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Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2017

Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers by level of policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2017 population, Municipal police services, Provincial police services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Total police officers, Police officers per 100,000 population, Percent change in rate, Contract policing, Federal and other policing, 2016 to 2017 and 2007 to 2017, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	2017 population^{Table 2 Note 1}	Municipal police services^{Table 2 Note 2}	Provincial police services^{Table 2 Note 3}	Royal Canadian Mounted Police		Total police officers	Police officers per 100,000 population	Percent change in rate^{Table 2 Note 6}
	2017 population^{Table 2 Note 1}	Municipal police services^{Table 2 Note 2}	Provincial police services^{Table 2 Note 3}	Contract policing^{Table 2 Note 4}	Federal and other policing^{Table 2 Note 5}	Total police officers	Police officers per 100,000 population	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
Ontario^{Table 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
Saskatchewan^{Table 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
Yukon^{Table 2 Note 9}	38,459	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	111	17	128	333	-8.1	-8.9
Northwest Territories^{Table 2 Note 9}	44,520	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	163	20	183	411	-7.8	1.9
Nunavut^{Table 2 Note 9}	37,996	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	123	11	134	353	0.1	-10.0
Provincial and territorial total^{Table 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 Note 1 Populations are based on July 1st 2017 estimates from 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 with a provincial police service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). Also includes First Nations police services that are not provided by provincial police services 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 Sûreté du Québec in Quebec, and the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes provincial/territorial, municipal, and aboriginal contract policing. Contract policing refers to provincial and municipal policing services provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes Federal policing and Departmental and Divisional Administration. Includes federal policing programs (general investigations, project based investigations, criminal intelligence, protective services, public engagement, and operations support). Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are policed solely by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 10 referrer Note: A new version of the Police Administration Survey was implemented in 1986. Data on police strength pertain to the snapshot date (May 15, 2017 for the most recent data). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-03-28