Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2014

Table 2
Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police officers by level of policing. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2014 population, Police services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Total police officers, Police officers per 100,000 population, Percent change in rate, Municipal, Provincial, Federal, Other, 2013 to 2014 and 2004 to 2014, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory 2014 populationNote 1 Police servicesNote 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Total police officers Police officers per 100,000 population Percent change in rate
Municipal Provincial Municipal Provincial Federal OtherNote 3 2013 to 2014 2004 to 2014
number rate percent
Newfoundland and LabradorNote 4 526,977 Note ...: not applicable 396 Note ...: not applicable 400 83 16 895 170 -2.2 14.7
Prince Edward Island 146,283 99 Note ...: not applicable 10 96 23 8 236 161 1.2 7.3
Nova Scotia 942,668 878 Note ...: not applicable 47 760 171 28 1,884 200 -0.6 16.2
New Brunswick 753,914 448 Note ...: not applicable 208 475 134 26 1,291 171 -3.7 -1.4
Quebec 8,214,672 9,550 5,694 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 913 44 16,201 197 0.5 3.0
OntarioNote 5 13,678,740 20,236 4,202 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1,663 47 26,148 191 -1.7 2.0
Manitoba 1,282,043 1,638 Note ...: not applicable 182 624 174 28 2,646 206 -2.9 6.9
SaskatchewanNote 6 1,125,410 1,038 Note ...: not applicable 118 881 227 30 2,294 204 -2.2 1.2
Alberta 4,121,692 4,154 Note ...: not applicable 1,079 1,391 317 49 6,990 170 -1.5 7.2
British Columbia 4,631,302 2,638 Note ...: not applicable 3,464 1,771 745 136 8,754 189 -2.2 11.1
YukonNote 7 36,510 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 109 18 8 135 370 1.9 -3.8
Northwest TerritoriesNote 7 43,623 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 168 14 10 192 440 0.5 11.5
NunavutNote 7 36,585 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 106 6 7 119 325 -10.0 -21.1
Provincial and territorial totalNote 8 35,540,419 40,679 10,292 5,108 6,781 4,488 437 67,785 191 -1.3 4.3
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1,111 1,111 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Canada 35,540,419 40,679 10,292 5,108 6,781 4,488 1,548 68,896 194 -1.6 3.5
... not applicable
Note 1.

Populations are based on July 1 estimates for 2014, Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

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Note 2.

Excludes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Note 3.

Includes National Police Services and Departmental and Divisional Administration.

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Note 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.

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Note 5.

Excludes personnel from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters. The Ontario Provincial Police deploy 1,914 officers to provide municipal policing services under contract and these are included as municipal, not provincial policing.

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Note 6.

Excludes personnel from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy.

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Note 7.

Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not have any municipal police services. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is responsible for providing policing to the territories.

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Note 8.

Excludes personnel from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters and Training Academy.

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Note: Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2014. 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. Percent change is considered stable if it rounds to 0%.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey.
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