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Table 9.10
Police personnel in municipal police services, British Columbia, 2007

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  Population1 Population density Police officers Other personnel Population per police officer Police officers per 100,000 population
Male Female Total
number persons/km2 number
Population (100,000+)
Abbotsford2 129,685 180 163 32 195 64 665 150
Delta2 102,945 552 118 33 151 49 682 147
Saanich2 110,737 1,071 115 32 147 43 753 133
Vancouver2 589,352 5,055 1,035 274 1,309 340 450 222
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Burnaby 205,477 2,306 162 66 228 0 901 111
Coquitlam 119,336 981 88 35 123 1 970 103
Kelowna 112,775 533 105 38 143 1 789 127
Langley Township 100,104 324 87 39 126 1 794 126
Richmond 176,599 1,372 226 80 306 1 577 173
Surrey 402,272 1,268 370 107 477 2 843 119
Population (50,000 to 99,999)
New Westminster2 57,645 3,741 98 18 116 40 497 201
Victoria2 96,066 3,594 174 50 224 75 429 233
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Chilliwack (D.M.) 75,208 264 63 31 94 0 800 125
Kamloops 84,064 193 80 31 111 0 757 132
Maple Ridge 76,039 284 62 26 88 0 864 116
Nanaimo 81,195 907 92 29 121 0 671 149
North Vancouver District 88,921 548 58 34 92 0 967 103
Port Coquitlam 55,718 1,881 49 11 60 0 929 108
Prince George 77,343 245 101 27 128 0 604 165
Population (15,000 to 49,999)
Central Saanich2 16,768 405 18 3 21 7 798 125
Oak Bay2 18,059 1,739 21 1 22 2 821 122
Port Moody2 30,120 1,176 34 6 40 11 753 133
West Vancouver2 46,764 526 64 15 79 23 592 169
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Campbell River 31,444 227 34 7 41 0 767 130
Colwood 15,470 859 8 8 16 0 967 103
Courtenay 22,533 1,281 19 9 28 2 805 124
Cranbrook 20,102 1,111 18 5 23 0 874 114
Fort St. John 18,270 826 25 6 31 0 589 170
Langford 22,229 555 15 7 22 0 1,010 99
Langley 25,789 2,516 34 9 43 0 600 167
Mission 35,262 154 39 8 47 0 750 133
North Cowichan 29,118 145 16 14 30 0 971 103
North Vancouver 49,627 3,891 58 29 87 0 570 175
Penticton 34,669 779 33 7 40 0 867 115
Pitt Meadows 17,532 195 16 6 22 0 797 125
Port Alberni 18,790 940 26 8 34 0 553 181
Prince Rupert 15,281 273 22 6 28 0 546 183
Salmon Arm 17,355 103 12 6 18 0 964 104
Squamish 16,199 138 19 8 27 0 600 167
Vernon 36,785 465 37 10 47 0 783 128
White Rock 19,545 3,710 18 5 23 0 850 118
Population (5,000 to 14,999)
Nelson2 9,923 846 16 1 17 6 584 171
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Castlegar 7,863 397 9 3 12 0 655 153
Coldstream District Municipal 10,320 153 5 1 6 0 1,720 58
Comox 13,008 858 8 2 10 3 1,301 77
Dawson Creek 11,615 520 16 7 23 0 505 198
Hope 6,667 161 8 6 14 0 476 210
Kimberley 7,147 123 8 2 10 0 715 140
Kitimat 10,510 43 14 3 17 0 618 162
Ladysmith 7,460 612 3 2 5 0 1,492 67
Lake Country 10,668 87 7 3 10 0 1,067 94
Mackenzie 5,452 34 8 1 9 0 606 165
Merritt 7,595 304 14 2 16 0 475 211
North Saanich 11,258 303 7 5 12 0 938 107
Parksville 12,081 827 11 2 13 1 929 108
Powell River 14,035 471 15 2 17 0 826 121
Qualicum Beach 8,899 494 5 3 8 1 1,112 90
Quesnel 10,561 299 19 2 21 0 503 199
Revelstoke 8,029 252 9 1 10 0 803 125
Sechelt 9,224 232 10 4 14 0 659 152
Sidney 11,849 2,350 10 4 14 0 846 118
Smithers 5,575 355 8 2 10 0 558 179
Sooke 10,436 209 9 2 11 0 949 105
Summerland 11,443 155 6 3 9 0 1,271 79
Terrace 12,660 305 20 4 24 0 528 190
Trail 7,744 223 9 4 13 0 596 168
View Royal 8,375 578 4 2 6 0 1,396 72
Whistler 9,595 59 17 5 22 0 436 229
Williams Lake 11,961 361 24 4 28 0 427 234
Population (<5,000)
Kitasoo/Xaixais Public Safety2 319 102 2 0 2 0 160 627
Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police2 2,914 31 7 2 9 5 324 309
  1. Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2006 (based on 2006 Census boundaries), Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Population estimates are revised by BC STATS, Population Section, Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services, Province of British Columbia. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2007 are not yet available.
  2. Personnel data for 2007 were not available; therefore personnel data as of December 31st, 2006 were substituted.
Notes: Use caution in comparing forces: The number of officers may not reflect the number available for general community policing because some officers in certain communities are restricted to specific locations (e.g. ports, airports). Note for the RCMP municipal contracts: Civilian employees provided by the municipality are not included under “Other Personnel”.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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