police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2016
Table:
province and territory
2016 population
municipal police services
provincial police services
royal canadian mounted police
total police officers
police officers per 100,000 population
percent change in rate

contract policing
federal and other policing
2015 to 2016
2006 to 2016

number
rate
percent

newfoundland and labrador
530,128
..
409
409
92
910
172
2.1
9.7

prince edward island
148,649
97
..
101
29
227
153
-0.9
-4.3

nova scotia
949,501
869
..
789
164
1,822
192
-2.4
8.0

new brunswick
756,780
436
..
695
154
1,285
170
0.2
-1.9

quebec
8,326,089
9,495
5,476
..
898
15,869
191
-1.7
-3.7

ontario
13,982,984
18,440
6,097
..
1,631
26,168
187
-1.5
-0.3

manitoba
1,318,128
1,584
..
797
177
2,558
194
-3.3
-0.7

saskatchewan
1,150,632
1,056
..
1,018
230
2,304
200
-0.8
-2.1

alberta
4,252,879
4,303
..
2,640
369
7,312
172
0.4
5.0

british columbia
4,751,612
2,532
..
5,378
851
8,761
184
-0.2
1.9

yukon
37,492
..
..
119
19
138
368
5.9
2.4

northwest territories
44,469
..
..
178
21
199
448
-1.5
13.0

nunavut
37,082
..
..
116
15
131
353
-1.5
-10.8

provincial and territorial total
36,286,425
38,812
11,982
12,240
4,650
67,684
187
-1.1
-0.2

royal canadian mounted police headquarters and training academy
..
..
..
..
1,089
1,089
..
..
..

canada
36,286,425
38,812
11,982
12,240
5,739
68,773
190
-1.2
-1.2

Respond the following question with the most concise answer possible from the table. Answers must be within a JSON object e.g. {"answer": ["YOUR ANSWER"]}. List multiple answers with commas inside the list object. 'police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2016' is the caption of the table. Using the table, respond to this question: According to the provincial and territorial rate,how many officers per 100,000 population have?

{"answer": ["187.0"]}