Table 1
Current and constant (2002) dollar operating expenditures on policing, Canada, 1986/1987 to 2017/2018


Table 1
Current and constant (2002) dollar operating expenditures on policing, Canada, 1986/1987 to 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Current and constant (2002) dollar operating 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 and dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Current dollarsTable 1 Note 1 Constant (2002) dollarsTable 1 Note 2
Total expendituresTable 1 Note 3 Percentage change from previous year Per capita costTable 1 Note 4 Percentage change from previous year Total expendituresTable 1 Note 3 Percentage change from previous year Per capita costTable 1 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
1995/1996 5,766,630 -0.3 197 -1.3 6,582,911 -2.5 225 -3.5
1996/1997 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
2000/2001 6,798,772 6.3 222 5.3 7,126,596 3.5 232 2.6
2001/2002 7,270,027 6.9 234 5.8 7,433,565 4.3 240 3.2
2002/2003 7,827,322 7.7 250 6.5 7,827,322 5.3 250 4.2
2003/2004 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
2007/2008 10,544,769 6.8 321 5.7 9,457,192 4.5 288 3.5
2008/2009 11,449,953 8.6 344 7.4 10,035,016 6.1 302 5.0
2009/2010 12,314,195 7.5 366 6.3 10,764,157 7.3 320 6.0
2010/2011 12,651,406 2.7 372 1.6 10,859,576 0.9 319 -0.2
2011/2012 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 3.5 11,134,534 3.1 321 2.0
2013/2014Note r: revised 13,596,407 0.3 388 -0.7 11,071,992 -0.6 316 -1.6
2014/2015Note r: revised 13,881,108 2.1 392 1.1 11,087,147 0.1 313 -0.9
2015/2016Note r: revised 14,208,589 2.4 398 1.6 11,223,214 1.2 314 0.5
2016/2017Note r: revised 14,669,412 3.2 406 2.1 11,424,776 1.8 316 0.6
2017/2018 15,144,253 3.2 414 2.0 11,613,691 1.7 318 0.5
... 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. Capital expenditures, 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 Census 2016 estimates, population data has been revised back to 2011. 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, 2018 for the most recent data), data on expenditures refer to either the calendar or fiscal year (2017 for the most recent data).
Source: Statistics Canada, Consumer Price Index and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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