and highways. Specifically, includes the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Quebec Provincial Police in Quebec, and the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Year to year percent change calculations are based on unrounded constant dollar amounts. Constant dollars are adjusted (by inflation or deflation) to show changes in the purchasing power of the dollar. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was used to calculate constant dollars over a base year of 2002 (2002=100). Data from the CPI used to calculate constant dollars are the most recent data available at the time this article was produced. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes provincial/territorial, municipal, and aboriginal contract policing. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Includes federal policing programs (general investigations, project based investigations, criminal intelligence, protective services, public engagement, and operations support) and international policing operations (peacekeeping missions, capacity building missions, and liaison missions). Return to note 6 referrer Note 7. Includes technical services and operational support; scientific, technical, and investigative support; Canadian firearms program; advance police training; transfer payments, internal services, and Canadian police culture and heritage. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8. Due to changes in the reporting of aggregate expenditures by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 2014/2015, percent change is only calculable on total expenditures for the entirety of Canada. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9. The significant decrease in provincial policing expenditures in Newfoundland and Labrador is due a one-time pay out of severance pay in the previous financial year. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 The notable increase in provincial policing expenditures in Ontario is a result of a salary increase coming into effect for members of the Ontario Provincial Police, following a two-year wage freeze. Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 11 referrer Note 12 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 12 referrer Note 13 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 13 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.

Date modified:: 2016-03-30