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Table 9-6
Police personnel in municipal police services — Ontario, 2008

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Ontario, 2008
  Population 1 Population density Actual strength Authorized strength
Police officers Other personnel Population per police officer Police officers per 100,000  population Total police Police officers per 100,000  population
Male Female Total
  number persons per km 2 number rate number rate
Population 100,000 and over  
Barrie 139,298 1,809 170 32 202 84 690 145 205 147
Chatham-Kent 109,123 44 151 16 167 71 653 153 170 156
Durham Regional Police 595,354 236 673 154 827 313 720 139 831 140
Greater Sudbury Police 162,438 51 203 46 249 120 652 153 255 157
Guelph 120,254 1,387 154 28 182 86 661 151 190 158
Halton Regional Police 468,980 485 458 128 586 228 800 125 582 124
Hamilton Regional Police 519,741 465 648 146 794 276 655 153 747 144
Kingston 119,423 265 149 35 184 46 649 154 188 157
London 362,561 862 473 95 568 215 638 157 578 159
Niagara Regional Police 433,946 234 607 86 693 307 626 160 648 149
Ottawa 846,169 305 987 286 1,273 493 665 150 1,301 154
Peel Regional Police 1,222,639 2,202 1,433 267 1,700 768 719 139 1,829 150
Thunder Bay 114,286 168 188 35 223 98 512 195 222 194
Toronto 2,651,717 4,208 4,593 942 5,535 2,830 479 209 5,510 208
Waterloo Regional Police 496,370 363 586 126 712 259 697 143 712 143
Windsor 220,569 1,501 406 69 475 152 464 215 474 215
York Regional Police 975,501 558 1,090 228 1,318 479 740 135 1,364 140
Population 50,000 to 99,999  
Brantford 93,156 1,285 134 18 152 92 613 163 152 163
North Bay 56,716 136 77 11 88 51 645 155 92 162
Oxford Community 62,221 56 69 15 84 29 741 135 85 137
Peterborough Lakefield 76,368 1,240 103 19 122 47 626 160 123 161
Sarnia 74,253 419 98 12 110 44 675 148 111 149
Sault Ste. Marie 76,136 249 114 23 137 50 556 180 138 181
South Simcoe Police 57,584 119 67 9 76 37 758 132 76 132
Ontario Povincial Police  
Caledon 73,877 108 46 19 65 5 1,137 88 65 88
Lambton Group 52,661 20 67 0 67 6 786 127 67 127
Nottawasaga 54,122 64 40 14 54 8 1,002 100 54 100
Norfolk 63,864 40 76 15 91 9 702 142 91 142
Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry 67,113 21 68 14 82 11 818 122 82 122
Wellington County 88,944 35 81 22 103 8 864 116 103 116
Population 15,000 to 49,999  
Amherstburg 21,510 116 27 4 31 4 694 144 31 144
Belleville 49,234 200 71 15 86 34 572 175 86 175
Brockville 22,113 1,066 35 6 41 23 539 185 41 185
Cobourg 19,125 855 27 2 29 29 659 152 31 162
Cornwall Community Police 45,773 744 77 12 89 46 514 194 89 194
Essex 20,719 75 28 4 32 4 647 154 31 150
Kawartha Lakes Police 23,870 r 24 28 7 35 22 682 147 38 159
Lasalle 32,105 492 28 6 34 16 944 106 34 106
Leamington 29,131 111 37 4 41 21 711 141 41 141
Midland 15,655 538 23 3 26 15 602 166 26 166
Nishnawbe-Aski 18,304 7 106 19 125 34 146 683 132 721
Orangeville 29,337 1,884 34 4 38 22 772 130 38 130
Owen Sound 22,422 926 35 5 40 36 561 178 40 178
St. Thomas 38,202 1,077 55 10 65 22 588 170 65 170
Stratford 31,203 1,234 50 5 55 18 567 176 55 176
Strathroy 21,460 78 28 1 29 11 740 135 30 140
Timmins 42,123 14 76 8 84 33 501 199 84 199
Ontario Povincial Police  
Brant County 35,941 43 40 8 48 5 749 134 48 134
Collingwood 16,177 484 23 8 31 11 522 192 31 192
