Table 1: Trends in police personnel, Canada, 1962 to 2015
Table 2: Police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2015
Table 3: Municipal police services serving a population of 100,000 or more, Canada, 2015
Table 4: Hirings and departures of police officers, by province and territory, Canada, 2014/2015
Table 5: Total expenditures on policing, current dollars, by province and territory, 2014/2015
Table 6: Current and constant (2002) dollar expenditures on policing, Canada, 1986/1987 to 2014/2015
The Police Administration Survey collects data on police personnel and expenditures from each municipal, provincial and federal police services in Canada. The following security agencies are excluded from the survey: the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, railway and military police, and government departments enforcing specific statutes in the areas of income tax, customs and excise, immigration, fisheries and wildlife. Additionally, private security services and private investigators are not included in the survey.
Data presented in this report represent police personnel as of May 15, 2015 and year-end operating expenditures for the 2014 calendar year or the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Police officers include the actual number of permanent sworn police officers available for active duty as of May 15, 2015. Part-time personnel are converted to a full-time equivalent. Police expenditures are actual operating expenditures and include salaries and wages, benefits, and other operating expenses such as accommodation costs, fuel, and maintenance. Expenditure data does not include capital expenditures, revenues and recoveries.
Since 2012, the Police Administration Survey has included a Supplemental questionnaire which captures detailed information on hirings, departures, eligibility to retire, years of service, age, education, visible minority status, and language. Due to data quality issues, some of this information is not published.