Table 3-1
Police officers and crime rates — Police officers in census metropolitan areas, 2011
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Census metropolitan area | 2010 populationNote 1 | 2011 number of police officersNote 2 | 2011 policeofficers per 100,000 populationNote 3 |
Percentagechange in rate of officers 2010 to 2011 |
2010 Crime Severity IndexNote 4 |
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number | rate | percent | rate | ||
Saint John | 103,196 | 206 | 200 | -1 | 91.9 |
Regina | 218,517 | 425 | 194 | 0 | 131.4 |
Thunder Bay | 119,908 | 232 | 193 | 2 | 111.3 |
WinnipegNote 5 | 781,012 | 1,460 | 187 | 2 | 122.3 |
Saskatoon | 272,887 | 496 | 182 | -3 | 128.1 |
Montréal | 3,865,268 | 7,021 | 182 | 0 | 83.7 |
Windsor | 330,060 | 597 | 181 | 1 | 66.1 |
St. John's | 186,242 | 336 | 180 | 2 | 101.9 |
Toronto | 5,697,027 | 10,213 | 179 | -1 | 57.8 |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 443,866 | 761 | 171 | -1 | 69.8 |
HalifaxNote 5 | 403,437 | 689 | 171 | -2 | 96.8 |
Brantford | 139,687 | 235 | 168 | -1 | 99.1 |
VancouverNote 5, Note 6 | 2,392,202 | 3,955 | 165 | -3 | 101.2 |
Edmonton | 1,178,989 | 1,930 | 164 | -2 | 102.0 |
Peterborough | 121,229 | 198 | 163 | 1 | 67.8 |
Abbotsford-Mission | 175,589 | 280 | 159 | 1 | 99.8 |
Calgary | 1,248,215 | 1,988 | 159 | -2 | 76.5 |
Greater Sudbury | 164,357 | 260 | 158 | 2 | 84.2 |
Barrie | 197,797 | 307 | 155 | 1 | 60.1 |
London | 493,118 | 765 | 155 | 0 | 82.4 |
Victoria | 358,478 | 556 | 155 | 2 | 83.7 |
Hamilton | 720,837 | 1,110 | 154 | 1 | 70.9 |
Guelph | 124,130 | 190 | 153 | -1 | 50.4 |
Kingston | 160,174 | 236 | 147 | 1 | 62.3 |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 522,968 | 757 | 145 | -2 | 68.0 |
OttawaNote 7 | 939,821 | 1,346 | 143 | -4 | 60.1 |
GatineauNote 8 | 306,307 | 413 | 135 | 2 | 69.3 |
Sherbrooke | 187,572 | 248 | 132 | -1 | 70.7 |
Québec | 753,039 | 961 | 128 | 0 | 56.1 |
Trois-Rivières | 149,728 | 190 | 127 | 0 | 69.4 |
Saguenay | 145,689 | 179 | 123 | -1 | 73.4 |
Moncton | 136,362 | 156 | 114 | -3 | 71.8 |
Kelowna | 178,845 | 201 | 112 | 2 | 113.1 |
Source(s): Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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