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Police officers in census metropolitan areas
2007
1997 to 2007
Census metropolitan area (CMA)
number of police officers
rate 1 % change in rate
Thunder Bay
261 212 12.5
Saint John
198 201 10.0
Winnipeg
1,368 188 2.4
Montréal
6,837 184 5.5
Regina
361 180 9.9
Windsor
596 179 7.0
Toronto
9,483 175 9.8
Halifax
663 173 3.5
Saskatoon
420 172 22.0
St. Catharines–Niagara
697 160 22.9
Edmonton
1,666 157 12.0
Calgary
1,696 153 11.1
Greater Sudbury
247 153 3.8
St. John's
276 153 13.2
Victoria
510 151 -1.2
Sherbrooke
222 150 26.8
Vancouver
3,236 148 4.8
Trois-Rivières
215 148 0.7
Hamilton
1,032 147 4.6
Abbotsford
242 147 ..
Kitchener
715 145 21.7
London
688 145 21.3
Ottawa2
1,282 145 16.1
Gatineau3
415 143 -7.6
Kingston
219 143 ..
Québec
1,014 140 7.4
Saguenay
179 123 7.6
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Rate per 100,000 population.
2. Represents the Ontario portion of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
3. Represents the Quebec portion of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
Police officers by province/territory
2007
1997 to 2007
2007
Province/territory
number rate 1 % change in rate
% female
Newfoundland and Labrador
838 165 14.8 17.3
Prince Edward Island
227 164 9.1 14.1
Nova Scotia
1,758 188 8.1 14.8
New Brunswick
1,326 177 2.2 15.0
Quebec
15,233 198 4.7 20.8
Ontario
24,450 192 6.2 17.2
Manitoba
2,409 204 3.8 15.9
Saskatchewan
2,046 207 12.4 18.2
Alberta
5,703 165 4.0 16.7
British Columbia
8,075 186 8.8 21.9
Yukon
119 385 0.4 15.1
Northwest Territories2
175 419 9.1 16.6
Nunavut2
123 394 27.3 11.4
Provincial/territorial total 62,482 190 6.5 18.5
RCMP3
1,652 ... ... 18.8
Canada total 64,134 195 6.7 18.5
... not applicable
1. Rate per 100,000 population.
2. Percentage change in rate from 1999 to 2007.
3. Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
