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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Canada.
Federal
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Canada Post Security & Investigation Services
- Canada Revenue Agency Criminal Investigations Program[1]
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency Inspectors and Investigators
- Canadian Forces Military Police
- Correctional Service of Canada
- Environment Canada Environmental and Wildlife Enforcement Officers
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fishery Officers
- Health Canada Compliance and Enforcement Officers
- National Battlefields Commission Battlefields Park Police
- Parks Canada Agency Park Wardens
- Parliamentary Protective Service Constables
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Transport Canada Inspectors
Railway
Provincial and Territorial
Alberta
Provincial
- Alberta Community Peace Officers
- Alberta Parks Conservation Officers
- Alberta Correctional Services Division
- Alberta Environment and Parks - Environmental Protection Peace Officers
- Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officers
- Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)
- Alberta Sheriffs Branch
Municipal
- Calgary Police Service
- Camrose Police Service
- Edmonton Police Service
- Lacombe Police Service
- Lethbridge Police Service
- Medicine Hat Police Service
- Taber Police Service
British Columbia
Provincial
- British Columbia Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement
- British Columbia Community Safety Unit[2]
- British Columbia Conservation Officer Service
- British Columbia Correctional Service[3]
- British Columbia Natural Resources Officers[4]
- British Columbia Park Rangers[5]
- British Columbia Passenger Transportation Branch[6]
- British Columbia Sheriff Service
- British Columbia Special Provincial Constables - Provincial Fraud Investigators
- Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – British Columbia
Subprovincial
- Abbotsford Police Department
- Central Saanich Police Service
- Delta Police Department
- Lower Mainland Integrated Road Safety Units[7]
- Metro Vancouver Transit Police
- Nelson Police Department
- New Westminster Police Service
- Oak Bay Police Department
- Port Moody Police Department
- Saanich Police Department
- Surrey Police Service
- Vancouver Police Department
- Victoria Police Department
- West Vancouver Police Department
Manitoba
Provincial
- Manitoba Conservation Officers Service
- Manitoba Sheriff Service
- Motor Carrier Enforcement[8]
- Natural Resource Officer Service
Subprovincial
- Altona Police Service[9]
- Brandon Police Service[10]
- Manitoba First Nations Police[11]
- Morden Police Service[12]
- RM of Cornwallis Police Service
- RM of Whitehead Police Service
- Rivers Police Service
- Sainte-Anne Police Department
- Springfield Police Service
- Victoria Beach Police[13]
- Winkler Police Service[14]
- Winnipeg Police Service
New Brunswick
Provincial
- Department of Justice and Public Safety (JPS)
- Conservation Enforcement Unit
- Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit
- Off Road Vehicle Enforcement Unit
- Compliance Enforcement Unit
- New Brunswick Sheriff’s Service
- Correctional Services
- Coroner's Service
Municipal
- Bathurst City Police Service
- Beresford, Nigadoo, Petit-Rocher and Pointe-Verte Regional Police Service (B.N.P.P. Regional Police Service)
- Edmundston Police Force
- Fredericton Police Force
- Grand Falls Police Force
- Kennebecasis Regional Police Force (formerly Rothesay Regional Police Force)
- Miramichi Police Force
- Saint John Police Force
- Woodstock Police Force
Newfoundland and Labrador
Provincial
Subprovincial
- St. John's Municipal Enforcement
- Gander Municipal Police
- Grand Falls-Windsor Municipal Police
- Memorial University: Campus Enforcement and Patrol (CEP)
Northwest Territories
- NWT Highway Patrol (Highway Transport Officer)
- NWT Renewable Resources Officer
- NWT Parks Officer
- Yellowknife Municipal Enforcement Division
- Inuvik Bylaw Enforcement
- Hay River Municipal Enforcement
- NWT Sheriff Service
Nova Scotia
Provincial
- Nova Scotia Sheriff Service
- Nova Scotia Vehicle Transportation Inspection
- Nova Scotia Conservation Enforcement
Subprovincial
- Amherst Police Department
