Table 1
Trends in police strength and expenditures, Canada, 1962 to 2014
Year | Police officersNote 1 | Civilian personnelNote 2 | Total personnel | Police to civilians | Total expendituresNote 3 | Criminal Code incidentsNote 4 | Incidents per officer | ||||
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Total | Per 100,000 population | Percentage change in rate | Total | Per 100,000 population | Percentage change in rate | ||||||
number | rateNote 5 | percent | number | rateNote 5 | percent | number | ratio | thousands of dollars | number | ||
1962 | 26,129 | 140.6 | Note ...: not applicable | 5,699 | 30.7 | Note ...: not applicable | 31,828 | 4.6 | Note ...: not applicable | 514,986 | 19.7 |
1963 | 27,333 | 144.4 | 2.7 | 5,935 | 31.4 | 2.3 | 33,268 | 4.6 | Note ...: not applicable | 572,105 | 20.9 |
1964 | 28,823 | 149.4 | 3.5 | 6,655 | 34.5 | 9.9 | 35,478 | 4.3 | Note ...: not applicable | 626,038 | 21.7 |
1965 | 30,146 | 153.5 | 2.7 | 7,133 | 36.3 | 5.2 | 37,279 | 4.2 | Note ...: not applicable | 628,418 | 20.8 |
1966 | 32,086 | 160.3 | 4.4 | 7,583 | 37.9 | 4.4 | 39,669 | 4.2 | Note ...: not applicable | 702,809 | 21.9 |
1967 | 33,792 | 165.8 | 3.4 | 8,018 | 39.3 | 3.7 | 41,810 | 4.2 | Note ...: not applicable | 784,568 | 23.2 |
1968 | 34,887 | 168.5 | 1.6 | 8,351 | 40.3 | 2.5 | 43,238 | 4.2 | Note ...: not applicable | 897,530 | 25.7 |
1969 | 36,342 | 173.0 | 2.7 | 8,963 | 42.7 | 6.0 | 45,305 | 4.1 | Note ...: not applicable | 994,790 | 27.4 |
1970 | 37,949 | 178.2 | 3.0 | 9,936 | 46.7 | 9.4 | 47,885 | 3.8 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,110,066 | 29.3 |
1971 | 40,148 | 182.8 | 2.6 | 10,597 | 48.3 | 3.3 | 50,745 | 3.8 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,166,458 | 29.1 |
1972 | 41,214 | 185.5 | 1.5 | 11,762 | 52.9 | 9.7 | 52,976 | 3.5 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,189,805 | 28.9 |
1973 | 43,142 | 191.8 | 3.4 | 12,297 | 54.7 | 3.3 | 55,439 | 3.5 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,298,551 | 30.1 |
1974 | 45,276 | 198.5 | 3.5 | 12,085 | 53.0 | -3.1 | 57,361 | 3.7 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,456,885 | 32.2 |
1975 | 47,713 | 206.2 | 3.9 | 13,794 | 59.6 | 12.5 | 61,507 | 3.5 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,585,805 | 33.2 |
1976 | 48,213 | 205.6 | -0.3 | 14,377 | 61.3 | 2.9 | 62,590 | 3.4 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,637,704 | 34.0 |
1977 | 48,764 | 205.5 | 0.0 | 15,231 | 64.2 | 4.7 | 63,995 | 3.2 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,654,024 | 33.9 |
1978 | 48,705 | 203.2 | -1.1 | 15,749 | 65.7 | 2.4 | 64,454 | 3.1 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,714,300 | 35.2 |
1979 | 48,990 | 202.4 | -0.4 | 15,001 | 62.0 | -5.7 | 63,991 | 3.3 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,855,271 | 37.9 |
1980 | 49,841 | 203.3 | 0.4 | 16,410 | 66.9 | 8.0 | 66,251 | 3.0 | Note ...: not applicable | 2,045,398 | 41.0 |
1981 | 50,563 | 203.7 | 0.2 | 16,999 | 68.5 | 2.3 | 67,562 | 3.0 | Note ...: not applicable | 2,168,202 | 42.9 |
1982 | 50,539 | 201.2 | -1.2 | 17,738 | 70.6 | 3.1 | 68,277 | 2.8 | Note ...: not applicable | 2,203,665 | 43.6 |
1983 | 50,081 | 197.4 | -1.9 | 17,342 | 68.4 | -3.2 | 67,423 | 2.9 | Note ...: not applicable | 2,148,633 | 42.9 |
