Share of police officers by gender and rank in Canada 2022

This statistic shows the share of police officers in Canada in 2022, distinguished by gender and rank. As of 2022, about 24.5 percent of women in the police force were non-comissioned officers, and 70 percent were constables.

Share of police officers in Canada in 2022, by gender and rank

Characteristic	Commissioned Police Officers*	Non-commissioned officers**	Constables
Male	7.1%	27.2%	65.7%
Female	5.4%	24.5%	70%

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March 2023

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Canada

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* Includes personnel who have obtained senior officer status, normally at the rank of lieutenant or higher, such as chiefs, deputy chiefs, staff superintendents, superintendents, staff inspectors, inspectors, lieutenants, and other equivalent ranks.
** Includes personnel between the rank of constable and lieutenant, such as staff-sergeants, sergeants, detective-sergeants, corporals and all equivalent ranks. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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