Number of police officers in Canada 2021

This statistic shows the total number of police officers in Canada from 2000 to 2021. In 2021, there were 70,114 police officers across Canada.

Number of police officers in Canada from 2000 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of Police officers
2000	55,954
2001	57,076
2002	58,422
2003	59,800
2004	61,026
2005	62,461
2006	64,134
2007	65,283
2008	65,283
2009	67,243
2010	69,068
2011	69,424
2012	69,505
2013	69,250
2014	68,806
2015	68,772
2016	68,859
2017	69,025
2018	68,532
2019	68,847
2021	70,114

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Release date

March 2022

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Canada

Survey time period

2000 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents). 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.

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