1984 | 50,010 | 195.3 | -1.1 | 17,503 | 68.4 | 0.0 | 67,513 | 2.9 | Note ...: not applicable | 2,147,656 | 42.9 |
1985 | 50,351 | 194.8 | -0.2 | 17,702 | 68.5 | 0.2 | 68,053 | 2.8 | Note ...: not applicable | 2,174,175 | 43.2 |
1986 | 51,425 | 197.0 | 1.1 | 18,273 | 70.0 | 2.2 | 69,698 | 2.8 | 3,771,205 | 2,277,749 | 44.3 |
1987 | 52,510 | 198.5 | 0.8 | 19,558 | 73.9 | 5.6 | 72,068 | 2.7 | 4,027,809 | 2,368,958 | 45.1 |
1988 | 53,312 | 199.0 | 0.2 | 19,407 | 72.4 | -2.1 | 72,719 | 2.7 | 4,389,414 | 2,390,008 | 44.8 |
1989 | 54,211 | 198.7 | -0.1 | 19,526 | 71.6 | -1.2 | 73,737 | 2.8 | 4,684,760 | 2,425,936 | 44.7 |
1990 | 56,034 | 202.3 | 1.8 | 19,259 | 69.5 | -2.8 | 75,293 | 2.9 | 5,247,646 | 2,627,197 | 46.9 |
1991 | 56,768 | 202.5 | 0.1 | 19,440 | 69.4 | -0.3 | 76,208 | 2.9 | 5,426,887 | 2,898,989 | 51.1 |
1992 | 56,992 | 200.9 | -0.8 | 20,059 | 70.7 | 2.0 | 77,051 | 2.8 | 5,716,833 | 2,847,981 | 50.0 |
1993 | 56,901 | 198.4 | -1.3 | 19,956 | 69.6 | -1.6 | 76,857 | 2.9 | 5,790,165 | 2,735,623 | 48.1 |
1994 | 55,859 | 192.6 | -2.9 | 19,492 | 67.2 | -3.4 | 75,351 | 2.9 | 5,783,656 | 2,646,209 | 47.4 |
1995 | 55,008 | 187.7 | -2.5 | 19,259 | 65.7 | -2.2 | 74,267 | 2.9 | 5,808,607 | 2,639,654 | 48.0 |
1996 | 54,323 | 183.5 | -2.3 | 19,603 | 66.2 | 0.7 | 73,926 | 2.8 | 5,856,055 | 2,644,893 | 48.7 |
1997 | 54,719 | 183.0 | -0.3 | 19,679 | 65.8 | -0.6 | 74,398 | 2.8 | 5,989,022 | 2,534,766 | 46.3 |
1998 | 54,763 | 181.6 | -0.7 | 19,383 | 64.3 | -2.3 | 74,146 | 2.8 | 6,209,756 | 2,440,230 | 44.6 |
1999 | 55,321 | 182.0 | 0.2 | 20,168 | 66.3 | 3.2 | 75,489 | 2.7 | 6,395,380 | 2,339,376 | 42.3 |
2000 | 55,954 | 182.3 | 0.2 | 19,907 | 64.9 | -2.2 | 75,861 | 2.8 | 6,798,531 | 2,334,451 | 41.7 |
2001 | 57,076 | 184.0 | 0.9 | 19,982 | 64.4 | -0.7 | 77,058 | 2.9 | 7,269,977 | 2,353,330 | 41.2 |
2002 | 58,422 | 186.3 | 1.3 | 20,732 | 66.1 | 2.6 | 79,154 | 2.8 | 7,827,195 | 2,355,322 | 40.3 |
2003 | 59,412 | 187.8 | 0.8 | 21,476 | 67.9 | 2.7 | 80,888 | 2.8 | 8,324,176 | 2,458,482 | 41.4 |
2004 | 59,800 | 187.2 | -0.3 | 22,212 | 69.5 | 2.5 | 82,012 | 2.7 | 8,758,213 | 2,427,370 | 40.6 |
2005 | 61,026 | 189.3 | 1.1 | 23,391 | 72.5 | 4.3 | 84,417 | 2.6 | 9,281,879 | 2,361,974 | 38.7 |
2006 | 62,461 | 191.8 | 1.3 | 23,911 | 73.4 | 1.2 | 86,372 | 2.6 | 9,877,071 | 2,359,804 | 37.8 |
2007 | 64,134 | 195.0 | 1.7 | 25,295 | 76.9 | 4.8 | 89,429 | 2.5 | 10,544,771 | 2,271,754 | 35.4 |
2008 | 65,283 | 196.4 | 0.7 | 25,630 | 77.1 | 0.2 | 90,913 | 2.5 | 11,449,955 | 2,204,479 | 33.8 |
2009 | 67,243 | 200.0 | 1.8 | 27,056 | 80.5 | 4.4 | 94,299 | 2.5 | 12,314,197 | 2,172,809 | 32.3 |
2010 | 69,068 | 203.1 | 1.6 | 27,357 | 80.4 | 0.0 | 96,425 | 2.5 | 12,651,596 | 2,094,338 | 30.3 |
2011 | 69,424 | 202.2 | -0.5 | 28,142 | 81.9 | 1.9 | 97,566 | 2.5 | 12,952,388 | 1,984,790 | 28.6 |
2012 | 69,505 | 200.0 | -1.1 | 28,202 | 81.2 | -1.0 | 97,707 | 2.5 | 13,549,594 | 1,957,227 | 28.2 |
2013Note r: revised | 69,250 | 197.0 | -1.5 | 27,870 | 79.3 | -2.3 | 97,120 | 2.5 | 13,596,486 | 1,824,837 | 26.4 |
2014 | 68,896 | 193.9 | -1.6 | 28,409 | 79.9 | 0.8 | 97,305 | 2.4 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
.. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable r revised
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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