Table 9
Police officers by sex, provinces and territories, 2012
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| Province or territory | Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 749 | 80.9 | 177 | 19.1 | 926 |
| Prince Edward Island | 205 | 83.0 | 42 | 17.0 | 247 |
| Nova Scotia | 1,610 | 83.2 | 324 | 16.8 | 1,934 |
| New Brunswick | 1,151 | 84.4 | 213 | 15.6 | 1,364 |
| Quebec | 12,171 | 76.1 | 3,821 | 23.9 | 15,992 |
| Ontario | 21,357 | 81.3 | 4,917 | 18.7 | 26,274 |
| Manitoba | 2,289 | 84.6 | 417 | 15.4 | 2,706 |
| Saskatchewan | 1,874 | 81.5 | 424 | 18.5 | 2,298 |
| Alberta | 5,613 | 82.7 | 1,174 | 17.3 | 6,787 |
| British Columbia | 6,992 | 78.7 | 1,895 | 21.3 | 8,887 |
| Yukon | 104 | 87.4 | 15 | 12.6 | 119 |
| Northwest Territories | 173 | 86.9 | 26 | 13.1 | 199 |
| Nunavut | 109 | 87.2 | 16 | 12.8 | 125 |
| Provincial and territorial total | 54,397 | 80.2 | 13,461 | 19.8 | 67,858 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy | 1,304 | 77.6 | 377 | 22.4 | 1,681 |
| Canada | 55,701 | 80.1 | 13,838 | 19.9 | 69,539 |
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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