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Table 9-10
Police personnel in municipal police services — British Columbia, 2009

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British Columbia, 2009
  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  
Abbotsford 132,884 368 174 34 208 72 639 157 208 157
Delta 104,384 560 135 37 172 63 607 165 165 158
Saanich 113,355 1,096 123 28 151 47 751 133 151 133
Vancouver 627,426 5,381 1,128 314 1,442 362 435 230 1,327 211
Victoria 100,771 3,770 185 57 242 90 416 240 241 239
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Burnaby 218,848 2,456 184 73 257 2 852 117 274 125
Coquitlam 123,052 1,011 95 36 131 1 939 106 142 115
Kelowna 115,283 545 113 33 146 0 790 127 153 133
Langley Township 101,016 327 90 33 123 1 821 122 128 127
Richmond 187,630 1,457 166 49 215 2 873 115 237 126
Surrey 424,387 1,338 438 119 557 6 762 131 594 140
Population 50,000 to 99,999  
New Westminster 63,129 4,097 88 17 105 41 601 166 108 171
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Chilliwack 76,721 282 69 27 96 1 799 125 98 128
Kamloops 85,689 288 94 26 120 1 714 140 123 144
Maple Ridge 73,999 276 64 18 82 0 902 111 86 116
Nanaimo 87,520 721 96 27 123 0 712 141 123 141
North Vancouver District 88,321 550 54 25 79 0 1,118 89 91 103
Port Coquitlam 56,540 1,909 48 10 58 0 975 103 61 108
Prince George 74,514 236 95 26 121 1 616 162 127 170
Population 15,000 to 49,999  
Central Saanich 16,385 396 18 4 22 4 745 134 24 146
Oak Bay 18,680 1,799 20 3 23 2 812 123 23 123
Port Moody 29,496 1,151 39 7 46 19 641 156 49 166
West Vancouver 47,777 538 65 17 82 25 583 172 81 170
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Campbell River 30,887 215 32 9 41 0 753 133 43 139
Colwood 15,315 862 10 5 15 0 1,021 98 15 98
Courtenay 23,105 866 18 7 25 9 924 108 28 121
Cranbrook 19,161 762 14 10 24 0 798 125 25 130
Fort St. John 18,791 826 23 7 30 0 626 160 32 170
Langford 23,648 486 17 6 23 0 1,028 97 27 114
Langley 25,439 2,488 29 16 45 0 565 177 53 208
Mission 36,861 163 36 12 48 1 768 130 51 138
North Cowichan 28,682 148 23 7 30 0 956 105 30 105
North Vancouver 48,700 4,111 38 21 59 0 825 121 64 131
Penticton 32,970 785 36 4 40 0 824 121 45 136
Pitt Meadows 16,754 196 15 6 21 0 798 125 21 125
Port Alberni 18,015 904 28 7 35 0 515 194 34 189
Salmon Arm 22,365 69 17 4 21 0 1,065 94 19 85
Squamish 16,577 155 18 10 28 0 592 169 25 151
Vernon 37,591 399 48 8 56 0 671 149 57 152
West Kelowna .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 ..
White Rock 20,198 3,913 13 7 20 0 1,010 99 23 114
Population 5,000 to 14,999  
Nelson 9,667 825 17 1 18 6 537 186 21 217
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Castlegar 7,602 384 8 3 11 0 691 145 13 171
Coldstream District Municipal 9,827 146 7 1 8 0 1,228 81 7 71
Comox 12,716 839 6 4 10 3 1,272 79 11 87
Dawson Creek 11,736 526 18 2 20 0 587 170 23 196
Hope 6,630 160 12 2 14 0 474 211 13 196
Kimberley 6,478 111 6 2 8 0 810 123 9 139
Kitimat 9,166 38 11 4 15 0 611 164 15 164
Ladysmith 7,847 644 5 2 7 2 1,121 89 7 89
Lake Country 10,301 84 7 3 10 0 1,030 97 11 107
Merritt 7,491 300 11 2 13 0 576 174 13 174
North Saanich 11,296 304 6 6 12 0 941 106 13 115
Parksville 11,652 798 16 2 18 2 647 154 15 129
Powell River 13,479 453 19 2 21 0 642 156 18 134
Prince Rupert 13,073 238 25 5 30 0 436 229 36 275
Qualicum Beach 9,018 501 5 2 7 2 1,288 78 7 78
Quesnel 9,698 274 20 1 21 0 462 217 21 217
Revelstoke 7,652 240 8 3 11 0 696 144 11 144
Sechelt 8,929 225 4 4 8 0 1,116 90 10 112
Sidney 11,779 2,336 12 3 15 0 785 127 14 119
Smithers 5,336 340 7 2 9 0 593 169 9 169
Sooke 10,100 202 7 2 9 0 1,122 89 11 109
Summerland 11,123 151 8 3 11 0 1,011 99 9 81
Terrace 11,601 279 22 1 23 0 504 198 25 215
Trail 7,487 215 9 5 14 0 535 187 14 187
View Royal 9,162 633 5 2 7 0 1,309 76 8 87
Whistler 10,151 63 17 5 22 0 461 217 23 227
Williams Lake 11,143 336 25 2 27 0 413 242 24 215
Population less than 5,000 2  
Kitasoo/Xaixais Public Safety 3 290 89 2 0 2 0 145 690 2 690
Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police 2,863 31 3 3 6 3 477 210 9 314
1.
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.
2.
All municipalities under 5,000 and unincorporated areas are policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provincial force. The two police forces listed in the publication in this category are First Nations Administered Police Services.
3.
Personnel data for 2009 were not available; therefore 2008 personnel data were substituted.
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”.
Date Modified: 2009-12-14

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