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Table 6
Police officers by sex, provinces and territories, 2008
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| Male | Female | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 727 | 82.2 | 157 | 17.8 | 884 |
| Prince Edward Island | 202 | 87.4 | 29 | 12.6 | 231 |
| Nova Scotia | 1,587 | 85.1 | 277 | 14.9 | 1,864 |
| New Brunswick | 1,148 | 84.7 | 207 | 15.3 | 1,355 |
| Quebec | 12,050 | 78.2 | 3,353 | 21.8 | 15,403 |
| Ontario | 20,571 | 82.5 | 4,374 | 17.5 | 24,945 |
| Manitoba | 2,060 | 85.2 | 359 | 14.8 | 2,419 |
| Saskatchewan | 1,749 | 82.3 | 375 | 17.7 | 2,124 |
| Alberta | 4,791 | 83.6 | 943 | 16.4 | 5,734 |
| British Columbia | 6,405 | 78.7 | 1,729 | 21.3 | 8,134 |
| Yukon | 101 | 86.3 | 16 | 13.7 | 117 |
| Northwest Territories | 146 | 82.0 | 32 | 18.0 | 178 |
| Nunavut | 107 | 89.9 | 12 | 10.1 | 119 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy | 1,432 | 80.6 | 344 | 19.4 | 1,776 |
| Canada | 53,076 | 81.3 | 12,207 | 18.7 | 65,283 |
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
