Table 4
Police officers by sex, Canada, selected years

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Police officers by sex, Canada, selected years


Table summary
This table displays the results of police officers by sex. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), male, female and total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Male Female Total
  number percent number percent number
1965 29,956 99.4 190 0.6 30,146
1970 37,763 99.5 186 0.5 37,949
1975 47,151 98.8 562 1.2 47,713
1980 48,749 97.8 1,092 2.2 49,841
1985 48,518 96.4 1,833 3.6 50,351
1990 52,461 93.6 3,573 6.4 56,034
1995 49,630 90.2 5,378 9.8 55,008
2000 48,304 86.3 7,650 13.7 55,954
2005 50,450 82.7 10,576 17.3 61,026
2010Note r: revised 55,930 80.8 13,320 19.2 69,250
2011 55,833 80.4 13,605 19.6 69,438
r revised
Note(s): Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2011. This number also includes officers who are deployed to contract positions and who are not available for general policing duties in their community. Police officers on long-term leave who are not being paid by the police service's annual budget are excluded.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
Note(s):
Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2011. This number also includes officers who are deployed to contract positions and who are not available for general policing duties in their community. Police officers on long-term leave who are not being paid by the police service's annual budget are excluded.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.