Table 3-2
Police officers and crime rates — Police officers in the 30 largest municipal police services, 2012

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Police officers and crime rates — Police officers in the 30 largest municipal police services, 2012
Table summary
"This table displays selected police personnel and crime statistics. The row headers provide information by police service, grouped by Census Metropolitan Area. The column headers provide population size and the number of authorized strength positions, as well as the number and rate of police officers. The Crime Severity Index values are also shown (presented as a rate)."
Police service 2011  population 1 2012  authorized strength 2 Actual strength 3  2011 Crime Severity Index 5
2012 number of police officers 2012 police officers per 100,000  population 4
  number rate
Toronto census metropolitan area police services 6  
Toronto Police 2,743,738 5,574 5,568 203 70.9
Peel Regional Police 1,298,905 1,937 1,911 147 50.3
York Regional Police 1,069,409 1,495 1,454 136 39.4
Montréal census metropolitan area police services 6  
Montréal Police 1,969,242 4,597 4,480 227 99.6
Longueuil Police 405,476 562 558 138 76.6
Laval Police 404,046 531 547 135 70.4
Vancouver census metropolitan area police services 6  
Vancouver Police 7 669,867 1,327 1,352 202 103.4
Surrey, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 8 450,191 641 615 137 129.9
Burnaby, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 233,291 278 299 128 93.3
Richmond, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 7 199,629 227 228 114 77.3
Other large police services  
Halifax Regional Police 9 228,380 522 516 226 87.4
Winnipeg Police 7 691,778 1,441 1,472 213 113.6
Windsor Police 222,170 469 457 206 80.1
Regina Police 201,030 385 385 192 130.0
Saskatoon Police 233,987 435 446 191 128.8
Edmonton Police 844,474 1,647 1,603 190 98.0
St. John's, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 188,653 336 336 178 93.3
Calgary Police 1,159,446 1,960 1,975 170 65.7
Greater Sudbury Police 162,892 264 262 161 78.9
Niagara Regional Police 445,363 704 702 158 60.3
London Police 383,781 607 589 153 91.4
Hamilton Police 540,234 813 820 152 76.1
Gatineau Police 261,660 393 384 147 66.8
Durham Regional Police 10 631,270 871 923 146 47.5
Waterloo Regional Police 530,248 764 771 145 62.6
Ottawa Police 909,862 1,363 1,312 144 58.6
Québec Police 553,192 719 753 136 56.3
Sherbrooke Regional Police 158,227 200 200 126 60.6
Halton Regional Police 10 518,660 643 643 124 33.6
Richelieu-Saint-Laurent Police 191,205 211 211 110 45.6
1.
Populations are based on preliminary postcensal estimates for 2011, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2012 are not yet available.
2.
Represents the number of fully sworn police officers the police department was allowed to employ during the calendar or fiscal year.
3.
Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2012. This number also includes officers who are deployed to contract positions and who are not available for general policing duties in their community. Police officers on long-term leave who are not being paid by the police service’s annual budget are excluded.
4.
Based on the number of police officers in 2012 and populations for 2011. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2012 are not yet available.
5.
The Crime Severity Index takes into account both the volume and the seriousness of police-reported crime. In the calculation of the Crime Severity Index, each offence is assigned a weight, derived from average sentences handed down by criminal courts. The more serious the average sentence, the higher the weight for that offence. As a result, more serious offences have a greater impact on changes in the index. All police-reported Criminal Code offences, including traffic offences and other federal statute offences, are included in the Crime Severity Index.
6.
The police services listed under the Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver census metropolitan areas do not represent all the police services in these census metropolitan areas.
7.
Police officer counts include officers deployed to contract positions (e.g. airport, port, United Nation mission).
8.
Included in this total are the positions that the Surrey detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police authorizes for the Lower Mainland Integrated Teams.
9.
Crime statistics include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Halifax District Detachment.
10.
Note that 62% of the crime handled by Halton Regional Police, and 30% 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.
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