Table 2
Police officers, private investigators and security guards by province and territory, 2006

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Region Police officers Security guards Private investigators
number rate1 number rate1 number rate1
Canada 68,420 216 91,325 289 10,200 32
Newfoundland and Labrador 800 158 1140 226 55 11
Prince Edward Island 165 121 250 184 25 18
Nova Scotia 1,835 201 2,455 269 220 24
New Brunswick 1,405 192 1,910 262 165 23
Quebec 17,555 233 25,870 343 2,145 28
Ontario 26,875 221 34,985 288 4,350 36
Manitoba 2,780 242 3,145 274 320 28
Saskatchewan2 2,310 239 1,935 200 305 32
Alberta 6,270 191 7,795 237 1,250 38
British Columbia 7,935 193 11,490 279 1,355 33
Yukon 150 494 105 346 0 0
Northwest Territories 225 543 165 398 10 24
Nunavut 120 407 75 254 0 0
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
2. The police officer count for Saskatchewan includes about 170 officers working at the RCMP's Training Depot, a national training facility.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population.