The data displays the total number of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers in Canada in 2017, distinguished by level of policing and province. In 2017, there were 5,529 Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers acting in contract policing positions in British Columbia.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was founded in 1920 by the joining of the Dominion Police (a federal police force in the eastern part of Canada) and the Northwest Mounted Police (established to police the newly acquired Northwest Territories).
