List of Law Enforcement Agencies in Canada
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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Canada.
Federal
- Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
- Canada Border Services AgencyCanada Border Services AgencyThe Canada Border Services Agency is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border enforcement, immigration enforcement and customs services....
- Correctional Service of CanadaCorrectional Service of CanadaThe Correctional Service of Canada , or CSC, is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders sentenced to two years or more...
- Parks CanadaParks CanadaParks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative...
Park Wardens - Atomic Energy of Canada Security Service
- National Battlefields Commission Battlefields Park Police
- Environment CanadaEnvironment CanadaEnvironment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment Canada (EC) (French: Environnement Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment...
Environmental and Wildlife Enforcement Officers - Fisheries and Oceans CanadaFisheries and Oceans CanadaFisheries and Oceans Canada, frequently referred to as DFO , is the department within the government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters...
Fishery Officers - Canada PostCanada PostCanada Post Corporation, known more simply as Canada Post , is the Canadian crown corporation which functions as the country's primary postal operator...
Postal Inspector - Security and Investigation Service - Ports Canada Police (defunct)
Military
- Canadian Forces Provost MarshalCanadian Forces Provost MarshalCanadian Forces Provost Marshal is also the Commander of the Canadian Forces Military Police Group. The Group includes the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, the investigation arm of the Canadian Forces Military Police, the Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks, the...
- Military PoliceCanadian Forces Military PoliceThe Canadian Forces Military Police provide military police services to the Canadian Forces.Canadian Military Police are unusual in that they are classified as Peace Officers in the Criminal Code of Canada, which gives them the same powers as civilian law enforcement personnel to enforce Acts of...
- National Investigation ServiceCanadian Forces National Investigation ServiceThe Canadian Forces National Investigation Service is the investigative arm of the Canadian Forces Military Police.-History:The CFNIS was established in 1997 with a mandate to investigate serious and sensitive matters related to Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces...
- 1 Military Police Unit (Land Forces Western Area)
- 2 Military Police Unit (Land Forces Central Area)
- 3 Military Police Unit3 Military Police Unit3 Military Police Regiment is a unit of the Canadian Forces land element . Like all the CF Army Military Police Regiments, while they reside within the Regular Force, the units are actually “total force” units comprising both a regular and reserve component...
(Land Forces Atlantic Area) - 5 Military Police Unit (Land Forces Quebec Area)
- National Investigation Service
- Military Police
Railway
- Canadian National Railway Police ServiceCN PoliceThe Canadian National Railway Police Service is a private police service enforcing all criminal and provincial laws on properties owned, operated and administered by Canadian National Railway...
- Canadian Pacific Railway Police ServiceCanadian Pacific Railway Police ServiceThe Canadian Pacific Police Service is a private police force enforcing safety and policing along Canadian Pacific Railway properties and rail lines in Canada and the United States, including limited sections of the Milton line of GO Transit in the Greater Toronto Area.The current head of the CP...
Other
- House of Commons Security Services
- Senate Protective Services
- Canadian Air Transport Security AuthorityCanadian Air Transport Security AuthorityThe Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is a Canadian Crown corporation responsible for the security screening at the 89 designated airports in Canada...
- National Capital CommissionNational Capital CommissionThe National Capital Commission , is a Canadian Crown corporation that administers the federally owned lands and buildings in Canada's National Capital Region, including Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.The NCC was created in 1959, replacing the Federal District Commission , which had been...
Conservation Officers
Alberta
- Alberta Serious Incident Response Team
- Alberta Parks Conservation Officers
- Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officers
- Alberta Sheriffs
- Calgary Police ServiceCalgary Police ServiceCalgary Police Service, formed in 1885, is the municipal police force for the City of Calgary, Alberta.- Organization :Founded in 1885, the current head of the CPS is Chief Rick Hanson...
- Camrose Police ServiceCamrose Police ServiceCamrose Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Camrose, Alberta. Currently headed by Chief Darrell Kambeitz.- External links :*...
- Edmonton Police ServiceEdmonton Police ServiceEdmonton Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Organization:The current head of the EPS is Roderick Knecht....
- Lacombe Police ServiceLacombe Police ServiceLacombe Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Lacombe, Alberta. Gary W. Leslie is the current Chief of Police. The Lacombe Police Service, established in 1900, is one of the oldest departments in Alberta...
