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CMA Police Officers & Crime Severity Index
CMA Officers-2010 Crime Severity
Index-2009
Toronto, ON 10,091 62
Montreal, QC 6,903 90
Vancouver, BC 3,968 110
Calgary, AB 1,982 78
Edmonton, AB 1,932 115
Ottawa, ON 1,427 67
Winnipeg, MN 1,408 127
Hamilton, ON 1,088 74
Quebec, QC 1,005 61
St. Catherines-Niagara, ON 766 76
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, ON 761 74
London, ON 758 87
Halifax, NS 695 97
Windsor, ON 596 71
Victoria, BC 538 92
Saskatoon, SK 497 132
Gatineau, QC 419 74
Regina, SK 414 144
St. John’s, NL 325 91
Barrie, ON 301 64
Abbotsford-Mission, BC 273 111
Greater Sudbury, ON 255 81
Sherbrooke, QC 248 71
Brantford, ON 237 106
Kingston, ON 232 66
Thunder Bay, ON 227 110
Trois-Rivieres, QC 211 80
Saint John, NB 207 96
Peterborough, ON 195 65
Guelph, ON 191 59
Kelowna, BC 191 121
Saguenay, QC 179 77
Moncton, NB 158 76
Volume 11 Issue 1 - January/February 2011
PAGE 20
GENDER
There were 13,330 female officers in 2010
accounting for 19.2% of all officers or roughly 1 in
5. This is up from 17.3% in 2005, 13.7% in 2000,
9.8% in 1995, 6.4% in 1990,
3.6% in 1985, and 2.2% in 1980.
Q u e b e c h a d t h e h i g h e s t
percentage of women (23%)
while Nunavut had the least
(12.9%). The RCMP HQ and
Training Academy were 21.7%
female.
The number of women in all
ranks continued to rise. Senior
officers were 8.7% female, more
than doubling over the last ten
years. Non-commissioned officers
were 15.2% female, also more
than double the percentage from
a decade ago. Constables were
21.4% female. This is the same as
last year.
Overall, the representation of
women in policing continues to
increase. In 2010 the number of
women increased (+4%) at a
faster pace than men (+3%).
OTHER FA$T FACT$
Area %
Female
QC 23.0%
BC 20.9%
ON 18.0%
NL 17.8%
SK 17.3%
AB 17.1%
NS 16.0%
PEI 15.5%
NB 15.3%
NWT 14.9%
MN 14.4%
YK 14.0%
NU 12.9%
• Police expenditures rose for the 13th
consecutive year;
• Costs for policing translates to $365 per
Canadian;
• Among provinces, Ontario spend the most on
policing ($3,959,838,000) followed by Quebec
( $ 2 , 1 6 6 , 3 1 6 , 0 0 0 ) , B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a
($1,282,258,000), Alberta ($1,012,236,000) and
Manitoba ($355,523,000). The Yukon
($22,117,000), Prince Edward Island
($29,520,000) , Nunavut ($37,573,000) and the
Northwest Territories ($45,066,000) spent the
least
Based on total expenditures on policing in 2009.