Table 2
Police officers by province/territory, 2010

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Police officers by province/territory, 2010
  2010  population 1 Police services 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Total police officers Police officers per  100,000  population Percent change in rate
Municipal Provincial Municipal Provincial Federal Other 3 2009  to  2010 2000  to  2010
  number rate percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 509,739 … 384 … 419 106 30 939 184 2.1 26.0
Prince Edward Island 142,266 91 … 9 101 24 13 238 167 0.9 11.4
Nova Scotia 942,506 882 … 61 754 177 38 1,912 203 1.5 18.4
New Brunswick 751,755 461 … 219 552 132 34 1,398 186 2.2 6.9
Quebec 7,907,375 9,117 5,467 … … 958 44 15,586 197 -0.7 4.8
Ontario 5 13,210,667 20,542 4,371 … … 1,395 53 26,361 200 2.0 7.8
Manitoba 1,235,412 1,493 … 191 645 186 34 2,549 206 0.8 10.5
Saskatchewan 6 1,045,622 1,004 … 200 783 260 55 2,302 220 6.1 19.0
Alberta 3,720,946 3,878 … 1,016 1,285 362 61 6,602 177 5.1 15.6
British Columbia 7 4,530,960 2,676 … 3,260 1,828 928 352 9,044 200 1.1 21.3
Yukon 8 34,525 … … … 97 18 6 121 350 -3.3 -11.2
Northwest Territories 8 43,759 … … … 180 11 11 202 462 2.9 21.4
Nunavut 8 33,220 … … … 112 12 8 132 397 2.3 27.1
Provincial and territorial total 34,108,752 40,144 10,222 4,956 6,756 4,569 739 67,386 198 1.6 10.3
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy … … … … … … 1,913 1,913 … … …
Canada 34,108,752 40,144 10,222 4,956 6,756 4,569 2,652 69,299 203 1.6 11.4
1.
Preliminary postcensal estimates for 2010, Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
2.
Excluding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
3.
Includes National Police Services and Departmental and Divisional Administration.
4.
Newfoundland and Labrador does not have any municipal police forces. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (a provincial police force) provides policing to the larger municipalities.
5.
Excludes personnel from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. The Ontario Provincial Police deploy 1,845 officers to provide municipal policing services under contract and these are included as municipal, not provincial policing.
6.
Excludes personnel from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy.
7.
The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority and the British Columbia Lower Mainland Integrated Teams are included in this report, resulting in a higher rate of police officer strength than in past years.
8.
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not have any municipal police forces. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is responsible for providing policing to the territories.
Note(s):
Represents actual police officer strength as of May 15, 2010.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.