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Table 2
Police officers, private investigators and security guards by province and territory, 2006

Region	Police officers		Security guards		Private investigators
Region	number	rate¹	number	rate¹	number	rate¹
Canada	68,420	216	91,325	289	10,200	32
Newfoundland and Labrador	800	158	1140	226	55	11
Prince Edward Island	165	121	250	184	25	18
Nova Scotia	1,835	201	2,455	269	220	24
New Brunswick	1,405	192	1,910	262	165	23
Quebec	17,555	233	25,870	343	2,145	28
Ontario	26,875	221	34,985	288	4,350	36
Manitoba	2,780	242	3,145	274	320	28
Saskatchewan²	2,310	239	1,935	200	305	32
Alberta	6,270	191	7,795	237	1,250	38
British Columbia	7,935	193	11,490	279	1,355	33
Yukon	150	494	105	346	0	0
Northwest Territories	225	543	165	398	10	24
Nunavut	120	407	75	254	0	0
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. 2. The police officer count for Saskatchewan includes about 170 officers working at the RCMP's Training Depot, a national training facility. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population.