Table 5
Male and female police officers by rank, Canada, 1986 to 2011

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Male and female police officers by rank, Canada, 1986 to 2011


Table summary
This table displays the results of male and female police officers by rank. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), senior officers, non-commissioned officers, constables and male, calculated using male, female and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Senior officersNote 1 Non-commissioned officersNote 2 Constables
Male Female Male Female Male Female
  percent
1986 99.8 0.2 99.5 0.5 94.6 5.4
1987 99.8 0.2 99.4 0.6 93.9 6.1
1988 99.8 0.2 99.2 0.8 93.0 7.0
1989 99.7 0.3 98.9 1.1 92.1 7.9
1990 99.6 0.4 98.7 1.3 91.4 8.6
1991 99.6 0.4 98.6 1.4 90.5 9.5
1992 99.3 0.7 98.4 1.6 89.8 10.2
1993 98.8 1.2 98.2 1.8 89.2 10.8
1994 98.7 1.3 97.8 2.2 88.0 12.0
1995 98.4 1.6 97.3 2.7 87.2 12.8
1996 98.3 1.7 97.0 3.0 86.5 13.5
1997 97.9 2.1 96.6 3.4 85.7 14.3
1998 97.8 2.2 96.1 3.9 84.5 15.5
1999 97.2 2.8 95.3 4.7 83.8 16.2
2000 96.9 3.1 94.5 5.5 83.0 17.0
2001 96.5 3.5 93.7 6.3 82.2 17.8
2002 96.0 4.0 92.9 7.1 81.4 18.6
2003 95.3 4.7 92.3 7.7 80.9 19.1
2004 94.8 5.2 91.1 8.9 80.2 19.8
2005 94.5 5.5 90.3 9.7 79.3 20.7
2006 93.9 6.1 89.2 10.8 78.9 21.1
2007 92.8 7.2 88.0 12.0 78.5 21.5
2008 92.3 7.7 86.7 13.3 78.8 21.2
2009 91.7 8.3 85.6 14.4 78.6 21.4
2010Note r: revised 91.4 8.6 84.8 15.2 78.6 21.4
2011 90.5 9.5 84.2 15.8 78.4 21.6
r revised
Note 1.

Includes personnel who have obtained senior officer status, normally at the rank of lieutenant or higher, such as chiefs, deputy chiefs, staff superintendents, superintendents, staff inspectors, inspectors, lieutenants, and other equivalent ranks.

Note 2.

Includes personnel between the rank of constable and lieutenant, such as staff-sergeants, sergeants, detective-sergeants, corporals and all equivalent ranks.

Note(s): Prior to 1986, data on the rank of police officers was not available. Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers (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.
1.
Includes personnel who have obtained senior officer status, normally at the rank of lieutenant or higher, such as chiefs, deputy chiefs, staff superintendents, superintendents, staff inspectors, inspectors, lieutenants, and other equivalent ranks.
2.
Includes personnel between the rank of constable and lieutenant, such as staff-sergeants, sergeants, detective-sergeants, corporals and all equivalent ranks.
Note(s):
Prior to 1986, data on the rank of police officers was not available. Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers (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.