Table 6
Current and constant (2002) dollar expenditures on policing, Canada, 1986/1987 to 2016/2017

Table 6
Current and constant (2002) dollar expenditures on policing, Canada, 1986/1987 to 2016/2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Current and constant (2002) dollar expenditures on policing. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Current dollars, Constant (2002) dollars, Total expenditures, Percentage change from previous year and Per capita cost, calculated using thousands of dollars, percent , dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Current dollarsTable 6 Note 1 Constant (2002) dollarsTable 6 Note 2
Total expendituresTable 6 Note 3 Percentage change from previous year Per capita costTable 6 Note 4 Percentage change from previous year Total expendituresTable 6 Note 3 Percentage change from previous year Per capita costTable 6 Note 4 Percentage change from previous year
thousands of dollars percent dollars percent thousands of dollars percent dollars percent
1986/1987 3,771,205 Note ...: not applicable 144 Note ...: not applicable 5,748,789 Note ...: not applicable 220 Note ...: not applicable
1987/1988 4,027,809 6.8 152 5.4 5,880,013 2.3 222 0.9
1988/1989 4,389,414 9.0 164 7.6 6,164,908 4.8 230 3.5
1989/1990 4,684,760 6.7 172 4.8 6,263,049 1.6 230 -0.2
1990/1991 5,247,646 12.0 189 10.3 6,693,426 6.9 242 5.3
1991/1992 5,426,887 3.4 194 2.2 6,554,211 -2.1 234 -3.2
1992/1993 5,716,833 5.3 202 4.1 6,805,754 3.8 240 2.6
1993/1994 5,790,165 1.3 202 0.2 6,764,212 -0.6 236 -1.7
1994/1995 5,783,656 -0.1 199 -1.2 6,748,723 -0.2 233 -1.3
1995/1996Note r: revised 5,766,630 -0.3 197 -1.3 6,582,911 -2.5 225 -3.5
1996/1997Note r: revised 5,856,055 1.6 198 0.5 6,587,238 0.1 222 -1.0
1997/1998 5,989,022 2.3 200 1.3 6,625,024 0.6 222 -0.4
1998/1999 6,209,756 3.7 206 2.8 6,801,486 2.7 226 1.8
1999/2000 6,395,380 3.0 210 2.2 6,884,155 1.2 226 0.4
2000/2001Note r: revised 6,798,772 6.3 222 5.3 7,126,596 3.5 232 2.6
2001/2002Note r: revised 7,270,027 6.9 234 5.8 7,433,565 4.3 240 3.2
2002/2003Note r: revised 7,827,322 7.7 250 6.5 7,827,322 5.3 250 4.2
2003/2004Note r: revised 8,324,196 6.3 263 5.4 8,097,467 3.5 256 2.5
2004/2005 8,758,213 5.2 274 4.2 8,365,055 3.3 262 2.3
2005/2006 9,281,879 6.0 288 5.0 8,674,653 3.7 269 2.7
2006/2007 9,877,071 6.4 303 5.3 9,053,227 4.4 278 3.3
2007/2008Note r: revised 10,544,769 6.8 321 5.7 9,457,192 4.5 288 3.5
2008/2009Note r: revised 11,449,953 8.6 344 7.4 10,035,016 6.1 302 5.0
2009/2010Note r: revised 12,314,195 7.5 366 6.3 10,764,157 7.3 320 6.0
2010/2011Note r: revised 12,651,406 2.7 372 1.6 10,859,576 0.9 319 -0.2
2011/2012Note r: revised 12,952,744 2.4 377 1.4 10,802,955 -0.5 315 -1.5
2012/2013Note r: revised 13,550,728 4.6 390 3.4 11,134,534 3.1 320 1.9
2013/2014 13,596,407 0.3 387 -0.8 11,071,992 -0.6 315 -1.7
2014/2015Note r: revised 13,881,108 2.1 391 1.0 11,087,147 0.1 312 -0.9
2015/2016Note r: revised 14,208,589 2.4 397 1.5 11,223,214 1.2 313 0.4
2016/2017 14,669,412 3.2 405 2.0 11,424,776 1.8 315 0.6
... not applicable
r revised
Note 1

Dollars which express the cost of items in terms of the year in which the expenditure occurs.

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Note 2

Dollars of a particular base year, which are adjusted (by inflation or deflation) to show changes in the purchasing power of the dollar. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was used to calculate constant dollars over a base year of 2002 (2002=100). Note that historical constant dollar data are revised each year as the base year for calculation changes periodically. Data from the CPI used to calculate constant dollars are the most recent data available at the time this article was produced.

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Note 3

Total operating expenditures include salaries, wages, benefits, and other operating expenses that are paid from the police service budget, as well as benefits paid from other government sources. Revenues, recoveries, and those costs that fall under a police service’s capital expenditures are excluded.

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Note 4

Per capita costs are calculated using population statistics based on preliminary postcensal estimates, Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

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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, Consumer Price Index and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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