Table 5
Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2019


Table 5
Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2019
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), 2019 population, Police officers, Hires , Departures , Net gain or loss: hiring and departures, Police officers eligible to retire, 2019 number of police officers, 2019 police officers per 100,000 population, Percentage change from previous year and 2019 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
2019 number of police officers 2019 police officers per 100,000 populationTable 5 Note 4 Percentage change from previous yearTable 5 Note 5 2019 Percentage of female officers
number rate percent number percent
Toronto Police Service, Ont. 2,956,024 4,790 162 -3 19 214 294 -80 9
Montréal Police Service, Que. 2,029,374 4,295 212 -5 33 139 172 -33 13
Peel Regional Police Service, Ont. 1,404,628 2,022 144 1 19 116 74 42 3
Calgary Police Service, Alta. 1,311,833 2,123 162 6 27 68 64 4 0
York Regional Police, Ont. 1,150,672 1,543 134 3 20 131 75 56 5
Ottawa Police Service, Ont. 1,007,501 1,223 121 -1 22 71 47 24 6
Edmonton Police Service, Alta. 1,004,947 1,885 188 0 20 91 70 21 7
Winnipeg Police Service, Man. 753,674 1,405 186 2 16 22 41 -19 8
Durham Regional Police Service, Ont. 683,604 904 132 3 20 61 41 20 7
Vancouver Police Department, B.C. 678,308 1,330 196 -1 26 37 48 -11 9
Halton Regional Police Service, Ont. 580,014 714 123 5 22 50 34 16 6
Waterloo Regional Police Service, Ont. 579,145 757 131 -1 22 31 37 -6 8
Québec City Police Service, Que. 578,781 719 124 -1 27 34 24 10 3
Surrey, B.C. (RCMP) 568,158 798 140 2 21 69 23 46 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. 472,448 720 152 2 17 38 21 17 7
Laval Police Service, Que. 432,858 586 135 1 31 0 24 -24 9
Longueuil Police Service, Que. 421,842 611 145 0 35 20 35 -15 6
London Police Service, Ont. 414,959 590 142 -3 22 19 26 -7 7
Gatineau Police Service, Que. 282,596 393 139 -1 23 44 8 36 3
Saskatoon Police Service, Sask. 268,188 465 173 0 23 5 8 -3 8
Halifax Regional Police, N.S.Table 5 Note 7 253,841 530 209 -1 20 15 13 2 11
Burnaby, B.C. (RCMP) 248,071 292 118 1 22 27 4 23 9
Regina Police Service, Sask. 233,170 397 170 -1 24 7 12 -5 3
Windsor Police Service, Ont. 229,787 471 205 11 17 55 24 31 8
Richmond, B.C. (RCMP)Table 5 Note 8 209,838 245 117 7 21 34 2 32 7
Richelieu-Saint-Laurent Police Service, Que. 209,246 214 102 2 26 44 46 -2 6
St. John's, N.L. (RNC) 208,289 335 161 3 30 43 15 28 16
Greater Sudbury Police Service, Ont. 168,141 261 155 0 18 10 4 6 7
Sherbrooke Police Service, Que. 166,863 209 125 3 24 18 8 10 8
Langley Township, B.C. (RCMP)Table 5 Note 9 156,931 208 133 2 26 18 5 13 10
Abbotsford Police Department, B.C. 153,866 214 139 3 19 20 9 11 5
Coquitlam, B.C. (RCMP) 149,450 171 114 4 27 17 7 10 9
Saguenay Police Service, Que. 148,053 187 126 0 22 0 6 -6 7
Barrie Police Service, Ont. 147,685 240 163 3 18 8 11 -3 3
Lévis Police Service, Que. 146,080 155 106 0 24 6 6 0 12
Guelph Police Service, Ont. 140,683 201 143 2 21 11 8 3 11
Terrebonne Police Service, Que. 140,301 171 122 1 29 17 17 0 1
Kelowna, B.C. (RCMP) 138,513 196 142 2 26 9 4 5 10
Trois-Rivières Police Service, Que. 136,857 161 118 3 22 10 6 4 2
Kingston Police Service, Ont. 132,943 205 154 0 20 8 10 -2 13
Codiac Regional, N.B. (RCMP) 122,988 143 116 0 19 7 8 -1 20
Saanich Police Department, B.C. 121,032 151 125 -4 21 5 8 -3 5
Thunder Bay Police Service, Ont. 118,253 242 205 8 16 5 13 -8 7
Victoria Police Department, B.C. 110,916 238 214 -1 25 14 15 -1 10
Roussillon Regional Police Service, Que. 110,144 115 104 0 28 12 17 -5 6
Delta Police Department, B.C. 109,674 159 145 -1 21 15 6 9 16
Chatham-Kent Police Service, Ont. 105,445 164 156 1 16 9 11 -2 9
Brantford Police Service, Ont. 104,978 187 178 5 14 13 8 5 1
Red Deer, Alta. (RCMP) 104,493 173 166 -3 24 3 2 1 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 preliminary postcensal estimates for 2018 and are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations according to policing boundaries for 2019 were not available in time for writing this article.

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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, 2019. 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, 2019 and populations for 2018. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2019 was not yet available when writing this article.

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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 2018 calendar or 2018/2019 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, 2019.

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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 209. 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, 2019 for the most recent data). Additional data are available on Statistics Canada table 35-10-0077.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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