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Table 5
Hirings and departures of police officers, Canada, by province and territory, 2013

Table 5
Hirings and departures of police officers, Canada, by province and territory, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Hirings and departures of police officers. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Hirings, Departures, Net gain or loss: hirings and departures, Police officers eligible to retire, Total , Experienced police officers, Recruit graduates, Total, Retirements and Other, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	Hirings^Note 1			Departures^Note 2			Net gain or loss: hirings and departures	Police officers eligible to retire^Note 6
	Total	Experienced police officers^Note 3	Recruit graduates^Note 4	Total	Retirements	Other^Note 5	Net gain or loss: hirings and departures	Police officers eligible to retire^Note 6
	number	percent		number	percent		number	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	21	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	36	94	6	-15	22
Prince Edward Island	7	86	14	8	63	38	-1	15
Nova Scotia	32	38	62	63	86	14	-31	14
New Brunswick	13	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	61	52	48	-48	15
Quebec	192	69	31	406	76	24	-214	12
Ontario^Note 7	537	25	75	712	74	26	-175	7
Manitoba	20	17	83	92	66	34	-72	18
Saskatchewan^Note 8	99	22	78	96	52	48	3	9
Alberta	356	12	88	266	52	48	90	9
British Columbia	229	24	76	233	59	41	-4	10
Yukon	3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	2	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	1	11
Northwest Territories	1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	8
Nunavut	1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	14
Provincial and territorial total^Note 9	1,511	27	73	1,977	68	32	-466	10
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy	0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	91	77	23	-91	50
Canada	1,511	27	73	2,068	68	32	-557	11
... not applicable x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note 1. Information on hirings was not available for police services employing 0.04% of officers across Canada. In addition, police services employing 34% of officers were unable to provide the level of experience (experienced police officers or recruit graduates) of their officers at time of hire. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Information on departures was not available for police services employing 0.04% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes police officers who achieved the status of fully-sworn officer prior to the calendar or fiscal year for which data are shown. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes paid police officers who achieved the status of fully-sworn police officer during the calendar or fiscal year for which data are shown. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes police officers who departed for reasons other than retirement, such as being hired by another police service, career change, death, etc. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Information on eligibility to retire was not available for police services employing 0.04% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7. Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8. Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9. Excludes personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 9 referrer Note: Represents hirings, departures and eligibility to retire during the 2013 calendar or 2013/2014 fiscal year. The percent of officers eligible to retire is calculated using these data, along with the number of fully sworn officers employed on May 15, 2014. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Supplemental Survey questionnaire.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30