- Annapolis Royal Police Department
- Bridgewater Police Service
- Cape Breton Regional Police Department: Sydney
- Halifax Regional Police
- Kentville Police Service
- New Glasgow Regional Police: New Glasgow
- New Glasgow Regional Police: Trenton
- Stellarton Police Service
- Truro Police Service
- Westville Police Service
Ontario
Provincial
- Niagara Parks Police
- Ontario Ministry of Environment Enforcement
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Tobacco Enforcement Officers (through Public Health Units)
- Ontario Ministry of Finance Enforcement
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Conservation Officers & Provincial Park Wardens
- Ontario Ministry of Transportation/ Motor Carrier Enforcement
- Ontario Provincial Police
Municipal
- Aylmer Police[17]
- Barrie Police Service
- Belleville Police Service
- Brantford Police Service
- Brockville Police Service
- Chatham-Kent Police Service
- Cobourg Police Service
- Cornwall Community Police Service
- Deep River Police Service
- Durham Regional Police Service
- Gananoque Police Service
- Greater Sudbury Police Service
- Guelph Police Service
- Halton Regional Police Service
- Hamilton Police Service
- Hanover Police Service
- Kawartha Lakes Police Service
- Kingston Police
- LaSalle Police Service
- London Police Service
- Niagara Regional Police Service
- North Bay Police Service
- Ottawa Police Service
- Owen Sound Police Service
- Peel Regional Police
- Peterborough Police Service
- Port Hope Police Service
- St. Thomas Police Service
- Sarnia Police Service
- Saugeen Shores Police Service
- Sault Ste. Marie Police Service
- Smiths Falls Police Service
- South Simcoe Police Service
- Stratford Police Service
- Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service
- Thunder Bay Police Service
- Timmins Police Service
- Toronto Police Service
- Waterloo Regional Police Service
- West Grey Police Service
- Windsor Police Service
- Woodstock Police Service
- York Regional Police
Transit
- GO Transit Special Constables
- Toronto Transit Commission Transit Enforcement Unit
- OC Transpo Special Constables
- YRT Special Constable Services
- MiWay (Mississauga Transit) Enforcement Unit
Housing
- Toronto Community Housing Special Constables
- Ottawa Community Housing Safety Services
Universities
- University of Toronto Campus Safety
- Brock University Special Constables
- Carleton University Special Constables
- Fanshawe College Special Constables
- McMaster University Special Constables
- University of Western Ontario Campus Police Service
- University of Windsor Campus Police
- Wilfrid Laurier University Special Constable Service
- University of Waterloo Police Services
Prince Edward Island
Provincial
- Prince Edward Island Conservation Officers
- Prince Edward Island Department of Corrections
- Prince Edward Island Fire Marshals Office
- Prince Edward Island Highway Safety
- Prince Edward Island Sheriff Services
Subprovincial
- Charlottetown Police
- Summerside Police
- Kensington Police
- UPEI Campus Police
Quebec
Provincial
- Sûreté du Québec
- Constable spécial du gouvernement du Québec
- Service de la protection de la faune
Municipal
- Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
- Service de police de la Ville de Québec
- Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau
- Service de police de la Ville de Laval
- Service de police de l'agglomération de Longueuil
- Service de police de la Ville de Blainville
- Service de police de Châteauguay
- Régie de police de Lac des 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 Mercier
- 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Service de police de la Ville de Saint-Jérôme
- Service de la Sûreté municipale de Thetford Mines
- Sûreté et contrôle de la société de transport de Montréal (Transit Security)
- Sûreté aéroportuaire de l'aéroport Montréal-Trudeau (Airport Patrol Officer)
Saskatchewan
Provincial
- Saskatchewan Firearms Office
- Saskatchewan Vehicle Impoundment Against Sexual Exploitation (VISE)
- Saskatchewan Corrections
- Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS)
- Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team (WEST)
- Animal Protection Officers
- Provincial Protective Services Branch(PPS)
