This statistic shows the total number of police officers in Canada in 2019 at the municipal and provincial level. In 2019, there were 17,989 police officers working for the Ontario municipal police service in Canada.
Number of municipal and provincial police officers in Canada in 2019, by province
The data excludes all personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
* 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. ** Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not have any municipal or territorial police services. The RCMP is the sole police force in the territories.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Police resources in Canada 2019, page 26, 2019. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics). (December 8, 2020). Number of municipal and provincial police officers in Canada in 2019, by province [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/436160/number-of-police-officers-in-canada-by-level-of-polising-and-province/
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