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Table 3-2
Police officers and crime rates — in the 30 largest municipal police services
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| 2007 population 1 | 2008 authorized strength 2 | Actual strength 3 | 2007 crime rate 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 number of police officers | 2008 police officers per 100,000 population 4 | 2008 population per officer 4 | ||||
| number | rate | |||||
| Toronto census metropolitan area police services 6 | ||||||
| Toronto Police | 2,651,717 | 5,510 | 5,535 | 209 | 479 | 5,557 |
| Peel Regional Police | 1,222,639 | 1,829 | 1,700 | 139 | 719 | 3,697 |
| York Regional Police | 975,501 | 1,364 | 1,318 | 135 | 740 | 2,909 |
| Montréal census metropolitan area police services 6 | ||||||
| Montréal Police | 1,871,846 | 4,538 | 4,481 | 239 | 418 | 7,430 |
| Longueuil Police | 395,168 | 547 | 542 | 137 | 729 | 5,550 |
| Laval Police | 381,651 | 520 | 500 | 131 | 763 | 4,384 |
| Vancouver census metropolitan area police services 6 | ||||||
| Vancouver Police 7 | 609,785 | 1,235 | 1,351 | 222 | 451 | 9,722 |
| Surrey, Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 425,428 | 588 | 546 | 128 | 779 | 11,013 |
| Burnaby, Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 221,856 | 265 | 272 | 123 | 816 | 9,000 |
| Richmond, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 7 | 193,164 | 206 | 206 | 107 | 938 | 6,778 |
| Other large police services | ||||||
| Calgary Police | 1,038,481 | 1,670 | 1,620 | 156 | 641 | 6,097 |
| Ottawa Police | 846,169 | 1,301 | 1,273 | 150 | 665 | 5,559 |
| Edmonton Police | 763,732 | 1,375 | 1,345 | 176 | 568 | 10,193 |
| Winnipeg Police 7 | 653,733 | 1,318 | 1,311 | 201 | 499 | 10,283 |
| Durham Regional Police 8 | 595,354 | 831 | 827 | 139 | 720 | 4,430 |
| Québec Police | 535,321 | 745 | 741 | 138 | 722 | 4,953 |
| Hamilton Regional Police | 519,741 | 747 | 794 | 153 | 655 | 6,248 |
| Waterloo Regional Police | 496,370 | 712 | 712 | 143 | 697 | 4,889 |
| Halton Regional Police 8 | 468,980 | 582 | 586 | 125 | 800 | 3,423 |
| Niagara Regional Police | 433,946 | 648 | 693 | 160 | 626 | 5,695 |
| London Police | 362,561 | 578 | 568 | 157 | 638 | 8,230 |
| Gatineau - Metro Police | 251,274 | 348 | 348 | 138 | 722 | 6,016 |
| Windsor Police | 220,569 | 474 | 475 | 215 | 464 | 7,862 |
| Halifax Regional Police | 215,830 | 505 | 505 | 234 | 427 | 10,589 |
| Saskatoon Police | 206,365 | 399 | 406 | 197 | 508 | 13,274 |
| Regina Police | 183,540 | 365 | 362 | 197 | 507 | 12,577 |
| St. John's, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary | 182,605 | 303 | 303 | 166 | 603 | 7,325 |
| Richelieu-Saint-Laurent Police | 180,520 | 213 | 213 | 118 | 848 | 3,366 |
| Greater Sudbury Police | 162,438 | 255 | 249 | 153 | 652 | 5,627 |
| Sherbrooke Regional Police | 149,875 | 200 | 200 | 133 | 749 | 4,831 |
Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2007 (based on the 2001 Census in 2006 Census boundaries), Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2008 are not yet available.
Represents the number of fully-sworn police officers the police department was allowed to employ during the calendar or fiscal year.
Represents actual police officer strength as of May 15th, 2008.
Based on the number of police officers in 2008 and census metropolitan area populations for 2007. Census metropolitan area populations for 2008 are not yet available.
Crime rate represents the number of Criminal Code incidents (excluding traffic) per 100,000 population. Crime data for 2008 are not yet available.
The police services listed under the Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver census metropolitan areas do not represent all the police services in the census metropolitan area.
Police officer counts include officers deployed to contract positions (e.g. airport, port, United Nation mission).
Note that 60% of the crime handled by Halton Regional Police, and 36% of the crime handled by Durham Regional Police fall within Toronto census metropolitan area boundaries.
Note(s):
The numbers in table 3-1 do not agree with those in table 3-2 (which report data at the level of individual police services) because most census metropolitan areas comprise more than one police service. The census metropolitan area of Oshawa is not included due to incongruities between policing jurisdiction and census metropolitan area boundaries. Crimes investigated by Royal Canadian Mounted Police federal personnel within census metropolitan areas are included; however police officer counts do not include Royal Canadian Mounted Police federal police officers. While Table 3-1 may be used to compare major metropolitan areas, table 3-2 may be used to compare major police services in Canada.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