*Conservation Officers *Saskatchewan Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) *Saskatchewan Sheriff Service (court security and Prisoner Transport) *Saskatchewan Highway Patrol *Wascana Park Community Safety Officers
(Note: As of April 2022, agencies with a * and some other unlisted agencies have been merged into the "Provincial Protective Services")
Municipal
- Caronport Police Service
- Corman Park Police Service
- Dalmeny Police Service
- Estevan Police Service
- Luseland Police Service
- Moose Jaw Police Service
- Prince Albert Police Service
- Regina Police Service
- File Hills 1st Nations Police Service
- Saskatoon Police Service
- University of Saskatchewan Department of Protective Services
- Vanscoy Police Service
- Weyburn Police Service
- North Battleford Community Safety Officers
- Yorkton Community Safety Officer[18]
Yukon Territory
- Yukon Highway & Public Works - Carrier Compliance Division
- Yukon Sheriffs Office[19]
- Yukon Conservation Officer Service[20]
Indigenous police
Alberta
- Blood Tribe Police Service[21]
- North Peace Tribal Police Service
- Lakeshore Regional Police Service[22]
- Tsuu T'ina Nation Police Service
British Columbia
Manitoba
- Manitoba First Nation Police Services - MFNPS (Formally: Dakota Ojibway Police Services - DOPS) serves the following areas:
- Long Plain First Nation, Sandy Bay First Nation, Swan Lake First Nation, Birdtail Sioux First Nation, Canupawakpa Dakota Nation, Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation, Waywayseecappo First Nation and Opaskwayak Cree Nation.
Visit website: Manitoba First Nation Police
New Brunswick
- Woodstock First Nation Police – Woodstock, New Brunswick
Ontario
- First Nations Police
- Six Nations Police Service[24] - Oshweken
- Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service – Wikwemikong, Ontario
- Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service– Thunder Bay
- Treaty Three Police Service – Kenora, Ontario
- UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service[25] – M'Chigeeng First Nation
- Anishinabek Police Service[26] – Garden River
- Tyendinaga Mohawk Police – Shannonville, Ontario
- Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service – Akwesasne, Ontario
- Rama Police Service[27]
- Lac Seul Police Service
- Walpole Island Police Service – Wallaceburg, Ontario
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
- Essipit Police Service
- Uashat mak Maleotanam Public Security
Saskatchewan
- File Hill First Nations Police Service[28]
Fictional
In various television and film media, producers may decide to utilise fictitious law enforcement agencies for the purpose of artistic license or copyright reasons.
Local
- Algonquin Bay Police Department - police service in the CTV-Super Écran crime drama Cardinal, with jurisdiction in the fictional city of Algonquin Bay, Ontario.
- Little Big Bear Police Service - police service in the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star, covering the fictional town of Little Big Bear, Alberta.
- Metropolitan Law Enforcement - police service in the Global series Rookie Blue. The former is printed on the police force logo, however it is often referred to as the "Metropolitan Police" in show. The show is set in Toronto, but does not make overt references to the city until later seasons. The real life counterpart would be the Toronto Police Service.
- Metropolitan Police - police service in the CTV series Flashpoint and CBC Television series Cracked. A generic fictionalised version of the Toronto Police Service, it is home to the Strategic Response Unit (itself based on the Emergency Task Force).
- Regional Police - regional police service in the Showcase TV series Trailer Park Boys. The service is shown to have a Parking Enforcement Division additionally. It is a fictional/generic version of the Halifax Regional Police.
- Reverie Ipowahtaman Police Service - aboriginal police service in the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star. It covers the fictional Ipowahtaman First Nations reserve in Reverie, northern Alberta.
- Service de Police de Grande Ourse (Great Bear Police Service) - the local police service in the 2004 Radio-Canada TV series Grande Ourse. It covers the fictional mining town of Grande Ourse (Great Bear) in northern Quebec.
