Table 5
Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2018


Table 5
Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Municipal police services serving a population of 100. The information is grouped by Municipal police services (appearing as row headers), 2018 population, Police officers, Hires, Departures, Net gain or loss: hiring and departures, Police officers eligible to retire, 2018 number of police officers, 2018 police officers per 100,000 population, Percentage change from previous year and 2018 Percentage of female officers, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Municipal police servicesTable 5 Note 1 2018 populationTable 5 Note 2 Police officersTable 5 Note 3 HiresTable 5 Note 6 DeparturesTable 5 Note 6 Net gain or loss: hiring and departuresTable 5 Note 6 Police officers eligible to retireTable 5 Note 6
2018 number of police officers 2018 police officers per 100,000 populationTable 5 Note 4 Percentage change from previous yearTable 5 Note 5 2018 Percentage of female officers
number rate percent number percent
Toronto Police Service, Ont. 2,956,024 4,923 167 -8 19 14 232 -218 8
Montréal Police Service, Que. 2,029,374 4,532 223 -3 33 241 197 44 17
Peel Regional Police Service, Ont. 1,404,628 2,004 143 0 18 91 70 21 3
Calgary Police Service, Alta. 1,311,833 2,006 153 -11 19 171 70 101 0
York Regional Police, Ont. 1,150,672 1,505 131 -6 19 89 66 23 5
Ottawa Police Service, Ont. 1,007,501 1,230 122 -3 22 51 38 13 3
Edmonton Police Service, Alta. 1,004,947 1,882 187 4 21 83 58 25 3
Winnipeg Police Service, Man. 753,674 1,383 184 -3 15 22 52 -30 9
Durham Regional Police Service, Ont. 683,604 878 128 1 20 48 64 -16 7
Vancouver Police Department, B.C. 678,308 1,341 198 1 25 89 43 46 10
Halton Regional Police Service, Ont. 580,014 682 118 -2 21 29 20 9 7
Waterloo Regional Police Service, Ont. 579,145 762 132 -4 22 22 32 -10 6
Québec City Police Service, Que. 578,781 728 126 -5 27 24 33 -9 6
Surrey, B.C. (RCMP) 568,158 784 138 5 20 98 23 75 6
Hamilton Police Service, Ont. 567,979 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Niagara Regional Police Service, Ont. 472,448 708 150 -1 17 25 27 -2 8
Laval Police Service, Que. 432,858 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Longueuil Police Service, Que. 421,842 613 145 7 34 29 21 8 5
London Police Service, Ont. 414,959 607 146 -2 21 36 27 9 5
Gatineau Police Service, Que. 282,596 396 140 0 23 28 8 20 4
Saskatoon Police Service, Sask. 268,188 465 173 -1 23 34 9 25 11
Halifax Regional Police, N.S.Table 5 Note 7 253,841 533 210 -2 20 19 21 -2 16
Burnaby, B.C. (RCMP) 248,071 290 117 -1 24 44 12 32 9
Regina Police Service, Sask. 233,170 399 171 -2 25 2 3 -1 3
Windsor Police Service, Ont. 229,787 426 185 -2 17 24 22 2 5
Richmond, B.C. (RCMP)Table 5 Note 8 209,838 229 109 10 19 40 11 29 8
Richelieu-Saint-Laurent Police Service, Que. 209,246 210 100 -2 24 34 35 -1 5
St. John's, N.L. (RNC) 208,289 326 157 -4 29 33 17 16 20
Greater Sudbury Police Service, Ont. 168,141 261 155 -2 18 8 8 0 5
Sherbrooke Police Service, Que. 166,863 202 121 -1 23 14 14 0 4
Langley Township, B.C. (RCMP)Table 5 Note 9 156,931 203 130 3 26 27 11 16 10
Abbotsford Police Department, B.C. 153,866 208 135 -5 19 15 7 8 8
Coquitlam, B.C. (RCMP) 149,450 164 110 -1 28 15 4 11 9
Saguenay Police Service, Que. 148,053 187 126 5 22 14 7 7 6
Barrie Police Service, Ont. 147,685 232 157 -4 19 8 5 3 3
Lévis Police Service, Que. 146,080 155 106 -1 21 0 1 -1 13
Guelph Police Service, Ont. 140,683 198 140 0 22 13 10 3 10
Terrebonne Police Service, Que. 140,301 170 121 -1 28 16 14 2 1
Kelowna, B.C. (RCMP) 138,513 192 139 9 27 12 12 0 10
Trois-Rivières Police Service, Que. 136,857 157 115 -1 22 6 8 -2 3
Kingston Police Service, Ont. 132,943 204 153 -2 19 4 6 -2 9
Codiac Regional, N.B. (RCMP) 122,988 143 116 6 20 10 10 0 20
Saanich Police Department, B.C. 121,032 158 131 -1 24 9 8 1 6
Thunder Bay Police Service, Ont. 118,253 225 190 -2 16 5 11 -6 8
Victoria Police Department, B.C. 110,916 239 215 -3 25 11 13 -2 8
Roussillon Regional Police Service, Que. 110,144 115 104 -2 25 10 8 2 4
Delta Police Department, B.C. 109,674 160 146 2 20 8 8 0 13
Chatham-Kent Police Service, Ont. 105,445 163 155 5 15 8 6 2 12
Brantford Police Service, Ont. 104,978 178 170 1 13 14 13 1 1
Red Deer, Alta. (RCMP) 104,493 179 171 4 24 12 5 7 6
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1

Refers to the municipal stand-alone police services and municipalities policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that have a population of 100,000 or more (based on 2018 populations).

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Note 2

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 3

Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2018. Police officers on long-term leave who are not being paid by the police service’s annual budget are excluded. All recruits are excluded from the number of police officers.

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Note 4

Based on the number of police officers on May 15, 2018 and populations for 2018. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries.

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Note 5

Percent changes are based on unrounded rates.

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Note 6

Represents hiring of police officers and recruits, departures of police officers and eligibility to retire of police officers during the 2017 calendar or 2017/2018 fiscal year. The percent of officers eligible to retire is calculated using these data, along with the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed on May 15, 2018.

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Note 7

The data in this table represents Halifax Regional Police, N.S. which has a rate of police strength of 210. However, this rate does not include the number of police officers from Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Halifax rural which shares responsibility to police the same area. When RCMP Halifax rural officers and the population they serve are added to the calculation, the rate of police strength amounts to approximately 166 police officers per 100,000 population.

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Note 8

Includes Vancouver International Airport.

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Note 9

Langley Township, B.C. includes both Langley Township and Langley B.C.

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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). Additional data are available on Statistics Canada table 35-10-0177.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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