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Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2015/2016 Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2015/2016

Table 5
Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total expenditures on 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 policing, Total expenditures, Percentage change from previous year, Contract policing expenditures, Federal and international policing expenditures and Operational support and services expenditures, calculated using number, thousands of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory	2015 population^{Table 5 Note 1}	Municipal police services^{Table 5 Note 2}		Provincial police services^{Table 5 Note 3}		Royal Canadian Mounted Police					Total policing
	2015 population^{Table 5 Note 1}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}	Contract policing expenditures^{Table 5 Note 5}	Federal and international policing expenditures^{Table 5 Note 6}	Operational support and services expenditures^{Table 5 Note 7}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}	Total expenditures	Percentage change from previous year^{Table 5 Note 4}
	number	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars	percent	thousands of dollars				percent	thousands of dollars	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	528,676	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	57,702	3.0	77,689	10,630	8,223	96,542	-1.6	154,244	0.0
Prince Edward Island	146,736	13,205	5.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	16,117	2,702	2,099	20,918	-1.7	34,123	0.8
Nova Scotia	943,373	134,078	1.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	130,268	17,231	13,590	161,089	1.0	295,167	1.1
New Brunswick	754,309	67,300	-0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	111,302	16,952	23,013	151,267	-6.8	218,567	-4.8
Quebec	8,259,452	1,599,561	-0.4	940,474	-3.5	Note ...: not applicable	118,878	39,809	158,687	-4.1	2,698,722	-1.7
Ontario^{Table 5 Note 8}	13,797,038	3,809,701	2.7	1,187,245	5.9	26	260,896	50,357	311,279	0.5	5,308,226	3.2
Manitoba	1,295,981	287,359	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	166,459	14,162	28,219	208,840	-4.3	496,199	-1.6
Saskatchewan^{Table 5 Note 9}	1,132,263	190,228	6.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	202,041	15,084	19,998	237,123	4.9	427,351	5.4
Alberta	4,179,660	907,697	3.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	442,995	36,915	32,474	512,384	1.8	1,420,080	3.1
British Columbia	4,692,953	516,866	1.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	873,743	95,311	76,600	1,045,655	0.2	1,562,521	0.8
Yukon	37,393	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	30,666	1,885	3,593	36,145	1.4	36,145	1.4
Northwest Territories	44,244	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	52,690	2,317	3,470	58,477	2.1	58,477	2.1
Nunavut	36,532	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	47,335	1,928	4,281	53,543	-2.5	53,543	-2.5
Provincial and territorial total^{Table 5 Note 10}	35,848,610	7,525,995	2.0	2,185,422	1.6	2,151,332	594,891	305,725	3,051,948	-0.1	12,763,366	1.4
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	362,126	231,742	835,374	1,429,242	-1.7	1,429,242	-1.7
Canada	35,848,610	7,525,995	2.0	2,185,422	1.6	2,513,458	826,633	1,141,100	4,481,191	-0.6	14,192,608	1.1
... not applicable Note 1. Populations are based on July 1st estimates for 2016, 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 out to a provincial police service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). This includes First Nations communities that are not policed by a provincial police service 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, Sûreté du Québec in Quebec, and the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Year-over-year percent change calculations are based on unrounded constant dollar amounts. Constant dollars are adjusted (by inflation or deflation) to show changes in the purchasing power of the dollar. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was used to calculate constant dollars over a base year of 2002 (2002=100). Data from the CPI used to calculate constant dollars are the most recent data available at the time this article was produced. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes provincial/territorial, municipal, and aboriginal contract policing. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Includes federal policing programs (general investigations, project based investigations, criminal intelligence, protective services, public engagement, and operations support) and international policing operations (peacekeeping missions, capacity building missions, and liaison missions). Return to note 6 referrer Note 7. Includes technical services and operational support; scientific, technical, and investigative support; Canadian firearms program; advance police training; transfer payments, internal services, and Canadian police culture and heritage. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8. Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9. Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy. Return to note 10 referrer Note: While most Police Administration Survey data on police strength pertain to the snapshot date (May 15, 2016 for the most recent data), data on expenditures refer to either the calendar or fiscal year (2015 for the most recent data). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-03-29