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Table 7
Current and constant dollar expenditures on policing, Canada, 1985 to 2006

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  Current dollars Constant dollars1
Total expenditures Percent change from previous year Per capita cost Total expenditures Percent change from previous year Per capita cost
thousands of dollars percentage dollars thousands of dollars percentage dollars
1985 3,542,240 ... 137 6,134,260 ... 237
1986 3,771,205 6.5 144 6,271,928 2.2 240
1987 4,027,809 6.8 152 6,415,094 2.3 243
1988 4,389,414 9.0 164 6,725,914 4.8 251
1989 4,684,760 6.7 172 6,832,986 1.6 250
1990 5,247,646 12.0 189 7,302,527 6.9 264
1991 5,426,887 3.4 194 7,150,645 -2.1 255
1992 5,716,833 5.3 202 7,425,077 3.8 262
1993 5,790,165 1.3 202 7,379,755 -0.6 257
1994 5,783,656 -0.1 199 7,362,857 -0.2 254
1995 5,808,607 0.4 198 7,234,236 -1.7 247
1996 5,856,055 0.8 198 7,186,677 -0.7 243
1997 5,989,022 2.3 200 7,227,901 0.6 242
1998 6,209,756 3.7 206 7,420,421 2.7 246
1999 6,395,380 3.0 210 7,510,613 1.2 247
2000 6,798,531 6.3 222 7,774,840 3.5 253
2001 7,269,977 6.9 234 8,109,964 4.3 261
2002 7,827,195 7.7 249 8,539,470 5.3 272
2003 8,324,176 6.3 263 8,834,315 3.5 279
2004 8,758,213 5.2 274 9,126,275 3.3 285
2005r 9,281,879 6.0 287 9,464,047 3.7 293
2006 9,877,071 6.4 303 9,877,071 4.4 303
... not applicable
r revised
  1. The Consumer Price Index was used to calculate constant dollars over a base year of 2006 (2006=100). Note that historical constant dollar data are revised each year as the base year for calculation changes annually.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.