- Lethbridge Regional Police ServiceLethbridge Regional Police ServiceLethbridge Regional Police Service was established 1 February 2004 when the police services of Lethbridge and Coaldale, Alberta, amalgamated. The service covers Lethbridge and Coaldale.-History:...
- Medicine Hat Police ServiceMedicine Hat Police ServiceMedicine Hat Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Currently headed by Chief Andy McGrogan when Chief Gordon Earl suddenly died in office....
- Taber Police ServiceTaber Police ServiceThe Taber Police Service is the municipal police force for the Town of Taber, Alberta. Alf Rudd is the current Chief of Police. In September 2010, it became the only town in Alberta to have its own police service, when the Town of Lacombe incorporated as a city. The force was established in 1904....
British Columbia
- Abbotsford Police DepartmentAbbotsford Police DepartmentAbbotsford Police Department is the police force for the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. The force was established in 1955 as the Matsqui Police Department and was renamed the Abbotsford Police Department when Matsqui and Abbotsford amalgamated in 1995 to become the City of Abbotsford...
- British Columbia Conservation Officer ServiceBritish Columbia Conservation Officer ServiceBritish Columbia Conservation Officer Service is responsible for protecting the environment and natural resources in British Columbia. Conservation Officers are peace officers, armed, and enforce 6 federal statutes and 25 provincial statutes, including the Species at Risk Act, Liquor Control and...
- British Columbia Sheriff ServicesBritish Columbia Sheriff Services-History:British Columbia Sheriff Service traces its roots to the first Sheriff appointed by Governor James Douglas in 1857 for the Colony of Vancouver Island in what is now British Columbia, Canada...
- Central Saanich Police Service
- Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British ColumbiaCombined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British ColumbiaThe Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - British Columbia was established in 2004 to facilitate the disruption and suppression of organized crime in BC and to support municipal police department when public safety is deemed to be a priority...
- Delta Police DepartmentDelta Police DepartmentThe Delta Police Department is the police force for the district municipality of Delta, British Columbia, a suburban community in Metro Vancouver with a population of 102,661...
- South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service
- Nelson Police DepartmentNelson Police DepartmentThe Nelson Police Department is the police force for the City of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.Among the oldest police services in British Columbia, the force came into being as a municipal police force on April 17, 1897. The initial force only consisted of a Chief Constable and one Constable...
- New Westminster Police ServiceNew Westminster Police ServiceThe New Westminster Police Service is the police force for the City of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment who stayed behind after the detachment was...
- Oak Bay Police Department
- Port Moody Police DepartmentPort Moody Police DepartmentThe Port Moody Police Department is the police force for the City of Port Moody, British Columbia.-Controversy:On July 14, 2003, the PMPD came under the spotlight when one of their veteran officers shot dead Keyvan Tabesh, an 18-years old Iranian teen when he held a machete and ran towards the...
- Saanich Police DepartmentSaanich Police DepartmentThe Saanich Police Department is the police force for the District of Saanich, British Columbia led by Chief Constable Mike Chadwick consisting of 149 sworn members, supported by 50 civilians and 35 volunteer Reserve Constables....
- Vancouver Police DepartmentVancouver Police DepartmentThe Vancouver Police Department is the police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Area and is the second largest police force in the province after RCMP "E" Division.VPD was the first Canadian police force...
- Victoria Police DepartmentVictoria Police DepartmentVictoria Police Department is the municipal police force for the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. It is the oldest municipal police department in Canada west of the Great Lakes, the first Canadian law enforcement agency to deploy Tasers and creating the...
- West Vancouver Police DepartmentWest Vancouver Police DepartmentWest Vancouver Police Department is a police force for the district municipality of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Organization:...
Defunct agencies
- British Columbia Provincial PoliceBritish Columbia Provincial PoliceThe British Columbia Provincial Police was the policing body for the Canadian province of British Columbia until 1950. The force is usually dated from the appointment of Chartres Brew in 1858 with the formation of the Colony of British Columbia and associated appointments...
- Organized Crime Agency of British ColumbiaOrganized Crime Agency of British ColumbiaThe Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia was a Crown corporation created as a 'Designated Policing and Law Enforcement Unit' regulated by the British Columbia Police Act and the British Columbia Emergency Program Act...
