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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gendarmerie royale du Canada
Badge of the RCMP[1]
Patch (i.e. shoulder flash) of the RCMP
Corps ensign of the RCMP[2]
Common name
The Mounties
Abbreviation
RCMP
GRC
Motto
Maintiens le droit (French for 'uphold the right' / 'maintain the right' / 'defend the law')[1][3][4]
Agency overview
Formed
May 23, 1873; 150 years ago (1873-05-23) (NWMP formed)[5][6] February 1, 1920 (1920-02-01) (renamed to RCMP and absorption of Dominion Police)[7]
Preceding agencies
Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) (1873)
Dominion Police (1868)
Employees
30,092 (2019)
Volunteers
Approximately 1,600 auxiliary constables[8]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
Canada
Operations jurisdiction
Canada
Constituting instruments
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (RCMP Act)
Various provincial police legislation
General nature
Federal law enforcement
Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Headquarters
M. J. Nadon Government of Canada Building 73 Leikin Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2[9]
Sworn members
22,445[10] (April 2019)
Commissioners: 1
Deputy commissioners: 6
Assistant commissioners: 26
Chief superintendents: 54
Superintendents: 179
Inspectors: 339
Corps sergeants major: 1
Sergeants major: 10
Staff sergeants major: 8
Staff sergeants: 830
Sergeants: 1,993
Corporals: 3,641
Constables: 11,970
Special constables: 106
Civilian members: 3,087
Unsworn members
5,759[10] (April 2019)
Public Service employees: 5,759
Minister responsible
Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety
Agency executive
Michael Duheme, Commissioner
Parent agency
Public Safety Canada
Divisions
15[10]
National Division: National Capital Region
B Division: Newfoundland and Labrador
C Division: Quebec
D Division: Manitoba
E Division: British Columbia
F Division: Saskatchewan
G Division: Northwest Territories
H Division: Nova Scotia
J Division: New Brunswick
K Division: Alberta
L Division: Prince Edward Island
M Division: Yukon
O Division: Ontario
V Division: Nunavut
Depot Division: Regina, Saskatchewan; Innisfail, Alberta
Detachments
712[11]
Alberta: 119
British Columbia: 154
Manitoba: 88
New Brunswick: 44
Newfoundland: 43
Northwest Territories: 22
Nova Scotia: 53
Nunavut: 26
Ontario: 16
Prince Edward Island: 6
Quebec: 14
Saskatchewan: 113
Yukon: 14
Facilities
Vehicles
8,677
Cars: 5,600
Trucks: 2,350
Motorcycles: 34
Snowmobiles: 481
All-terrain vehicles: 181
Boats
5
Fixed-wings
26[12]
Helicopters
9[12]
Notables
Significant incidents
Mayerthorpe tragedy
Spiritwood Incident
Moncton shooting
2020 Nova Scotia attacks
2022 alleged plot to kill Coutts RCMP officers
Awards
Battle honours
Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (2007)
Website
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
While a federal agency, the RCMP also serves as the local law enforcement agency for various provincial, municipal, and First Nations jurisdictions.[13]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; French: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; GRC) is the national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also delivers police services under contract to 11 provinces and territories, over 150 municipalities, and 600 Indigenous communities. The RCMP is commonly known as the Mounties in English (and colloquially in French as la police montée).
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established in 1920 with the amalgamation of the Royal North-West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police. Sworn members of the RCMP have jurisdiction as a peace officer in all provinces and territories of Canada.[14] Under its federal mandate, the RCMP is responsible for enforcing federal legislation; investigating inter-provincial and international crime; border integrity;[15] overseeing Canadian peacekeeping missions involving police;[16] managing the Canadian Firearms Program, which licenses and registers firearms and their owners;[17] and the Canadian Police College, which provides police training to Canadian and international police services.[18] Policing in Canada is considered to be a constitutional responsibility of provinces;[19] however, the RCMP provides local police services under contract in all provinces and territories except Ontario and Quebec.[20][21][note 1] Despite its name, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are no longer an actual mounted police service, and horses are only used at ceremonial events and certain other occasions.
The Government of Canada considers the RCMP to be an unofficial national symbol,[22] and in 2013, 87 per cent of Canadians interviewed by Statistics Canada said that the RCMP was important to their national identity.[23] However, the service has faced criticism for its broad mandate,[24][25] and its public perception in Canada has gradually soured since the 1990s, worn down by workplace culture lawsuits, several high-profile scandals, staffing shortages, and the service's handling of incidents like the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks.[26][27] The treatment of First Nations people by the RCMP has also been criticized.
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^"Grant of Flags and Badges". Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada. Official website of the Governor General. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^Government of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (April 19, 2018). "Tipstaff". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^"Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Badges and Insignia". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. February 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
^Government of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (January 24, 2020). "History of the RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police". www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
^"Infographic for Royal Canadian Mounted Police". GC InfoBase. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
^Government of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (July 20, 2016). "Historically relevant dates to the RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police". www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
^"Auxiliary Constable Program". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
^"New RCMP National Headquarters Building: The M.J. Nadon Government of Canada Building". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. October 5, 2011. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
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^"About the RCMP". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
^Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, RSC 1985, c R-10, s 11.1.
^"Border Law Enforcement". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. July 22, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
^"Peace operations". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. August 9, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
^"Firearms". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. October 10, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
^"Canadian Police College". June 25, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
^"Police in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
^"Community policing". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. April 15, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
^"Contract policing". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. August 30, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
^"Unofficial symbols of Canada". Government of Canada. June 5, 2020.
^"The Dark Side of the RCMP". The Walrus. October 20, 2021.
^"The RCMP is broken". Maclean's. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
^Hager, Mike (May 2, 2021). "RCMP's dismal record on investigating money laundering in B.C. is improving, Cullen Commission hears". Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
^"Strained RCMP struggling with services as controversies erode trust". Global News.
^"Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
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