In 2023, police services in Canada spent more than 12 million Canadian dollars on the salaries, wages, and benefits of police officers. In comparison, these expenditures amounted to just under three million Canadian dollars for civilian salaries, wages, and benefits. In the same year, police services employed over 34,000 civilians.
Expenditures of police services on salaries, wages, and benefits in Canada in 2023, by personnel type
(in Canadian dollars)
Figures were rounded. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2023. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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StatCan (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics). (March 26, 2024). Expenditures of police services on salaries, wages, and benefits in Canada in 2023, by personnel type (in Canadian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1311866/police-spending-salaries-wages-benefits-canada-type/
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