Manitoba
- Altona Police Service
- Brandon Police Service
- Manitoba Natural Resource Officer
- Morden Police Service
- Rural Municipality of Springfield Police Service
- Victoria Beach Police
- Winkler Police Service
- Winnipeg Police ServiceWinnipeg Police ServiceThe Winnipeg Police Service is the police force of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-History:When Winnipeg became a city in 1873, an election was held to select the city's new Mayor and Aldermen. Those appointed decided to hire city officials, including a Chief Constable. On February 23,...
New Brunswick
- Bathurst Police
- Beresford, Nigadoo, Petit-Rocher and Pointe-Verte Regional Police (B.N.P.P. Regional Police)
- Edmundston Police
- Fredericton PoliceFredericton PoliceFredericton Police is the police force for the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick. A rather crooked force at that.-History:Fredericton Police was created on June 27, 1851. One Police Officer was hired to patrol wards. Their first unofficial Chief of Police was Sgt. Paul Phillips...
- Grand Falls Police
- Miramichi Police
- Rothesay Regional PoliceRothesay Regional Police ForceRothesay Regional Police Force is the police force responsible for Towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The 31-men force is currently headed by Chief of Police Stephen N. McIntyre with the support of 7 auxiliary members.The force was originally created in 1951...
- Saint John Police
- Woodstock Police
- New Brunswick Sheriff Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Royal Newfoundland ConstabularyRoyal Newfoundland ConstabularyThe Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is a police force in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It provides policing to the communities of St. John's and the Northeast Avalon Peninsula, Corner Brook, Churchill Falls, and Labrador City....
- Memorial University Campus Patrol
Nova Scotia
- Amherst Police
- Annapolis Royal Police
- Bridgewater Police
- Cape Breton Regional Police
- Halifax Regional PoliceHalifax Regional PoliceThe Halifax Regional Police is one of a number of law enforcement agencies operating in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia; the other primaries being the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Forces Military Police...
- Kentville Police
- New Glasgow Police
- Springhill Police
- Stellarton Police
- Trenton Police
- Truro Police
- Westville Police
- Nova Scotia Sheriff Services
Ontario
- Amherstburg Police Service
- Aylmer Police Service
- Barrie Police Service
- Belleville Police Service
- Brantford Police Service
- Brockville Police ServiceBrockville Police ServiceThe Brockville Police Service provides policing services for Brockville, the community of the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville is located directly opposite Morristown, New York on the north shore of...
- Chatham-Kent Police Service
- Cobourg Police Service
- Cornwall Community Police Service
- Deep River Police Service
- Dryden Police Service
- Durham Regional Police Service
- Espanola Police Service
- Gananoque Police Service
- Greater Sudbury Police ServiceGreater Sudbury Police ServiceThe Greater Sudbury Police Service is the police force for Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The service is currently made up of 255 uniformed staff and 102 civilians. Two K-9 officers are included in the uniform staff....
- Guelph Police ServiceGuelph Police ServiceGuelph Police Service is the police force for the city of Guelph, Ontario. GPS was formed in 1827 with the founding of the city, and has grown to an authorized strength of 197 sworn officers civilian staff of 84 and serves a population of around 120,000...
- Halton Regional Police ServiceHalton Regional Police ServiceThe Halton Regional Police Service provides policing service for the Regional Municipality of Halton, which is located at the western end of the Greater Toronto Area , in Ontario, Canada. Halton Region encompasses the City of Burlington and the Towns of Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills...
- Hamilton Police ServiceHamilton Police Service (Ontario)The Hamilton Police Service, formerly The Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police, is the local police service for the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This agency is the primary service charged with the duty of enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada in the City of Hamilton. The organization became a...
- Hanover Police Service
- Kawartha Lakes Police Service
- Kingston Police
- LaSalle Police Service
- London Police ServiceLondon Police ServiceThe London Police Service provides policing services for the London, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1855 and renamed from the name London Police Force, its current headquarters is located at 601 Dundas Street in London, Ontario.-Organization:...
- Midland Police Service
- Niagara Regional Police ServiceNiagara Regional Police ServiceThe Niagara Regional Police Service provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Niagara in the Canadian province of Ontario....
- North Bay Police Service
- Ontario Provincial PoliceOntario Provincial PoliceThe Ontario Provincial Police is the Provincial Police service for the province of Ontario, Canada.-Overview:The OPP is the the largest deployed police force in Ontario, and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas...
