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Table 9-9
Police personnel in municipal police services — Alberta, 2009
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| Population 1 | Population density | Actual strength | Authorized strength | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police officers | Other personnel | Population per police officer | Police officers per 100,000 population | Total police | Police officers per 100,000 population | |||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
| number | persons per km 2 | number | rate | number | rate | |||||
| Population 100,000 and over | ||||||||||
| Calgary | 1,081,845 | 1,489 | 1,458 | 265 | 1,723 | 629 | 628 | 159 | 1,748 | 162 |
| Edmonton | 795,937 | 1,163 | 1,180 | 277 | 1,457 | 520 | 546 | 183 | 1,487 | 187 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Red Deer | 105,130 | 33 | 89 | 40 | 129 | 0 | 815 | 123 | 138 | 131 |
| Population 50,000 to 99,999 | ||||||||||
| Lethbridge | 88,020 | 677 | 141 | 15 | 156 | 73 | 564 | 177 | 153 | 174 |
| Medicine Hat | 62,136 | 555 | 99 | 14 | 113 | 36 | 550 | 182 | 114 | 183 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Grande Prairie | 51,578 | 844 | 56 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 688 | 145 | 80 | 155 |
| St. Albert | 62,206 | 1,776 | 39 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 1,270 | 79 | 51 | 82 |
| Fort McMurray | 54,064 | 1 | 91 | 23 | 114 | 1 | 474 | 211 | 130 | 240 |
| Sherwood Park | 56,948 | 75 | 50 | 19 | 69 | 0 | 825 | 121 | 75 | 132 |
| Population 15,000 to 49,999 | ||||||||||
| Camrose | 16,879 | 542 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 625 | 160 | 27 | 160 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Airdrie | 31,528 | 953 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 1,017 | 98 | 32 | 101 |
| Brooks | 20,277 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 845 | 118 | 22 | 108 |
| Cochrane | 15,485 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 968 | 103 | 16 | 103 |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 19,442 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1,080 | 93 | 21 | 108 |
| Leduc | 18,460 | 499 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1,026 | 98 | 21 | 114 |
| Lloydminster 2 | 26,205 | 596 | 29 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 708 | 141 | 37 | 141 |
| Okotoks | 18,608 | 1,003 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1,163 | 86 | 19 | 102 |
| Spruce Grove | 21,173 | 802 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1,176 | 85 | 20 | 94 |
| Population 5,000 to 14,999 | ||||||||||
| Lacombe | 11,635 | 638 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 895 | 112 | 13 | 112 |
| Taber | 8,257 | 547 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 590 | 170 | 14 | 170 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Banff | 7,497 | 1,546 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 441 | 227 | 18 | 240 |
| Beaumont | 9,635 | 917 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1,071 | 93 | 10 | 104 |
| Bonnyville | 11,666 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1,296 | 77 | 10 | 86 |
| Canmore | 14,168 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 746 | 134 | 19 | 134 |
| Chestermere | 10,391 | 1,166 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 945 | 106 | 13 | 125 |
| Cold Lake | 12,612 | 213 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1,051 | 95 | 14 | 111 |
| Devon | 8,927 | 688 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1,275 | 78 | 6 | 67 |
| Drayton Valley | 12,162 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1,216 | 82 | 11 | 90 |
| Drumheller | 8,253 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1,032 | 97 | 11 | 133 |
| Edson | 8,504 | 288 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 500 | 200 | 17 | 200 |
| High River | 11,729 | 196 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 782 | 128 | 17 | 145 |
| Hinton | 10,197 | 396 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 600 | 167 | 19 | 186 |
| Innisfail | 7,933 | 609 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 881 | 113 | 8 | 101 |
| Morinville | 7,602 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 845 | 118 | 9 | 118 |
| Olds | 7,898 | 715 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 878 | 114 | 9 | 114 |
| Peace River | 6,904 | 278 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 575 | 174 | 12 | 174 |
| Ponoka | 8,025 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 617 | 162 | 12 | 150 |
| Redcliff | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. |
| Rocky Mountain House | 7,490 | 602 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 468 | 214 | 14 | 187 |
| Slave Lake | 7,205 | 508 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 515 | 194 | 13 | 180 |
| St. Paul | 5,399 | 787 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 540 | 185 | 10 | 185 |
| Stettler | 5,699 | 600 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 950 | 105 | 8 | 140 |
| Stony Plain | 13,369 | 375 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1,215 | 82 | 12 | 90 |
| Strathmore | 11,071 | 710 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 791 | 126 | 14 | 126 |
| Sylvan Lake | 11,174 | 1,031 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 798 | 125 | 14 | 125 |
| Vegreville | 5,899 | 437 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 983 | 102 | 7 | 119 |
| Wainwright | 5,697 | 666 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 633 | 158 | 7 | 123 |
| Wetaskiwin | 13,377 | 91 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 608 | 164 | 22 | 164 |
| Whitecourt | 9,643 | 369 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 643 | 156 | 15 | 156 |
| Population less than 5,000 | ||||||||||
| Blood Tribe Police 3 | 4,362 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 156 | 642 | 31 | 711 |
| North Peace Tribal 4 | 1,334 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tsuu T'ina Nation | 2,850 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 317 | 316 | 11 | 386 |
Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2008 (based on the 2006 Census),
Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow
policing boundaries. Populations for 2009 are not yet available.
Includes the portion of Lloydminster that is
located in Saskatchewan.
Personnel data for 2009 were not
available; therefore 2008 personnel data were substituted.
This police service opened in 2005 and
has always been a non-respondent.
Note(s):
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 Royal Canadian Mounted Police municipal contracts: Civilian employees
provided by the municipality are not included under “Other personnel”.
