Table 4
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2018


Table 4
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers by level of policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2018 population, Municipal police services, Provincial police services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police , Total police officers, Police officers per 100,000 population, Percentage change in rate, Contract policing, Federal and other policing, 2017 to 2018 and 2008 to 2018, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory 2018 populationTable 4 Note 1 Municipal police servicesTable 4 Note 2 Provincial police servicesTable 4 Note 3 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Table 4 Note 4 Total police officers Police officers per 100,000 population Percentage change in rateTable 4 Note 7
Contract policingTable 4 Note 5 Federal and other policingTable 4 Note 6 2017 to 2018 2008 to 2018
number rate percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 525,355 Note ...: not applicable 387 439 74 900 171 -0.6 -0.9
Prince Edward Island 153,244 96 Note ...: not applicable 98 22 216 141 -4.4 -15.3
Nova Scotia 959,942 879 Note ...: not applicable 856 125 1,860 194 0.6 -2.7
New Brunswick 770,633 423 Note ...: not applicable 689 117 1,229 160 -0.9 -12.1
Quebec 8,390,499 9,616 5,356 Note ...: not applicable 912 15,884 189 -1.1 -4.6
OntarioTable 4 Note 8 14,322,757 17,950 5,668 Note ...: not applicable 1,709 25,327 177 -4.2 -8.7
Manitoba 1,352,154 1,557 Note ...: not applicable 867 128 2,552 189 -2.0 -6.5
SaskatchewanTable 4 Note 9 1,162,062 1,076 Note ...: not applicable 1,091 Note ...: not applicable 2,167 186 -8.3 -10.7
Alberta 4,307,110 4,290 Note ...: not applicable 2,795 425 7,510 174 -1.1 9.3
British Columbia 4,991,687 2,572 Note ...: not applicable 5,855 819 9,246 185 1.7 -1.0
YukonTable 4 Note 10 40,476 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 118 14 132 326 1.0 -7.8
Northwest TerritoriesTable 4 Note 10 44,541 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 168 18 186 416 2.3 1.4
NunavutTable 4 Note 10 38,396 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 122 14 136 354 -0.7 -5.1
Provincial and territorial totalTable 4 Note 11 37,058,856 38,459 11,411 13,097 4,376 67,344 182 -2.2 -4.9
Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 834 834 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Royal Canadian Mounted Police training academy depot division and forensic labs Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 384 384 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Canada 37,058,856 38,459 11,411 13,097 5,594 68,562 185 -2.1 -5.8
... not applicable
Note 1

Populations are based on July 1st, 2018 estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. The populations were revised back to 2011 due to the 2016 Census rebasing.

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Note 2

Includes municipal stand-alone police services (i.e. Municipalities with a dedicated police service not contracted with 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).

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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, the Sûreté du Québec in Quebec, and the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario.

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Note 4

Some minor variances with the counts may appear when comparing the 2017 and 2018 survey data. This is due to a methodology change which categorizes Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel within the respondent codes.

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Note 5

Includes provincial/territorial, municipal, and Aboriginal contract policing. Contract policing refers to provincial and municipal policing services provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Note 6

Includes Federal policing and Departmental and Divisional Administration. Includes federal policing programs (general investigations, project based investigations, criminal intelligence, protective services, public engagement, and operations support).

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Note 7

Percent changes are based on unrounded rates.

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Note 8

Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters.

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Note 9

Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police training academy depot division and forensic labs.

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Note 10

Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are policed solely by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Note 11

Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation and corporate headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs.

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Note: A new version of the Police Administration Survey was implemented in 2018. Data on police strength pertain to the snapshot date (May 15, 2018 for the most recent data). Police officers calculated in this table are based on the counts for permanent full-time and permanent part-time that are calculated into full-time equivalent.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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