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Police officers per 100,000: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Police officers per 100,000 population. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Police officers and personnel by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0076-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 180.3 (Canada).

Lowest: 141.2 to 159.1
Group 2: 159.1 to 173.9
Group 3: 173.9 to 177.7
Group 4: 177.7 to 319
Highest: 319 to 426.6

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Northwest Territories	426.6
2	Nunavut	365.8
3	Yukon	319
4	Quebec	194.9
5	Saskatchewan	191.2
6	Ontario	177.7
7	Manitoba	174.8
8	Nova Scotia	173.9
9	Alberta	162.5
10	British Columbia	160.6
11	New Brunswick	159.1
12	Newfoundland and Labrador	158.2
13	Prince Edward Island	141.2

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0076-01: Police personnel and selected crime statistics. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by police officers per 100,000 population (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0076-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-police-officers-per-100000-population/

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