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Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2016/2017

Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2016/2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total expenditures on policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2016 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	2016 population^{Table 5 Note 1}	Municipal police services^{Table 5 Note 2}		Provincial police services^{Table 5 Note 3}		Royal Canadian Mounted Police					Total policing
	2016 population^{Table 5 Note 1}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}	Contract policing expenditures^{Table 5 Note 5}	Federal and international policing expenditures^{Table 5 Note 6}	Operational support and services expenditures^{Table 5 Note 7}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}
	number	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars				percent	thousands of dollars	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	528,817	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	59,318	2.8	84,763	10,717	8,809	104,289	8.0	163,607	6.1
Prince Edward Island	152,021	13,486	2.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	16,460	2,908	2,103	21,471	2.6	34,957	2.4
Nova Scotia	953,869	135,165	0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	130,686	16,464	13,654	160,804	-0.2	295,969	0.3
New Brunswick	759,655	70,823	3.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	110,230	18,568	22,578	151,377	0.1	222,200	1.3
Quebec	8,394,034	1,618,640	0.1	953,274	1.4	Note ...: not applicable	116,227	42,121	158,348	-0.2	2,730,262	0.5
Ontario^{Table 5 Note 8}	14,193,384	3,883,298	1.9	1,151,119	-3.0	144	255,753	56,707	312,604	0.4	5,347,021	0.7
Manitoba	1,338,109	310,860	8.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	166,882	11,922	29,650	208,454	-0.2	519,314	4.7
Saskatchewan^{Table 5 Note 9}	1,163,925	207,600	10.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	204,007	13,616	19,867	237,490	0.2	445,090	4.7
Alberta	4,286,134	964,007	6.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	480,021	39,202	34,579	553,802	8.1	1,517,809	6.9
British Columbia	4,817,160	531,755	2.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	901,320	101,373	73,933	1,076,626	3.0	1,608,381	2.9
Yukon	38,459	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	30,215	1,895	3,481	35,590	-1.5	35,590	-1.5
Northwest Territories	44,520	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	54,301	2,281	3,060	59,643	2.0	59,643	2.0
Nunavut	37,996	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	51,466	2,319	3,259	57,044	6.5	57,044	6.5
Provincial and territorial total^{Table 5 Note 10}	36,708,083	7,735,634	2.6	2,163,711	-1.0	2,230,495	593,245	313,801	3,137,542	2.8	13,036,887	2.0
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	449,602	254,328	928,595	1,632,525	14.2	1,632,525	14.2
Canada	36,708,083	7,735,634	2.6	2,163,711	-1.0	2,680,097	847,573	1,242,396	4,770,067	6.4	14,669,412	3.2
... not applicable Note 1 Populations are based on July 1st estimates for 2017, 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). 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, Sûreté du Québec in Quebec, and the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Year-over-year percent change calculations are based on unrounded currant dollar amounts. 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 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 10 referrer Note: While most Police Administration Survey data on police strength pertain to the snapshot date (May 15, 2017 for the most recent data), data on expenditures refer to either the calendar or fiscal year (2016 for the most recent data). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-03-28