Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Provincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing
- Department
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Program code
- BXI08 (RCMP)
- Core responsibility
- Indigenous, Provincial, Territorial and Municipal Policing
- In Departmental Plans
- 2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Under the Police Service Agreement (PSAs) between Public Safety Canada and contract partners, the RCMP delivers provincial/territorial policing services in all provinces and territories except Ontario and Quebec and municipal policing services in approximately 150 municipalities. These agreements include providing policing to approximately 550 Indigenous communities above and beyond the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program. RCMP services include enforcement of the laws of Canada under various federal and provincial laws including, most notably, the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and provincial statutes. This Program also provides an RCMP presence at select airports, as a contracted police service provider to the Airport Authority in accordance with Transport Canada’s Aerodrome Security Regulations, to protect travellers and transportation infrastructure.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in the Departmental Plans in 2026-27. 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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial/Territorial Policing | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2019-20 – 2027-28 | $8.9B |
| Municipal Policing | Earlier program (name match, medium confidence) | 2019-20 – 2027-28 | $4.05B |
| Provincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing | This program | 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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Budget 2024 measure “RCMP Contract Policing Program”: $217M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2024, PDF page 406 |
| 2026-27 | Appears to combine earlier programs: Provincial/Territorial Policing; Municipal Policing | Canada 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
No results reported yet.
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 75% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $2.77B | — |
| 2027-28 | $2.8B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $2.78B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 16,907 | — |
| 2027-28 | 16,976* | — |
| 2028-29 | 16,977* | — |
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
| Plan | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 plan | $2,771,329,685 | $2,802,623,779 | $2,777,524,230 |
| Actual |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