- Orangeville Police Service
- Ottawa Police ServiceOttawa Police ServiceThe Ottawa Police Service serves the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.-History:The OPS roots come from the formation of the "Bytown Association" in 1847. In 1855 Roderick Ross was the first Chief Constable for the newly formed City of Ottawa...
- Owen Sound Police Service
- Peel Regional PolicePeel Regional PolicePeel Regional Police provides police services for Peel Region in Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest municipal police service in Ontario after the Toronto Police Service and third largest municipal force in Canada with 1,900 uniformed members and close to 800 support staff.Peel Region...
- Pembroke Police Service
- Perth Police Service
- Peterborough-Lakefield Community Police Service
- Port Hope Police Service
- St. Thomas Police Service
- Sarnia Police Service
- Saugeen Shores Police Service
- Sault Ste. Marie Police Service
- Shelburne Police ServiceShelburne Police ServiceThe Shelburne Police Service is the police force for the Town of Shelburne, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1879 and currently consists of 23 members, including 12 police officers, 4 auxiliary police officers, 2 civilian support members and 5 Special Constables...
- Smiths Falls Police Service
- South Simcoe Police ServiceSouth Simcoe Police ServiceThe South Simcoe Police Service is a municipal police service in Ontario, Canada. It borders the York Regional Police to the south and Barrie Police to the north....
- Stirling-Rawdon Police Service
- Stratford Police Service
- Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service
- Thunder Bay Police ServiceThunder Bay Police ServiceThe Thunder Bay Police Service is the police force for the city of Thunder Bay and municipality of Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario, Canada, a service area of with a population of 114,897. The force has 222 sworn officers, 198 per 100,000 people, which is 6 more than the provincial average of 192. The...
- Timmins Police Service
- Toronto Police ServiceToronto Police ServiceThe Toronto Police Service , formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police service for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest municipal police service in Canada and second largest police force in Canada after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
- Waterloo Regional Police ServiceWaterloo Regional PoliceThe Waterloo Regional Police Service provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada which encompasses the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge,as well as the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich.WRPS was established in 1973 to...
- West Grey PoliceWest Grey PoliceWest Grey Police is the police service for the Municipality of West Grey in southwestern Ontario. West Grey is an amalgamated municipality , consisting of the former Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg and Normanby, the former Village of Neustadt, and the former Town of Durham...
Service - West Nipissing Police Service
- Windsor Police Service
- Wingham Police Service
- Woodstock Police Service
- York Regional PoliceYork Regional PoliceYork Regional Police is a law enforcement organization that serves over 1.1 million residents in the York Region, Ontario, Canada, located north of Toronto...
Prince Edward Island
- Charlottetown PoliceCharlottetown Police DepartmentCharlottetown Police Department is the police force for the City of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.The force has 74 officers and 14 staffers...
- Summerside Police
- Kensington Police
- Borden-Carleton Police
- Prince Edward Island Sheriff Services
Quebec
- Sûreté du QuébecSûreté du QuébecSûreté du Québec or SQ is the provincial police force for the Canadian province of Québec...
(Quebec provincial police) - Service de police de la Ville de MontréalService de police de la Ville de MontréalThe Service de police de la Ville de Montréal is the police force for the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With about 4,400 officers and 1,600 civilian staff, it is the second largest municipal police agency in Canada after the Toronto Police Service and second largest in the province behind the...
- Service de police de la Ville de QuébecService de police de la Ville de QuébecThe Service de police de la Ville de Québec is the police force of Quebec City, Quebec.The force patrols from four stations:* Arrondissements de Beauport et de Charlesbourg* Arrondissement de La Cité-Limoilou...
- Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau
- Service de protection des Citoyens de LavalService de police de la Ville de LavalThe Service de police de la ville de Laval is the municipal police force of the city of Laval, Quebec, north of Montreal. The service consists of approximately 500 officers.-Recent Deaths:...
- Service de police de l'agglomération de LongueuilService de police de LongueuilThe Service de police de la Ville de Longueuil or SPL is the police force for the urban agglomeration of Longueuil, Quebec...
