Table 3-1
Police officers and crime rates — Police officers by census metropolitan areas

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Police officers by census metropolitan areas
  2009  population 1 2010 number of police officers 2 2010 police officers per 100,000  population 3 Percent change in rate of officers 2009  to 2010 2009 Crime Severity Index
  number rate percent rate
Saint John 102,521 207 202 -2.4 96
Regina 212,919 414 194 -1.2 144
Thunder Bay 119,727 227 190 1.8 110
Saskatoon 265,712 497 187 5.7 132
Winnipeg 4 771,641 1,408 182 -2.2 127
Montréal 3,811,327 6,903 181 -2.3 90
Toronto 5,587,348 10,091 181 1.0 62
Windsor 331,678 596 180 0.4 71
St. John's 185,157 325 176 -1.8 91
Halifax 4 398,049 695 175 4.6 97
St. Catharines-Niagara 442,908 766 173 8.3 76
Vancouver 4 , 5 2,325,317 3,968 171 0.6 110
Brantford 138,498 237 171 3.4 106
Edmonton 1,162,246 1,932 166 7.9 115
Peterborough 121,407 195 161 -0.2 65
Calgary 1,233,707 1,982 161 5.9 78
Abbotsford-Mission 172,381 273 158 2.7 111
Guelph 123,099 191 155 -0.9 59
Greater Sudbury 164,913 255 155 -0.2 81
London 490,420 758 155 1.6 87
Ottawa 6 926,003 1,427 154 4.8 67
Barrie 196,639 301 153 3.6 64
Victoria 351,890 538 153 0.4 92
Hamilton 712,572 1,088 153 -1.8 74
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo 518,203 761 147 1.7 74
Kingston 158,670 232 146 3.3 66
Trois-Rivières 148,860 211 142 -2.1 80
Gatineau 7 301,403 419 139 -2.0 74
Québec 746,417 1,005 135 -2.4 61
Sherbrooke 185,084 248 134 2.4 71
Saguenay 145,298 179 123 0.4 77
Moncton 134,299 158 118 4.0 76
Kelowna 178,801 191 107 -0.1 121
1.
Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2009 (based on the 2006 Census), Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Census metropolitan area populations for 2010 are not yet available.
2.
Represents actual police officer strength as of May 15th, 2010.
3.
Based on the number of police officers in 2010 and census metropolitan area populations for 2009. Census metropolitan area populations for 2010 are not yet available.
4.
Police officer counts include officers deployed to contract positions (e.g. airport, port, United Nations Mission).
5.
The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority and the British Columbia Lower Mainland Integrated Teams are included in this report, resulting in a higher rate of police officer strength than in past years.
6.
Represents the Ontario portion of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area.
7.
Represents the Quebec portion of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area.
Note(s):
A census metropolitan area consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a central core. A census metropolitan area must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the central core. To be included in the census metropolitan area, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A census metropolitan area typically comprises more than one police service. The numbers in table 3-1 do not agree with those in table 3-2 (which report data at the level of individual police services) because most census metropolitan areas comprise more than one police service. The census metropolitan area of Oshawa is not included due to incongruities between policing jurisdiction and census metropolitan area boundaries. Crimes investigated by Royal Canadian Mounted Police federal personnel within census metropolitan areas are included; however police officer counts do not include Royal Canadian Mounted Police federal police officers. While table 3-1 may be used to compare major metropolitan areas, table 3-2 may be used to compare major police services in Canada.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.