Table 6
Hirings and departures of police officers at the largest police services, Canada, 2011/2012

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Hirings and departures of police officers at the largest police services, Canada, 2011/2012
Table summary
"This table displays information on the hirings and departures of police officers. The row headers provide information by police service. The column headers provide the number of hirings, along with the percentage of hirings of experienced officers and of recruit graduates, and the number of departures, along with the percentage of departures due to retirements or other reasons. The overall net loss or gain of officers through hirings and departures is presented as a number, as is the percentage of officers eligible for retirement."
Police services Hirings 1 Departures 2 Net gain or loss: hirings and departures Police officers eligible to retire 5
Total Experienced police officers 3 Recruit graduates 4 Total Retirements Other
  number percent number percent number percent
National/provincial police services 6  
Ontario Provincial Police 242 21 79 179 80 20 63 4
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 516 .. .. 626 63 37 -110 19
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sûreté du Québec 186 .. .. 107 78 22 79 11
Municipal police services  
Toronto census metropolitan area police services  
Toronto Police 0 0 0 208 75 25 -208 12
Peel Regional Police 62 3 97 39 54 46 23 5
York Regional Police 21 29 71 26 54 46 -5 4
Montréal census metropolitan area police services  
Montréal Police 0 0 0 58 x x -58 18
Longueuil Police 1 x x 27 78 22 -26 6
Laval Police 13 x x .. .. .. .. ..
Vancouver census metropolitan area police services  
Vancouver Police 7 x x 41 80 20 -34 5
Surrey, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 28 .. .. 12 33 67 16 7
Burnaby, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 14 .. .. 3 33 67 11 7
Richmond, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 8 .. .. 7 57 43 1 8
Other large police services  
Halifax Regional Police 20 x x 17 71 29 3 7
Winnipeg Police 101 4 96 35 74 26 66 11
Windsor Police 8 x x 12 67 33 -4 ..
Regina Police 8 x x 17 82 18 -9 6
Saskatoon Police 25 12 88 19 68 32 6 18
Edmonton Police 100 9 91 0 0 0 100 10
St. John's, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Calgary Police 85 8 92 41 56 44 44 7
Greater Sudbury Police 7 43 57 11 36 64 -4 3
Niagara Regional Police 3 x x 16 x x -13 11
London Police 26 x x 26 46 54 0 4
Hamilton Police 37 11 89 37 59 41 0 22
Gatineau Police 19 21 79 11 64 36 8 3
Durham Regional Police 0 0 0 23 57 43 -23 7
Waterloo Regional Police 68 9 91 26 46 54 42 2
Ottawa Police 26 35 65 46 83 17 -20 5
Québec Police 22 27 73 8 88 13 14 3
Sherbrooke Regional Police 14 14 86 9 67 33 5 5
Halton Regional Police 25 16 84 18 50 50 7 5
Richelieu-Saint-Laurent Police 0 0 0 4 25 75 -4 0
1.
Information on hirings was not available for police services employing 1% of officers across Canada. In addition, police services employing 36% of officers were unable to provide the level of experience (experienced police officers or recruit graduate) of their officers at time of hire. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations.
2.
Information on reason for departure was not available for police services employing 2% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations.
3.
Includes senior officers, non-commissioned officers and constables who achieved the status of a fully-sworn officer prior to the calendar or fiscal year for which data are shown.
4.
Includes paid police officers who achieved the status of fully-sworn police officer during the calendar or fiscal year prior to the year for which data are shown.
5.
Information on eligibility to retire was not available for police services employing 3% of police officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations.
6.
Includes municipal contracts.
7.
This police service did not report data on hirings, departures and eligibility of officers to retire for 2011/2012.
Note(s):
Represents hirings, departures and eligibility to retire during the 2011 calendar or 2011/2012 fiscal year. The percent of officers eligible to retire is calculated using these data, along with the number of fully sworn officers employed on May 15, 2012.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Supplemental.
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