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Table 1
Trends in police personnel and expenditures, Canada, 1962 to 2007

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  Police officers Percent change in police officers Police officers per 100,000 population Civilian personnel Total personnel Police: civilian ratio Total expenditures Actual Criminal Code incidents1 Incidents per officer Clearance rate - total Criminal Code1
number % number % thousands of dollars number % number
1962 26,129 .. 140.6 5,699 31,828 4.58 .. 514,986 19.7 ..
1963 27,333 4.6 144.4 5,935 33,268 4.61 .. 572,105 20.9 ..
1964 28,823 5.5 149.4 6,655 35,478 4.33 .. 626,038 21.7 ..
1965 30,146 4.6 153.5 7,133 37,279 4.23 .. 628,418 20.8 ..
1966 32,086 6.4 160.3 7,583 39,669 4.23 .. 702,809 21.9 ..
1967 33,792 5.3 165.8 8,018 41,810 4.21 .. 784,568 23.2 ..
1968 34,887 3.2 168.5 8,351 43,238 4.18 .. 897,530 25.7 ..
1969 36,342 4.2 173.0 8,963 45,305 4.05 .. 994,790 27.4 ..
1970 37,949 4.4 178.2 9,936 47,885 3.82 .. 1,110,066 29.3 ..
1971 40,148 5.8 182.8 10,597 50,745 3.79 .. 1,166,458 29.1 ..
1972 41,214 2.7 185.5 11,762 52,976 3.50 .. 1,189,805 28.9 ..
1973 43,142 4.7 191.8 12,297 55,439 3.51 .. 1,298,551 30.1 ..
1974 45,276 4.9 198.5 12,085 57,361 3.75 .. 1,456,885 32.2 ..
1975 47,713 5.4 206.2 13,794 61,507 3.46 .. 1,585,805 33.2 ..
1976 48,213 1.0 205.6 14,377 62,590 3.35 .. 1,637,704 34.0 ..
1977 48,764 1.1 205.5 15,231 63,995 3.20 .. 1,654,024 33.9 35.3
1978 48,705 -0.1 203.2 15,749 64,454 3.09 .. 1,714,300 35.2 35.5
1979 48,990 0.6 202.4 15,001 63,991 3.27 .. 1,855,271 37.9 34.5
1980 49,841 1.7 203.3 16,410 66,251 3.04 .. 2,045,398 41.0 33.7
1981 50,563 1.4 203.7 16,999 67,562 2.97 .. 2,168,202 42.9 33.3
1982 50,539 0.0 201.2 17,738 68,277 2.85 .. 2,203,665 43.6 32.5
1983 50,081 -0.9 197.4 17,342 67,423 2.89 .. 2,148,633 42.9 34.7
1984 50,010 -0.1 195.3 17,503 67,513 2.86 .. 2,147,656 42.9 34.5
1985 50,351 0.7 194.8 17,702 68,053 2.84 3,542,240 2,174,175 43.2 35.0
1986 51,425 2.1 197.0 18,273 69,698 2.81 3,771,205 2,277,749 44.3 35.3
1987 52,510 2.1 198.5 19,558 72,068 2.68 4,027,809 2,368,958 45.1 35.6
1988 53,312 1.5 199.0 19,407 72,719 2.75 4,389,414 2,390,008 44.8 36.3
1989 54,211 1.7 198.7 19,526 73,737 2.78 4,684,760 2,425,936 44.7 36.8
1990 56,034 3.4 202.3 19,259 75,293 2.91 5,247,646 2,627,197 46.9 35.3
1991 56,768 1.3 202.5 19,440 76,208 2.92 5,426,887 2,898,989 51.1 34.6
1992 56,992 0.4 200.9 20,059 77,051 2.84 5,716,833 2,847,981 50.0 34.2
1993 56,901 -0.2 198.4 19,956 76,857 2.85 5,790,165 2,735,623 48.1 35.0
1994 55,859 -1.8 192.6 19,492 75,351 2.87 5,783,656 2,646,209 47.4 34.6
1995 55,008 -1.5 187.7 19,259 74,267 2.86 5,808,607 2,639,654 48.0 34.5
1996 54,323 -1,2 183.5 19,603 73,926 2.77 5,856,055 2,644,893 48.7 34.2
1997 54,719 0.7 183.0 19,679 74,398 2.78 5,989,022 2,534,766 46.3 34.5
1998 54,763 0.1 181.6 19,383 74,146 2.83 6,209,756 2,461,156 44.9 35.7
1999 55,321 1.0 182.0 20,168 75,489 2.74 6,395,380 2,356,831 42.6 36.6
2000 55,954 1.1 182.3 19,907 75,861 2.81 6,798,531 2,352,768 42.0 36.3
2001 57,076 2.0 184.0 19,982 77,058 2.86 7,269,977 2,374,811 41.6 35.2
2002 58,422 2.4 186.2 20,732 79,154 2.82 7,827,195 2,417,444 41.4 34.4
2003 59,412 1.7 187.6 21,476 80,888 2.77 8,324,176 2,579,172 43.4 32.6
2004 59,800 0.7 186.9 22,212 82,012 2.69 8,758,213 2,610,971 43.7 31.8
2005 61,026 2.1 188.9 23,391 84,417 2.61 9,281,879 2,510,461 41.0 33.4
2006r 62,461 2.4 191.5 23,911 86,374 2.61 9,877,071 2,452,787 39.3 35.5
2007 64,134 2.7 195.2 25,295 89,429 2.54 .. .. .. ..
.. not available for a specific reference period
r revised
  1. Data provided from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. Excludes Criminal Code traffic incidents.
Note: A new survey was implemented in 1986. To maintain historical continuity, figures prior to 1986 have been adjusted.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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