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Table 2
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2017/2018

Table 2
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total expenditures on policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2017 population, Municipal police services, Provincial police services, Total operating expenditures, Percentage change from previous year, Capital expenditures and Total expenditures, calculated using number, thousands of dollars 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}
	2017 population^{Table 2 Note 1}	Total operating expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 2 Note 4}	Capital expenditures	Total expenditures	Total operating expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 2 Note 4}	Capital expenditures	Total expenditures
	number	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars		thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador	528,567	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	58,774	-1	168	58,941
Prince Edward Island	150,566	13,712	2	71	13,783	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	950,680	145,690	8	2,933	148,623	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick	766,852	69,660	-2	1,698	71,358	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Quebec	8,297,717	1,513,277	-7	23,255	1,536,532	1,016,254	7	30,548	1,046,803
Ontario^{Table 2 Note 5}	14,071,445	3,980,503	3	201,590	4,182,094	1,154,072	0	26,573	1,180,645
Manitoba	1,335,396	311,509	0	4,065	315,574	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan^{Table 2 Note 6}	1,150,782	213,794	3	7,822	221,615	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Alberta	4,243,995	989,161	3	97,265	1,086,425	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia	4,922,152	590,380	11	13,831	604,212	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Yukon	39,628	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	44,936	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	37,552	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Provincial and territorial total^{Table 2 Note 7}	36,540,268	7,827,686	1	352,530	8,180,216	2,229,100	3	57,289	2,286,389
Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	36,540,268	7,827,686	1	352,530	8,180,216	2,229,100	3	57,289	2,286,389

Table 2 continued
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total expenditures on policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Contract policing expenditures, Federal and international policing expenditures, Operational support and services expenditures, Total operating expenditures, Percentage change from previous year, Total capital expenditures and Total expenditures, calculated using thousands of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	Royal Canadian Mounted Police
	Contract policing expenditures^{Table 2 Note 8}	Federal and international policing expenditures^{Table 2 Note 9}	Operational support and services expenditures^{Table 2 Note 10}	Total operating expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 2 Note 4}	Total capital expenditures	Total expenditures
	thousands of dollars				percent	thousands of dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador	94,569	11,718	13,222	119,510	15	2,930	122,439
Prince Edward Island	17,267	3,102	2,782	23,151	8	963	24,114
Nova Scotia	148,124	18,886	20,547	187,557	17	10,446	198,003
New Brunswick	118,189	18,718	32,816	169,723	12	7,224	176,947
Quebec	Note ...: not applicable	150,022	62,885	212,907	34	14,703	227,611
Ontario^{Table 2 Note 5}	Note ...: not applicable	281,472	68,901	350,373	12	7,472	357,845
Manitoba	180,966	14,396	24,381	219,744	5	7,511	227,255
Saskatchewan^{Table 2 Note 6}	220,199	14,953	49,645	284,798	20	27,384	312,182
Alberta	514,053	48,347	47,316	609,716	10	29,905	639,620
British Columbia	1,026,337	106,275	96,011	1,228,623	14	36,985	1,265,608
Yukon	33,188	1,714	3,861	38,763	9	1,429	40,192
Northwest Territories	57,838	2,011	3,884	63,733	7	1,292	65,025
Nunavut	58,124	2,006	4,913	65,043	14	3,704	68,747
Provincial and territorial total^{Table 2 Note 7}	2,468,855	673,621	431,164	3,573,640	14	151,948	3,725,588
Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs	306,452	242,415	964,960	1,513,827	-7	104,410	1,618,237
Canada	2,775,306	916,036	1,396,124	5,087,467	7	256,359	5,343,825

Table 2 continued
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total expenditures on policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Total policing, Total operating expenditures, Percentage change from previous year, Total capital expenditures and Total expenditures, calculated using thousands of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	Total policing
	Total operating expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 2 Note 4}	Total capital expenditures	Total expenditures
	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador	178,283	9	3,097	181,381
Prince Edward Island	36,863	5	1,034	37,897
Nova Scotia	333,247	13	13,380	346,626
New Brunswick	239,384	8	8,922	248,305
Quebec	2,742,439	0	68,506	2,810,945
Ontario^{Table 2 Note 5}	5,484,948	3	235,636	5,720,584
Manitoba	531,253	2	11,576	542,829
Saskatchewan^{Table 2 Note 6}	498,591	12	35,206	533,797
Alberta	1,598,876	5	127,169	1,726,046
British Columbia	1,819,003	13	50,816	1,869,820
Yukon	38,763	9	1,429	40,192
Northwest Territories	63,733	7	1,292	65,025
Nunavut	65,043	14	3,704	68,747
Provincial and territorial total^{Table 2 Note 7}	13,630,426	5	561,767	14,192,193
Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs	1,513,827	-7	104,410	1,618,237
Canada	15,144,253	3	666,177	15,810,430
... 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). This includes First Nations communities that are not policed by a provincial police service 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 current dollar amounts. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police training academy depot division and forensic labs. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters, training academy depot division and forensics labs. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes provincial/territorial, municipal, and Aboriginal contract policing. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 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 9 referrer Note 10 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 10 referrer 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, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.

Date modified:: 2019-10-03