Elgin County 44,741 24 33 9 42 3 1,065 94 42 94
Greater Napanee 16,315 35 15 8 23 3 709 141 23 141
Haldimand 47,820 38 49 9 58 5 824 121 58 121
Kingsville 21,010 85 20 4 24 3 875 114 24 114
Lakeshore 31,961 60 26 6 32 3 999 100 32 100
Loyalist 15,556 46 12 6 18 2 864 116 18 116
Orillia 29,950 1,047 34 12 46 14 651 154 46 154
Prince Edward County 26,232 25 26 7 33 3 795 126 33 126
Quinte West 44,128 89 44 12 56 12 788 127 56 127
Smith/Ennismore 17,263 55 12 2 14 1 1,233 81 14 81
South Frontenac 17,854 19 14 2 16 2 1,116 90 16 90
Tecumseh 26,565 280 26 5 31 3 857 117 31 117
Tillsonburg 15,826 709 17 5 22 3 719 139 22 139
Kemptville 15,625 45 15 5 20 2 781 128 20 128
Population 5,000 to 14,999  
Anishinabek 2 7,168 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Aylmer 7,815 1,256 11 2 13 3 601 166 13 166
Dryden 8,085 124 15 5 20 12 404 247 20 247
Espanola 5,193 63 10 1 11 6 472 212 11 212
Gananoque 5,402 770 12 2 14 12 386 259 15 278
Hanover 7,045 718 13 1 14 11 503 199 14 199
Kenora 9,743 r 72 29 6 35 24 278 359 35 359
Pembroke 13,453 937 27 2 29 36 464 216 29 216
Perth 6,276 606 13 2 15 8 418 239 15 239
Port Hope 12,284 r 59 22 3 25 21 491 204 25 204
Saugeen Shores 11,610 68 17 3 20 3 581 172 20 172
Six Nations Police 7,385 39 25 2 27 12 274 366 27 366
Smiths Falls 9,368 1,143 22 2 24 10 390 256 24 256
Stirling-Rawdon 5,237 19 8 0 8 1 655 153 8 153
Treaty Three Communities 5,971 8 65 18 83 15 72 1,390 83 1,390
West Grey 12,560 14 16 2 18 4 698 143 18 143
West Nipissing 13,283 7 18 2 20 6 664 151 20 151
Ontario Povincial Police  
Alnwick-Haldimand 6,851 17 6 1 7 1 979 102 7 102
Augusta 8,087 26 5 2 7 0 1,155 87 7 87
Beckwith 6,982 29 2 1 3 0 2,327 43 3 43
Brighton Municipal 10,354 47 9 3 12 1 863 116 12 116
Brockton 9,929 18 14 3 17 1 584 171 17 171
Carleton Place 10,076 1,141 14 3 17 1 593 169 17 169
Cavan/Millbrook/North Monaghan 9,019 29 8 2 10 1 902 111 10 111
City of Kenora 5,697 r 0.5 9 3 12 0 475 211 12 211
Cramahe Township 6,236 31 6 2 8 1 780 128 8 128
Douro-Dummer 6,858 15 4 1 5 0 1,372 73 5 73
Drummond-North Elmsley 7,469 20 4 1 5 0 1,494 67 5 67
Elliot Lake 11,262 16 15 4 19 5 593 169 19 169
Fort Frances 8,079 301 17 3 20 1 404 248 20 248
Georgian Bluffs 10,440 17 6 1 7 0 1,491 67 7 67
Goderich 7,962 1,007 11 2 13 1 612 163 13 163
Grey County Chatsworth 6,553 11 4 0 4 0 1,638 61 4 61
Grey Highlands 10,375 12 8 2 10 2 1,038 96 10 96
Hawkesbury 11,196 1,184 19 3 22 6 509 196 22 196
Hearst 5,935 60 8 4 12 1 495 202 12 202
Ingersoll Town 12,083 937 15 4 19 2 636 157 19 157
Kapuskasing 8,936 106 9 2 11 1 812 123 11 123
Kincardine 11,011 20 14 2 16 1 688 145 16 145
Kirkland Lake 7,898 30 17 2 19 2 416 241 19 241
Lanark Highlands 5,126 5 2 1 3 0 1,709 59 3 59
Meaford 10,688 18 11 2 13 1 822 122 13 122
Mississippi Mills 12,674 25 7 2 9 2 1,408 71 9 71
Mono 7,111 26 7 1 8 1 889 113 8 113
Municipality of South Huron 10,147 24 10 1 11 1 922 108 11 108
North Perth 12,616 26 14 3 17 0 742 135 17 135
Hamilton Township 12,276 48 7 2 9 1 1,364 73 9 73
Otonabee/South Monaghan 7,029 20 5 1 6 0 1,172 85 6 85
Penetanguishene 8,615 340 13 6 19 1 453 221 19 221
Petawawa 14,020 85 9 4 13 1 1,078 93 13 93
Renfrew 8,192 641 11 2 13 3 630 159 13 159
Rideau Lakes 10,419 15 9 2 11 1 947 106 11 106
Southgate 7,814 12 5 0 5 0 1,563 64 5 64
St. Marys 6,871 551 6 0 6 1 1,145 87 6 87
