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| 2 | police officers by level of policing, by province and territory, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | province and territory | 2015 population | municipal police services | provincial police services | royal canadian mounted police |  | total police officers | police officers per 100,000 population | percent change in rate |  |
| 4 |  |  |  |  | contract policing | federal and other policing |  |  | 2014 to 2015 | 2005 to 2015 |
| 5 |  | number |  |  |  |  |  | rate | percent |  |
| 6 | newfoundland and labrador | 527,756 | .. | 393 | 401 | 95 | 889 | 168 | -0.4 | 11.7 |
| 7 | prince edward island | 146,447 | 97 | .. | 102 | 27 | 226 | 154 | -4.4 | 0.0 |
| 8 | nova scotia | 943,002 | 863 | .. | 810 | 182 | 1,855 | 197 | -1.6 | 13.6 |
| 9 | new brunswick | 753,871 | 437 | .. | 688 | 153 | 1,278 | 170 | -0.8 | -2.2 |
| 10 | quebec | 8,263,600 | 9,521 | 5,555 | .. | 935 | 16,011 | 194 | -1.7 | -0.4 |
| 11 | ontario | 13,792,052 | 18,414 | 6,137 | .. | 1,654 | 26,205 | 190 | -0.6 | 1.6 |
| 12 | manitoba | 1,293,378 | 1,589 | .. | 815 | 198 | 2,602 | 201 | -2.7 | 5.1 |
| 13 | saskatchewan | 1,133,637 | 1,041 | .. | 988 | 257 | 2,286 | 202 | -1.3 | -0.4 |
| 14 | alberta | 4,196,457 | 4,209 | .. | 2,596 | 350 | 7,155 | 171 | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| 15 | british columbia | 4,683,139 | 2,534 | .. | 5,265 | 879 | 8,678 | 185 | -0.9 | 4.5 |
| 16 | yukon | 37,428 | .. | .. | 112 | 18 | 130 | 347 | -4.8 | -7.7 |
| 17 | northwest territories | 44,088 | .. | .. | 181 | 20 | 201 | 456 | 4.4 | 14.4 |
| 18 | nunavut | 36,919 | .. | .. | 116 | 15 | 131 | 355 | 7.6 | -11.1 |
| 19 | provincial and territorial total | 35,851,774 | 38,705 | 12,085 | 12,074 | 4,783 | 67,647 | 189 | -0.9 | 2.2 |
| 20 | royal canadian mounted police headquarters and training academy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1,130 | 1,130 | .. | .. | .. |
| 21 | canada | 35,851,774 | 38,705 | 12,085 | 12,074 | 5,913 | 68,777 | 192 | -0.9 | 1.4 |

Question: how many percentage points did the rate of police strength increase in alberta?
Answer: 0.5