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Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Municipal Policing

Program code
BXI02 (RCMP)
Core responsibility
Indigenous, Provincial, Territorial and Municipal Policing
In Departmental Plans
2019-20 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

Under the Police Service Agreements (PSAs) between Public Safety Canada and client governments, the RCMP provides municipal policing services in 151 municipalities. RCMP services include enforcement of the laws of Canada under various federal and provincial laws including, most notably, the Criminal Code, Youth Criminal Justice Act, provincial statutes and municipal bylaws.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Municipal Policing 2019-20: $627MMunicipal Policing 2020-21: $432MMunicipal Policing 2021-22: $782MMunicipal Policing 2022-23: $894MMunicipal Policing 2023-24: $621MMunicipal Policing 2024-25: $696MMunicipal Policing 2025-26: $791MMunicipal Policing 2026-27: $863MMunicipal Policing 2027-28: $889MProvincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing 2026-27: $2.77BProvincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing 2027-28: $2.8BProvincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing 2028-29: $2.78BMunicipal PolicingProvincial/Territorial/Municipal Pol…
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Municipal PolicingThis program2019-20 – 2027-28$4.05B
Provincial/Territorial/Municipal PolicingLater program (name match, medium confidence)2026-27 – 2028-29—

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Spending $432M, against $627M in 2019-20 (−31%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Spending $782M, against $432M in 2020-21 (+81%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Spending $621M, against $894M in 2022-23 (−31%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Appears to be replaced by Provincial/Territorial/Municipal PolicingCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage (%) of municipal partners who strongly agree or agree with the statement “We are satisfied with the administration and maintenance of the Municipal Police Service Agreements”
Expected result: Improved administration of Municipal Police Services Agreements
58%2019-20✗ not met57%2020-21✗ not met53%2021-22✗ not met53%2022-23✗ not met0%2023-24✗ not met0%2024-25✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 80%202058%
The RCMP has not met its target of 80% and will continue to work with contract partners to improve the various processes involved in the administration of the Police Service Agreements.
Not met
2020-21≥ 80%202157%
The RCMP has not met its target of 80% and will continue to work with contract partners to improve the various processes involved in the administration of the Police Service Agreements. Further, work is ongoing with the program responsible for the Contract Partner Surveys to ensure the appropriateness of respondents, with the goal of achieving a more accurate representation of feedback from those…
Not met
2021-22≥ 80%202253%
RCMP will engage with our contract partners, via the Contract Management Committee, to seek input regarding areas of concern and/or areas for improvement.
Not met
2022-23≥ 80%202353%
RCMP will engage with its contract partners and other stakeholders to seek input regarding areas of concern and/or areas for improvement.
Not met
2023-24≥ 80%20240%
The RCMP Policing Partners & Stakeholders survey was not administered for 2023-24.
Not met
2024-25≥ 80%20250%
The RCMP Contract Partners Survey was not administered for 2024-25.
Not met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2019-20: $407M2019-20: $627M2019-202020-21: $366M2020-21: $432M2020-212021-22: $333M2021-22: $782M2021-222022-23: $491M2022-23: $894M2022-232023-24: $464M2023-24: $621M2023-242024-25: $649M2024-25: $696M2024-252025-26: $791M2025-262026-27: $863M2026-272027-28: $889M2027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2019-20$407M$627M
2020-21$366M$432M
2021-22$333M$782M
2022-23$491M$894M
2023-24$464M$621M
2024-25$649M$696M
2025-26$791M—
2026-27$863M*—
2027-28$889M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2019-20: 5,7192019-20: 5,9422019-202020-21: 5,9832020-21: 5,9982020-212021-22: 6,0252021-22: 5,9082021-222022-23: 5,9522022-23: 5,9702022-232023-24: 5,9522023-24: 5,8972023-242024-25: 5,9522024-25: 5,6562024-252025-26: 6,0472025-262026-27: 6,1082026-272027-28: 6,1272027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2019-205,7195,942
2020-215,9835,998
2021-226,0255,908
2022-235,9525,970
2023-245,9525,897
2024-255,9525,656
2025-266,047—
2026-276,108*—
2027-286,127*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.