Stone Mills 7,956 12 3 2 5 0 1,591 63 5 63
Tay Valley Township 5,914 11 2 1 3 0 1,971 51 3 51
Town of the Blue Mountains 6,998 24 13 3 16 1 437 229 16 229
Trent Hills 13,227 26 15 4 19 3 696 144 19 144
West Perth 9,601 17 10 2 12 1 800 125 12 125
Wiarton 8,889 17 12 3 15 1 593 169 15 169
Population less than 5,000  
Akwesasne Mohawk 4,671 127 24 4 28 9 167 599 30 642
Deep River 3,976 78 8 0 8 3 497 201 8 201
Lac Seul 707 3 6 2 8 8 88 1,132 8 1,132
Michipicoten, Township 3 3,463 8 8 3 11 1 315 318 11 318
Mnjikaning 2 670 63 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Shelburne 4,477 695 10 1 11 3 407 246 11 246
Tyendinaga 1,599 23 5 1 6 1 267 375 12 750
U.C.C.M. Anishnaabe Police 1,774 13 13 3 16 5 111 902 16 902
Wikwemikong 2,864 7 14 3 17 13 168 594 17 594
Wingham 2,921 r 28 7 0 7 2 417 240 7 240
Ontario Povincial Police  
Admaston-Bromley 2,973 6 1 1 2 0 1,487 67 2 67
Amaranth 3,994 15 2 0 2 0 1,997 50 2 50
Asphodel-Norwood 4,020 25 4 1 5 0 804 124 5 124
Atikokan 3,314 10 9 2 11 2 301 332 11 332
Blind River 3,904 4 7 2 9 0 434 231 9 231
Bonfield 2,606 13 1 0 1 0 2,606 38 1 38
Cochrane 4,598 r 11 9 1 10 2 460 217 10 217
Deseronto 4 1,913 759 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dymond 4,626 61 2 0 2 0 2,313 43 2 43
East Luther-Grand Valley 2,810 18 2 0 2 0 1,405 71 2 71
East Ferris 4,690 31 1 1 2 0 2,345 43 2 43
East Garafraxa 2,292 14 1 1 2 0 1,146 87 2 87
Harvey/Galaway/Cavendish 4,515 5 7 1 8 0 564 177 8 177
Havelock/Belmont/Methuen 4,850 9 5 0 5 0 970 103 5 103
Hope 4,095 r 15 3 1 4 0 1,024 98 4 98
Ignace 1,625 22 3 1 4 0 406 246 4 246
Laird 1,056 10 1 0 1 0 1,056 95 1 95
Laurentian Hills 2,868 4 2 0 2 0 1,434 70 2 70
Macdonald Meredith et al. 1,506 9 1 0 1 0 1,506 66 1 66
Marathon 4,911 0.4 7 1 8 1 614 163 8 163
Mattawa Group of Four 4,240 5 6 1 7 0 606 165 7 165
Melancthon 2,863 9 2 0 2 0 1,432 70 2 70
Merrickville 3,230 15 2 1 3 0 1,077 93 3 93
Montague 3,595 13 2 1 3 0 1,198 83 3 83
Mulmur 3,226 11 4 0 4 0 807 124 4 124
New Liskeard 861 61 7 2 9 0 96 1,045 9 1,045
North Kawartha 2,279 3 3 1 4 0 570 176 4 176
North Shore 459 2 1 0 1 0 459 218 1 218
Point Edward 2,061 631 6 0 6 1 344 291 6 291
Powassan 3,454 16 2 0 2 0 1,727 58 2 58
Prescott 4,170 842 9 3 12 1 348 288 12 288
Red Lake 3,653 6 14 1 15 1 244 411 15 411
Red Rock 1,257 20 2 0 2 0 629 159 2 159
Town of Bruce Mines 657 107 1 0 1 0 657 152 1 152
Town of Spanish 797 8 1 0 1 0 797 125 1 125
Township of Johnson 638 5 1 0 1 0 638 157 1 157
Shuniah 2,737 5 3 1 4 0 684 146 4 146
Sioux Narrows Nestor 385 r 0.3 2 0 2 0 193 519 2 519
Smooth Rock Falls 1,776 9 2 0 2 0 888 113 2 113
Temagami 790 0.4 2 1 3 0 263 380 3 380
Terrace Bay 1,650 11 2 0 2 0 825 121 2 121
Thessalon 1,400 320 2 1 3 0 467 214 3 214
Highway 407 ... ... 31 7 38 3 ... ... 38 ...
1.
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.
2.
Non-respondent.
3.
Personnel data for 2008 were not available; therefore 2007 personnel data were substituted.
4.
Deseronto ceased being an Ontario Provincial Police contract on June 1, 2007.
Note(s):
Use caution in comparing forces: The number of officers may not reflect the number available for general community policing because some officers in certain communities are restricted to specific locations (e.g. ports, airports).
Date Modified: 2008-12-12

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