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Table 9.9
Police personnel in municipal police services, Alberta, 2007

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  Population1 Population density Police officers Other personnel Population per police officer Police officers per 100,000 population
Male Female Total
number persons/km2 number
Population (100,000+)
Calgary 1,011,309 1,392 1,372 232 1,604 705 630 159
Edmonton 742,155 1,084 1,142 222 1,364 423 544 184
Population (50,000 to 99,999)
Lethbridge 80,213 617 129 14 143 77 561 178
Medicine Hat 58,631 479 91 11 102 32 575 174
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Red Deer 79,391 1,147 82 25 107 0 742 135
St. Albert 62,102 1,773 37 11 48 0 1,294 77
Fort McMurray 51,098 1 63 28 91 0 562 178
Strathcona County 50,073 42 43 17 60 0 835 120
Population (15,000 to 49,999)
Camrose 16,826 540 22 4 26 13 647 155
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Airdrie 26,301 795 16 9 25 0 1,052 95
Cochrane 19,243 641 9 6 15 0 1,283 78
Grande Prairie 47,185 773 55 13 68 0 694 144
Leduc 16,271 440 10 7 17 0 957 104
Okotoks 16,140 870 11 3 14 0 1,153 87
Spruce Grove 18,477 700 11 3 14 0 1,320 76
Population (5,000 to 14,999)
Blood Tribe Police 7,502 5 26 3 29 21 259 387
Lacombe2 11,026 604 11 2 13 6 848 118
Taber 8,375 555 12 1 13 18 644 155
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Banff 7,684 1,585 18 3 21 0 366 273
Beaumont 8,703 829 6 0 6 0 1,451 69
Bonnyville 6,662 472 7 2 9 0 740 135
Brooks 13,646 771 11 5 16 0 853 117
Canmore 12,959 188 8 6 14 0 926 108
Chestermere 6,814 765 5 3 8 0 852 117
Cold Lake 11,694 197 7 2 9 0 1,299 77
Crowsnest Pass 5,758 15 7 2 9 0 640 156
Devon 7,758 598 5 1 6 0 1,293 77
Drayton Valley 6,213 506 7 3 10 0 621 161
Drumheller 6,384 70 6 1 7 0 912 110
Edson 8,360 283 11 3 14 0 597 167
Fort Saskatchewan 14,333 298 10 7 17 0 843 119
High River 12,016 842 12 1 13 0 924 108
Hinton 9,544 371 9 5 14 0 682 147
Innisfail 8,203 630 5 2 7 0 1,172 85
Morinville 7,106 627 7 1 8 0 888 113
Olds 7,579 686 4 3 7 0 1,083 92
Peace River 6,462 260 7 2 9 0 718 139
Ponoka 6,827 523 9 2 11 0 621 161
Rocky Mountain House 6,620 532 8 3 11 0 602 166
Slave Lake 6,694 472 12 0 12 0 558 179
St. Paul 5,484 799 9 0 9 0 609 164
Stettler 5,424 571 6 1 7 0 775 129
Stony Plain 11,537 324 19 5 24 0 481 208
Strathmore 10,643 683 7 3 10 0 1,064 94
Sylvan Lake 11,284 1,042 8 2 10 0 1,128 89
Vegreville 5,683 421 6 1 7 0 812 123
Wainwright 5,367 628 6 1 7 0 767 130
Wetaskiwin 11,775 697 12 6 18 0 654 153
Whitecourt 9,179 351 10 5 15 0 612 163
Population (<5,000)
Louis Bull 1,506 48 6 0 6 6 251 398
North Peace Tribal3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tsuu T’ina Nation 1,345 5 6 1 7 2 192 520
.. not available for a specific reference period
  1. Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2006 (based on 2006 Census boundaries), Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. In the case of Aboriginal police services, the populations are provided by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs by band. This includes registered band populations only. Populations for 2007 are not yet available.
  2. Personnel data for 2007 were not available; therefore 2006 personnel data were substituted.
  3. This police opened in 2005 and has always been a non-respondent.
Notes: Use caution in comparing forces: The number of officers may not reflect the number available for general community policing because some officers in certain communities are restricted to specific locations (e.g. ports, airports). Note for the RCMP municipal contracts: Civilian employees provided by the municipality are not included under “Other Personnel”.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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