Authorized Police Strength by Municipality in the Lower Mainland

Yesterday, I posted some information about Langley City’s Community Crime Prevention Strategic Plan. In that post, I noted that Langley City has a high RCMP to resident ratio. I thought I would expand on that point.

Using information from Statistics Canada, BC Stats, and the Township of Langley, I created the following chart and table which shows the authorized police officer strength per 100,000 population in the Lower Mainland.

Authorized police officer strength per 100,000 in the Lower Mainland. Select chart to enlarge.

	Population	Authorized police officer strength	Authorized police officer strength per 100,000 population
North Vancouver District	89,435	78	87.2
Kent	6,464	6	92.8
Richmond	209,838	223	106.3
Coquitlam	149,450	162	108.4
White Rock	20,873	23	110.2
Maple Ridge	90,630	101	111.4
Langley Township	128,999	144	111.6
Burnaby	248,071	277	111.7
Pitt Meadows	19,924	23	115.4
Port Coquitlam	62,626	73	116.6
North Vancouver City	57,021	67	117.5
Mission	41,860	51	121.8
Chilliwack	95,641	124	129.7
Surrey	568,158	773	136.1
Abbotsford	153,866	219	142.3
New Westminster	77,950	112	143.7
Port Moody	35,138	52	148
West Vancouver	46,643	79	169.4
Delta	109,674	190	173.2
Langley City	27,595	51	184.8
Hope	6,357	12	188.8
Vancouver	678,308	1,327	195.6

This information is from 2018 which is the most recent year that information is available from Statistics Canada. Information for Langley was combined in 2018, so I used information from the Township of Langley and BC Stats to break out the numbers.

Authorized police strength means the number of police officer positions allowed to be filled, whether they were filled or vacant.