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Table 6
Hirings and departures of police officers, by overall years of service, Canada, 2013

Table 6
Hirings and departures of police officers, by overall years of service, Canada, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Hirings and departures of police officers. The information is grouped by Overall years of service (appearing as row headers), Hirings, Departures, Police officers eligible to retire, Total police officers, Total, Retirements and Other, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Overall years of service	Hirings^Note 1		Departures^Note 2			Police officers eligible to retire^Note 5
	Total police officers^Note 3		Total	Retirements	Other^Note 4	Police officers eligible to retire^Note 5
	number	percent	number	percent
Less than 5 years	1,323	87.6	179	0.0	27.5	0.1
5 to less than 10 years	66	4.4	122	0.2	18.3	0.1
10 to less than 15 years	43	2.8	90	0.4	13.1	0.1
15 to less than 20 years	16	1.1	49	0.4	6.6	0.2
20 to less than 25 years	23	1.5	146	5.4	10.9	12.5
25 to less than 30 years	27	1.8	462	27.0	13.2	47.2
30 to less than 35 years	10	0.7	624	41.5	7.1	29.5
35 years and over	4	0.3	370	25.1	3.2	10.3
Information not available	1	Note ...: not applicable	25	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Total	1,511	100	2,068	100	100	100
... not applicable Note 1. Information on hirings was not available for police services employing 0.04% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Information on reason for departure was not available for police services employing 0.04% of officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes both experienced police officers and recruit graduates in order to include police services (employing 34% of officers in Canada) which were unable to distinguish between these levels of experience of their officers at time of hire. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes police officers who departed for reasons other than retirement, such as being hired by another police service, career change, death, etc. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Information on eligibility to retire was not available for police services employing 0.04% of police officers across Canada. These police services are excluded from the percentage calculations. Return to note 5 referrer Note: Represents hirings, departures and eligibility to retire during the 2013 calendar or 2013/2014 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, 2014. Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Supplemental Survey questionnaire.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30