Police, courts, prisons and fire spending by province, Canada

Name: Police, courts, prisons and fire spending by province, Canada (Canada)
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Provincial and local government spending per resident in 2024 on police services, fire protection, law courts and prisons, and total public order and safety spending per resident and as a share of all provincial-local spending (all derived by Quadranac from Statistics Canada's figures and July 1, 2024 population estimates). RCMP policing paid for by the federal government is not included; RCMP contract policing paid by provinces and municipalities is. Consolidated spending of each province's or territory's provincial government and its local governments (municipalities, school boards and other local bodies), classified by function of government (Canadian Classification of Functions of Government, based on the IMF/UN COFOG), in the government finance statistics framework. Federal spending in each province is not included.

Reference period: 2024
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Police services per resident ($, derived), 2024, sorted high to low. 13 areas ranked by Police services per resident ($, derived). Highest: Nunavut (1,665); lowest: Prince Edward Island (218); national value 428. Full data in the table below.Source: Statistics Canada.

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Canada	428	152	162	81	943	5.1
Newfoundland and Labrador	338	99	119	92	818	4.2
Prince Edward Island	218	56	112	117	609	3.4
Nova Scotia	373	104	160	52	902	5
New Brunswick	399	97	28	69	881	5
Quebec	368	114	225	52	879	4.2
Ontario	447	164	138	76	912	5.4
Manitoba	496	108	134	274	1,116	6
Saskatchewan	618	97	162	204	1,369	6.7
Alberta	406	185	146	71	877	5.1
British Columbia	441	191	168	60	1,025	5.7
Yukon	965	1,132	398	398	3,418	8.8
Northwest Territories	1,392	243	751	795	3,843	6
Nunavut	1,665	24	917	1,110	4,078	5.5

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01: Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG) by consolidated government component
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0005-01: Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender. Reference period: 2024.

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Source agency: Statistics Canada
Dataset: Table 10-10-0005-01
Table: Police, courts, prisons and fire spending by province, Canada
Data last updated: 2026-11-10
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Police, courts, prisons and fire spending by province, Canada (Canada, 2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01. Retrieved 2026-11-10 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-public-safety-spending/