- Service de Police Métropolitain (Metropolitan Police Service) - police service used in the 1998 Radio-Canada TV series Caserne 24, the 2011 Radio-Canada and 2014 Bravo-CTV series 19-2. In Caserne 24 it is the generic police service for the unnamed city the show is set in. In both versions of 19-2 it is a fictitious, generic version of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, with the uniforms and police vehicles bearing strong resemblance to the real Montreal.
- Municipal Police Service - the police service covering Dog River, Saskatchewan, the fictional town in the CTV series Corner Gas. Generally just a two person police force, who do mostly Traffic Work. The Police Agency that would actually patrol the area would be the Royal Canadian Mounted Police .
Provincial
- Securite du Quebec - the provincial police service mentioned in the Radio-Canada and Bravo series 19-2. It is a fictional version of the Sûreté du Québec.
- Sûreté Nationale du Québec - the provincial police service in the 1996 Radio-Canada TV series Omerta. It is a fictional version of the Sûreté du Québec.
Federal
- Immigration and Customs Security (Sécurité de l'immigration et des douanes) - the federal agency that is the main focus of the CBC television series The Border. Created to deal with trans-border matters including terrorism and smuggling, it operates under the supervision of Public Safety Canada. Throughout the series the agency liaises with both the Department of Homeland Security and MI6.
- Royal Canadian Federal Police, RCFP (Gendarmerie Royale Fédérale du Canada, GRFC) - national police service Sky Atlantic series Tin Star. Officers wear tan pants with a blue stripe, dark blue shirts with the service patch on either shoulder and black bulletproof vests with POLICE emblazoned on the front. It is a fictional version of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Canada Border Patrol, CBP (Patrouille Frontalière Canadienne, PFC) - national border services agency featured in the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star. It is a fictional version of, and has similar uniforms to the Canada Border Services Agency.
See also
- Interpol
- Law enforcement by country
- Law enforcement in Canada
- List of countries by size of police forces
- Terrorism in Canada
References
- ^ Agency, Canada Revenue (2018-10-04). "The CRA's criminal investigations process". aem. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- ^ General, Ministry of Attorney. "Community Safety Unit - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ B.C. Corrections: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/corrections
- ^ Ministry of Forests, Lands; Strategy, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. "Natural Resource Officers - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "How to Become a BC Parks Ranger". BC Parks Blog. Government of British Columbia. 10 February 2016.
- ^ Infrastructure, Ministry of Transportation and. "Passenger Transportation Compliance & Enforcement - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ Integrated Road Safety Units: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/policing-in-bc/road-safety-auto-crime/irsu
- ^ Motor Carrier Enforcement: https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/mcd/mce/
- ^ Altona Police Service: https://altona.ca/police/
- ^ Brandon Police Service: http://police.brandon.ca/
- ^ Manitoba First Nations Police: http://mfnp.ca/
- ^ Morden Police Service: http://mordenpolice.com/
- ^ Victoria Beach Police: http://www.vbpolice.ca/
- ^ Winkler Police Service: http://www.winklerpolice.ca/
- ^ "Municipal Enforcement | City of Iqaluit". www.iqaluit.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Nunavut Courts - Sheriff". www.nunavutcourts.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Aylmer Police Station". www.aylmerpolice.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Community Safety Officers". www.yorkton.ca. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ Yukon Sheriffs now armed: https://www.yukon-news.com/news/sheriffs-now-armed/
- ^ Yukon Department of Environment - Conservation Officer Service: https://yukon.ca/en/department-environment
- ^ Blood Tribe Police Service: http://www.bloodtribepolice.com
- ^ Lakeshore Regional Police Service: http://www.lakeshoreregionalpolice.com/
- ^ Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service: http://www.stlatlimxpolice.ca/
- ^ Six Nations Police: http://www.snpolice.ca/
- ^ U.C.C.M. Anishnaabe Police Services: http://www.uccmpolice.com/, United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin
- ^ Anishinabek Police Service: http://www.apscops.org/
- ^ Rama Police Service: http://www.ramapolice.ca
- ^ File Hills First Nations Police Service: http://www.filehillspolice.ca