Rate of police officers by municipality in Canada 2022

This statistic shows the number of police officers per 100,000 population in Canada in 2022, distinguished by municipality. In 2022, there were 212.3 police officers per 100,000 population in Montréal.

Number of police officers per 100,000 population in Canada in 2022, by municipality

Characteristic	Police officers per 100,000 population
Pakua Shipi	3,004.3
Rama	2,060.7
Gesgapegiag Ameridian	2,058.8
Essipit	1,754.4
Timiskaming First Nations	1,335.9
Naskapi (Kawawachikamach)	1,244.2
Tsuu Tina	1,200.2
Pikogan First Nations	1,071.4
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation	1,070.5
Treaty Three Communities	1,068.2
Odanak / Wôlinak	1,001.4
Listuguj	901.5
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg	885
United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin (UCCM) Anishnaabe	874.8
Lac Simon	851.9
Lac Seul	772.9
Wemotaci	765.1
Eagle Village (Kebaowek)	666.7
Wikwemikong	666.4
File Hills First Nations	660.7
Obedjiwan First Nations	617.6
Kativik Region	603.7
Pessamit	539.4
Mashteuiatsh First Nations	532.9
Annapolis Royal	530
Six Nations	517.8
Manitoba First Nations	485.7
Wendake First Nations	443.1
Stl'atl'imx Tribal (Lillooet-Pemberton)	392.5
New Glasgow	326.6
Grand Falls	322.8
Kensington	318.8
Stellarton	315.6
Kahnawake First Nations	313.8
Gillam	286.5
Woodstock (New Brunswick)	286.4
Smiths Falls	277
The Pas	276.4
Truro	272.9
Kentville	268.5
Bridgewater	265.4
Campbellton	264.5
Yarmouth	262.2
Wetaskiwin	261.4
North Battleford	260.5
Prince Rupert	258
Thompson	254.8
Gananoque	254.1
Amherst	246.6
Kitimat	245.2
Bathurst	244.9
Quesnel	237.1
Merritt	236.7
Meadow Lake	228.7
Bonnyville	226.2
Deep River	222.3
Williams Lake	217.3
Corner Brook	215.4
Terrace	213.3
Thunder Bay	212.9
Pictou	212.6
Edson	212.5
Montréal	212.3
Cape Breton Region	210.7
Ste. Anne	210.5
Wood Buffalo	210.2
Hope	206.9
Rocky Mountain House	206.3
Dawson Creek	206.3
Victoria	205.9
Estevan	204.6
Brockville	204.2
Drayton Valley	204
St. Paul	202.7
Weyburn	201.6
Halifax	195.7
Sidney	195.5
Timmins	195.2
Summerside	194
Smithers	193.1
Cornwall	191.8
Bromont	191.4
Cobourg	190.4
Saint John	190.1
Slave Lake	189.5
Windsor	188.9
Miramichi	188.7
Port Alberni	188.5
Labrador	187.6
Nelson	187.5
Vancouver	187.2
Whistler	186.8
Edmonton	186.1
Hanover	184.1
Owen Sound	183.2
Rivers	183
Port Hope	182.9
Brantford	182.2
Sault Ste. Marie	182.1
Portage La Prairie	180.8
Fort St John	179.9
Beresford	179.7
Prince George	178.6
Swan River	174.8
Winnipeg	173.8
Woodstock (Ontario)	172.9
Medicine Hat	171.8
Aylmer	171.6
St. Thomas	171.4
Trail	171.4
Brandon	171.1
Collines-de-l'Outaouais Region	170.7
Brooks	170.4
North Bay	169.3
Regina	169.3
New Westminster	168.9
Hinton	168.7
Moose Jaw	168.5
Red Deer	167.6
Westville	167.4
St. Jérôme	167.4
West Grey	167.2
Edmundston	166.9
Belleville	166.9
Luseland	166.4
Revelstoke	166.1
Lacombe	165.4
Toronto	164.8
Saskatoon	164.8
Whitecourt	164.6
Ponoka	163.8
Selkirk	163.6
Yorkton	163.3
Dauphin	161.1
Mercier	161
Nanaimo	160.7
St. John's	160.5
Québec	159.4
Kingston	158.3
Lethbridge Region	157.4
Saanich	157.3
Banff	157.2
Fredericton	157
Châteauguay	156.8
Innisfail	156.8
Saugeen Shores	156.7
Grande Prairie	156.7
Niagara Region (St. Catharines)	156.3
St. Andrews	155.4
Charlottetown	154.2
Longueuil	153.5
Oromocto	152.9
Calgary	152.8
Greater Sudbury	152.6
Peterborough-Lakefield	151.9
Virden	151.8
Castlegar	151.7
Dalmeny	151.6
Guelph	150.8
Sackville	150.3
Laval	149.6
Morden	149.6
Peace River	149
Antigonish	148.8
Camrose	148.5
Kamloops	147.6
Strathroy-Caradoc	147
Barrie	146.9
Stratford	146.6
Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton)	145.9
Chilliwack	145.6
Gimli	144.8
Sarnia	144.6
Chatham-Kent	144.1
Powell River	142.6
Strathmore	141.8
Altona	141.7
St. Eustache	141.1
Vegreville	141
Kelowna	141
Vernon	140.3
Thérèse-de-Blainville	139.9
Delta	139.5
West Vancouver	139.3
Canmore	139.2
London	138.9
Cranbrook	138.7
Drumheller	138.5
Stettler	138.1
Penticton	137.5
Redcliff	136.4
Gatineau	136
Devon	135.7
Kawartha Lakes	135.2
Lloydminster	134.1
York Region (Markham/Vaughn)	133.8
Swift Current	133.6
Ottawa	133.2
L'Assomption	132.3

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Release date

March 2023

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Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

The data includes both police officers in stand-alone police services as well as those municipalities policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The data represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2018. 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 Adapted from Statistics Canada, Police personnel and selected crime statistics, municipal police services, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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