- Service de police de la Ville de Blainville
- Service de police de Châteauguay
- Police régionale de Deux-Montagnes
- Service de police de l'Assomption/St-Sulpice
- Service de police de la Ville de Lévis
- Service de la sécurité publique Ville de Mascouche
- Service de police de Mirabel
- Service de police de la MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais
- Service de sécurité publique de la Ville de Repentigny
- Régie intermunicipale de police Richelieu-Saint-Laurent
- Régie intermunicipale de police de Roussillon
- Service de sécurité publique de Saguenay
- Sécurité publique de Saint-Eustache
- Service de police de la Ville de Sherbrooke
- Service de police de Terrebonne
- Régie intermunicipale de police de Thérèse-de-Blainville
- Service de sécurité publique de Trois-Rivières
- Service de police de la Ville de Bromont
- Service de police de la Ville de Granby
- Régie de police de Memphrémagog
- Service de police de la Ville de Mont-Tremblant
- Sécurité publique de Rivière-du-Loup
- Service de police de Sainte-Adèle
- Service de police de la Ville de Sainte-Marie
- Service de police de la Ville de Saint-Georges
- Service de police de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Service de police de la Ville de Saint-Jérôme
- Service de la Sûreté municipale de Thetford Mines
Saskatchewan
- Caronport Police Service
- Corman Park Police Service
- Dalmeny Police Service
- Estevan Police Service
- File Hills Police Service
- Government of Saskatchewan Conservation Officers
- Luseland Police Service
- Moose Jaw Police Service
- Prince Albert Police Service
- Regina Police ServiceRegina Police ServiceRegina Police Service, formed in 1892, is the municipal police force for the City of Regina, Saskatchewan.During the late 1890s, Regina was capital of the Northwest Territories, though not more than a collection of frame buildings and tents...
- Saskatoon Police ServiceSaskatoon Police ServiceSaskatoon Police Service is the municipal police force in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and holds both municipal and provincial jurisdiction. Police Chief Clive Weighill is the head of the force. The deputy chiefs are Deputy Chief Gary Broste , and Deputy Chief Bernie Pannell...
- Stoughton Police Service
- University of Saskatchewan Department of Campus Safety
- Vanscoy Police Service
- Weyburn Police Service
- Wilton Police Services
- Saskatchewan Highway Transport Patrol
Alberta
- Blood Tribe Police Service
- North Peace Tribal Police Service
- Lesser Slave Lake Regional Police Service (defunct)
- Tsuu T'ina Nation Police Service
Manitoba
- Dakota Ojibway Police Service - Birdtail Sioux, Canupawakpa Dakota, Roseau River, Sandy Bay & Sioux Valley First Nations
- Opaskwayak Cree Nation Police Department
New Brunswick
- Woodstock First Nation Police – Woodstock, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Sheriff Services
- Fredericton Police Force
- New Brunswick Department of Public Safety
Ontario
- First Nations PoliceFirst Nations Police (Ontario)First Nations Police is a collective of aboriginal police forces in Ontario. FNP agencies are responsible for police duties concerning reserves in Ontario...
- Six Nations Police Service – Ohsweken, Ontario
- Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service – Wikwemikong, Ontario
- Nishnawbe-Aski Police ServiceNishnawbe-Aski Police ServiceThe Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is the police force for Nishnawbe-Aski Nation . Created in 1994, the force has 175 sworn officers at 35 detachments in NAN communities. The Chief of Police is vacant with Robin Jones Acting Chief of Police...
– Thunder Bay, Ontario - Treaty Three Police ServiceTreaty 3 PoliceThe Treaty Three Police Service in Ontario began as the Treaty #3 Policing Initiative in August 1999 as directed by the Executive Council of Grand Council of Treaty 3. It officially began operation on August 5, 2003, and became Canada’s newest First Nation self-administered police service...
– Kenora, Ontario - UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service – M'Chigeeng First Nation, Ontario
- Anishinabek Police Service – Garden River, Ontario
- Tyendinaga Mohawk Police – Shannonville, Ontario
- Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service – Akwesasne, Ontario
- Walpole Island Police Service – Wallaceburg, Ontario
- Mnjikaning Police Service – Rama-Mnjikaning First Nation, Ontario
- Lac Seul Police Service
Quebec
- Cree Police Service
- Mistissini Cree Police
- Kahnawake Peace Keepers
- Kanesatake Mohawk Police
- Kativik Regional Police Force
- Whapmagoostui Police
- Long Point Police
- Naskapi Police Force
- Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation Police Service