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Aboriginal police officers, by provinces and territories, Canada, 2016 and 2011

Text box 2 table 2
Aboriginal police officers, by provinces and territories, Canada, 2016 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Aboriginal police officers. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2016, 2011, Aboriginal population, Aboriginal commissioned officers, Aboriginal police officers (excluding commissioned), Total Aboriginal officers and Number of Aboriginal officers per 1,000 Aboriginal population, calculated using percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory 2016Text box Note 1 2011Text box Note 1
Aboriginal population Aboriginal commissioned officersText box Note 2 Aboriginal police officers (excluding commissioned) Total Aboriginal officers Number of Aboriginal officers per 1,000 Aboriginal population Aboriginal population Aboriginal commissioned officersText box Note 2 Aboriginal police officers (excluding commissioned) Total Aboriginal officers Number of Aboriginal officers per 1,000 Aboriginal population
percent rate percent rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 8.9 0.0 8.4 8.2 2.0 7.1 Note ...: not applicable 7.9 7.9 2.2
Prince Edward Island 2.0 0.0 5.0 4.8 5.5 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 5.7 0.0 8.9 8.8 3.4 3.7 0.0 5.5 5.2 3.4
New Brunswick 4.0 0.0 6.6 6.5 3.4 3.1 0.0 3.4 3.4 2.7
Quebec 2.3 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.3 1.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.8
Ontario 2.8 5.4 4.4 4.4 3.7 2.4 2.6 3.3 3.2 3.7
Manitoba 18.0 18.2 16.4 16.4 2.2 16.7 0.0 18.2 17.8 3.0
Saskatchewan 16.3 13.3 14.0 13.9 2.2 15.6 0.0 11.3 11.1 2.3
Alberta 6.5 10.7 5.7 5.8 2.1 6.2 0.0 6.9 6.7 3.0
British Columbia 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.1 2.0 5.4 0.0 4.0 3.9 2.0
Yukon 23.3 0.0 18.8 17.6 3.7 23.1 Note ...: not applicable 11.1 11.1 1.3
Northwest Territories 50.7 100.0 20.6 25.0 2.2 51.9 Note ...: not applicable 20.9 20.9 2.1
Nunavut 85.9 0.0 12.0 12.0 0.5 86.3 Note ...: not applicable 26.7 26.7 1.5
Canada 4.9 5.5 5.4 5.4 2.6 4.3 2.9 4.7 4.7 2.9
... not applicable
Note 1

'Aboriginal identity' refers to whether the person identified with the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This includes those who are First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit) and/or those who are Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada), and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Aboriginal peoples of Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982, Section 35 (2) as including the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.

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Note 2

Commissioned police officers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate police force administration and police activities such as maintaining law and order and detecting and preventing crime. They are employed by municipal, provincial and federal governments. This unit group includes officers from the rank of staff sergeant to police commissioner. Commissioned officers in the railway police are also included in this unit group.

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Note: All counts in census tabulations undergo random rounding, a process that transforms all raw counts into randomly rounded counts. This may include rounding small counts to zero. This reduces the possibility of identifying individuals in the tabulations.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population and 2011 National Household Survey.
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