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Table 4
Hirings and departures of police officers, by province and territory, Canada, 2016/2017

Table 4
Hirings and departures of police officers, by province and territory, Canada, 2016/2017
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, Retirements and Other, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	Hirings^{Table 4 Note 1}			Departures^{Table 4 Note 2}			Net gain or loss: hirings and departures	Police officers eligible to retire^{Table 4 Note 7}
	Total^{Table 4 Note 3}	Experienced police officers^{Table 4 Note 4}	Recruit graduates^{Table 4 Note 5}	Total	Retirements	Other^{Table 4 Note 6}	Net gain or loss: hirings and departures	Police officers eligible to retire^{Table 4 Note 7}
	number	percent		number	percent		number	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	35	6	94	39	72	28	-4	17
Prince Edward Island	10	0	100	15	33	67	-5	14
Nova Scotia	61	33	67	70	70	30	-9	15
New Brunswick	63	21	79	78	51	49	-15	13
Quebec	512	18	82	658	83	17	-146	13
Ontario^{Table 4 Note 8}	857	17	83	972	72	28	-115	6
Manitoba	105	9	91	91	62	38	14	19
Saskatchewan^{Table 4 Note 9}	130	4	96	82	43	57	48	8
Alberta	515	5	95	253	45	55	262	6
British Columbia	601	13	87	346	55	45	255	10
Yukon	6	33	67	3	67	33	3	16
Northwest Territories	7	14	86	4	75	25	3	10
Nunavut	5	40	60	3	0	100	2	9
Provincial and territorial total^{Table 4 Note 10}	2,907	14	86	2,614	68	32	293	10
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy	10	90	10	70	61	39	-60	41
Canada	2,917	14	86	2,684	67	33	233	10
Note 1 Information on hirings was unavailable for less than 1.0% of officers. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Information on departures was unavailable for 1.4% of officers. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 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. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 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. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes police officers who departed for reasons other than retirement, such as being hired by another police service, career change, death. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Information on eligibility to retire was unavailable for 0.1% of officers. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 10 referrer Note: Represents hirings, departures and eligibility to retire during the 2016 calendar or 2016/2017 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, 2017. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-03-28