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Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2015 Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2015

Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers by level of policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2015 population, Municipal police services, Provincial police services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Total police officers, Police officers per 100,000 population, Percent change in rate, Contract policing, Federal and other policing, 2014 to 2015 and 2005 to 2015, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	2015 population^Note 1	Municipal police services^Note 2	Provincial police services^Note 3	Royal Canadian Mounted Police		Total police officers	Police officers per 100,000 population	Percent change in rate
	2015 population^Note 1	Municipal police services^Note 2	Provincial police services^Note 3	Contract policing^Note 4	Federal and other policing^Note 5	Total police officers	Police officers per 100,000 population	2014 to 2015	2005 to 2015
	number						rate	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	527,756	Note ...: not applicable	393	401	95	889	168	-0.4	11.7
Prince Edward Island	146,447	97	Note ...: not applicable	102	27	226	154	-4.4	0.0
Nova Scotia	943,002	863	Note ...: not applicable	810	182	1,855	197	-1.6	13.6
New Brunswick	753,871	437	Note ...: not applicable	688	153	1,278	170	-0.8	-2.2
Quebec	8,263,600	9,521	5,555	Note ...: not applicable	935	16,011	194	-1.7	-0.4
Ontario^Note 6	13,792,052	18,414	6,137	Note ...: not applicable	1,654	26,205	190	-0.6	1.6
Manitoba	1,293,378	1,589	Note ...: not applicable	815	198	2,602	201	-2.7	5.1
Saskatchewan^Note 7	1,133,637	1,041	Note ...: not applicable	988	257	2,286	202	-1.3	-0.4
Alberta	4,196,457	4,209	Note ...: not applicable	2,596	350	7,155	171	0.5	6.2
British Columbia	4,683,139	2,534	Note ...: not applicable	5,265	879	8,678	185	-0.9	4.5
Yukon^Note 8	37,428	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	112	18	130	347	-4.8	-7.7
Northwest Territories^Note 8	44,088	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	181	20	201	456	4.4	14.4
Nunavut^Note 8	36,919	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	116	15	131	355	7.6	-11.1
Provincial and territorial total^Note 9	35,851,774	38,705	12,085	12,074	4,783	67,647	189	-0.9	2.2
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,130	1,130	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	35,851,774	38,705	12,085	12,074	5,913	68,777	192	-0.9	1.4
... not applicable Note 1. Populations are based on July 1st estimates for 2015, Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes municipal stand-alone police services (i.e. Municipalities with a dedicated police service not contracted with a provincial police service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). Also includes First Nations police services that are not provided by provincial police services or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes provincial police services providing policing services to municipalities, rural areas, and highways. Specifically, includes the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Sûreté du Québec in Quebec, and the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes provincial/territorial, municipal, and aboriginal contract policing. Contract policing refers to provincial and municipal policing services provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes Federal policing and Departmental and Divisional Administration. Includes federal policing programs (general investigations, project based investigations, criminal intelligence, protective services, public engagement, and operations support). Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7. Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8. Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are policed solely by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9. Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 9 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.

Date modified:: 2016-03-30