Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2017
Province and territory | 2017 populationTable 2 Note 1 | Municipal police servicesTable 2 Note 2 | Provincial police servicesTable 2 Note 3 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Total police officers | Police officers per 100,000 population | Percent change in rateTable 2 Note 6 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contract policingTable 2 Note 4 | Federal and other policingTable 2 Note 5 | 2016 to 2017 | 2007 to 2017 | ||||||
number | rate | percent | |||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 528,817 | Note ...: not applicable | 407 | 409 | 95 | 911 | 172 | 0.4 | 4.6 |
Prince Edward Island | 152,021 | 98 | Note ...: not applicable | 97 | 27 | 222 | 146 | -3.8 | -11.4 |
Nova Scotia | 953,869 | 885 | Note ...: not applicable | 795 | 151 | 1,831 | 192 | -0.1 | 2.1 |
New Brunswick | 759,655 | 440 | Note ...: not applicable | 659 | 135 | 1,234 | 162 | -4.3 | -8.7 |
Quebec | 8,394,034 | 9,603 | 5,399 | Note ...: not applicable | 882 | 15,884 | 189 | -1.3 | -4.4 |
OntarioTable 2 Note 7 | 14,193,384 | 18,289 | 6,040 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,652 | 25,981 | 183 | -2.2 | -4.4 |
Manitoba | 1,338,109 | 1,577 | Note ...: not applicable | 819 | 176 | 2,572 | 192 | -1.0 | -5.1 |
SaskatchewanTable 2 Note 8 | 1,163,925 | 1,069 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,024 | 247 | 2,340 | 201 | 0.3 | -1.5 |
Alberta | 4,286,134 | 4,383 | Note ...: not applicable | 2,669 | 430 | 7,482 | 175 | 1.1 | 7.6 |
British Columbia | 4,817,160 | 2,567 | Note ...: not applicable | 5,529 | 870 | 8,966 | 186 | 1.1 | -1.1 |
YukonTable 2 Note 9 | 38,459 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 111 | 17 | 128 | 333 | -8.1 | -8.9 |
Northwest TerritoriesTable 2 Note 9 | 44,520 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 163 | 20 | 183 | 411 | -7.8 | 1.9 |
NunavutTable 2 Note 9 | 37,996 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 123 | 11 | 134 | 353 | 0.1 | -10.0 |
Provincial and territorial totalTable 2 Note 10 | 36,708,083 | 38,911 | 11,846 | 12,398 | 4,713 | 67,868 | 185 | -1.1 | -2.7 |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 1,159 | 1,159 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Canada | 36,708,083 | 38,911 | 11,846 | 12,398 | 5,872 | 69,027 | 188 | -1.0 | -3.6 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey. |
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