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Police officers: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Police officers. 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: 75,107 (Canada).

Lowest: 153 to 196
Group 2: 196 to 1,384
Group 3: 1,384 to 2,423
Group 4: 2,423 to 9,151
Highest: 9,151 to 28,888

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	Ontario	28,888
2	Quebec	17,657
3	British Columbia	9,151
4	Alberta	8,172
5	Manitoba	2,640
6	Saskatchewan	2,423
7	Nova Scotia	1,901
8	New Brunswick	1,384
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	870
10	Prince Edward Island	258
11	Northwest Territories	196
12	Yukon	154
13	Nunavut	153

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 (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/

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