This statistic shows the total expenditures on policing in Canada from FY 1991 to FY 2021. In FY 2021, operating expenditures for police services in Canada totaled to 16.5 billion Canadian dollars.
Total expenditures on policing in Canada from FY 1991 to FY 2021
(in billion Canadian dollars)
Total operating expenditures include salaries, wages, benefits, and other operating expenses that are paid from the police service budget, as well as benefits paid from other government sources. Revenues, recoveries, and those costs that fall under a police service’s capital expenditures are excluded.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Police personnel and expenditures in Canada, 2021, FY 1990/91 to FY 2020/21. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics). (April 20, 2022). Total expenditures on policing in Canada from FY 1991 to FY 2021 (in billion Canadian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/436375/total-expenditures-on-policing-in-canada/
StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics). "Total expenditures on policing in Canada from FY 1991 to FY 2021 (in billion Canadian dollars)." Chart. April 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/436375/total-expenditures-on-policing-in-canada/
StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics). (2022). Total expenditures on policing in Canada from FY 1991 to FY 2021 (in billion Canadian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/436375/total-expenditures-on-policing-in-canada/
StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics). "Total Expenditures on Policing in Canada from Fy 1991 to Fy 2021 (in Billion Canadian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/436375/total-expenditures-on-policing-in-canada/
StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics), Total expenditures on policing in Canada from FY 1991 to FY 2021 (in billion Canadian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/436375/total-expenditures-on-policing-in-canada/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Total expenditures on policing in Canada from FY 1991 to FY 2021 (in billion Canadian dollars) [Graph], StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics), April 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/436375/total-expenditures-on-policing-in-canada/
