Police Officers by Rank and Gender in Canada, with Annual Changes

Statistics Canada provides data on the number of police officers by rank and gender. The dataset shows counts of male and female officers at each rank and tracks annual changes in these numbers. The data was originally compiled by the Government of Ontario's Ministry of Solicitor Services, though compilation has since ceased.

Use Cases

• Analyzing gender representation trends across different police ranks based on the annual change data.
• Tracking the evolution of workforce demographics in law enforcement over time.
• Benchmarking the distribution of male and female officers by seniority level.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Includes time-series information on annual changes in officer counts.
• License is OGL-CA-2.0, a permissive open government license for Canada.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario | Gouvernement de l'Ontario, via Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records of police services.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 12:01:36.392487; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada