Total expenditures on policing in Canada 2021

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)

Characteristic	Expenditure in billion Canadian dollars
2020/21	16.5
2018/19	15.67
2017/18	15.14
2016/17	14.67
2015/16	14.21
2014/15	13.88
2013/14	13.6
2012/13	13.55
2011/12	12.95
2010/11	12.65
2009/10	12.31
2008/09	11.45
2007/08	10.54
2006/07	9.88
2005/06	9.28
2004/05	8.76
2003/04	8.32
2002/03	7.83
2001/02	7.27
2000/01	6.8
1999/00	6.4
1998/99	6.21
1997/98	5.99
1996/97	5.86
1995/96	5.81
1994/95	5.78
1993/94	5.79
1992/93	5.72
1991/92	5.43
1990/91	5.25

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

FY 1990/91 to FY 2020/21

Supplementary notes

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.

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