The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) ( French : Gendarmerie royale du Canada ( GRC ) , literally ` Royal Gendarmerie of Canada ' ; colloquially known as the Mounties , and internally as ` the Force ' ) is both a federal and a national police force of Canada , and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world .
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) , ( French : Gendarmerie royale du Canada ( GRC ) ) , is the national police force of Canada .