Table 2-1
Police officers and selected crime statistics — Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2012

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Police officers and selected crime statistics — Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2012
Table summary
"This table displays information on police officers by levels of policing. The row headers provide information by province and territory. The column headers provide population size as well as the number of officers working in municipal policing, provincial policing and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (grouped by type of Royal Canadian Mounted Police contract). As well, the rate of officers per hundred thousand population and the percentage change in the rate from the previous year and from ten years previous are shown."
Province or territory 2011  population 1 Police services 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Total police officers Police officers per  100,000 population
Municipal Provincial Municipal Provincial Federal Other 3
  number rate percent change  2011 to  2012 percent change  2002 to  2012
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 512,659 … 402 … 412 86 26 926 181 -0.9 20.5
Prince Edward Island 146,105 98 … 9 105 25 10 247 169 0.9 8.1
Nova Scotia 948,695 891 … 62 744 194 43 1,934 204 1.0 19.7
New Brunswick 755,950 453 … 202 526 151 32 1,364 180 -1.0 3.5
Quebec 8,054,756 9,394 5,588 … … 964 46 15,992 199 0.2 2.3
Ontario 5 13,505,900 20,539 4,266 … … 1,377 92 26,274 195 -1.5 4.0
Manitoba 1,267,003 1,634 … 190 649 199 34 2,706 214 3.1 11.3
Saskatchewan 6 1,079,958 1,033 … 122 855 245 43 2,298 213 -2.4 5.6
Alberta 3,873,745 3,977 … 1,060 1,331 359 60 6,787 175 -1.1 12.2
British Columbia 4,622,573 2,617 … 3,472 1,825 811 162 8,887 192 -1.7 13.2
Yukon 7 36,101 … … … 94 17 8 119 330 -4.4 -20.6
Northwest Territories 7 43,349 … … … 176 13 10 199 459 3.0 19.5
Nunavut 7 33,697 … … … 113 6 6 125 371 -4.3 -3.7
Provincial and territorial total 34,880,491 40,636 10,256 5,117 6,830 4,447 572 67,858 195 -0.8 6.2
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy … … … … … … 1,681 1,681 … … …
Canada 34,880,491 40,636 10,256 5,117 6,830 4,447 2,253 69,539 199 -1.0 7.0
1.
Populations are based on preliminary postcensal estimates for 2012, Statistics Canada.
2.
Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
3.
Includes National Police Services and Departmental and Divisional Administration.
4.
Newfoundland and Labrador does not have any municipal police services. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (a provincial police service) provides policing to most of the larger municipalities.
5.
Excludes personnel from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. The Ontario Provincial Police deploy 1,955 officers to provide municipal policing services under contract and these are included as municipal, not provincial policing.
6.
Excludes personnel from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy.
7.
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not have any municipal police forces. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is responsible for providing policing to the territories.
Note(s):
Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2012. 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.
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