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     U Kanadi postoje tri nivoa policijskih snaga: općinske, provincijske i državne. Ustavno gledano, osiguranje reda i zakona je obaveza provincija, ali su one te ovlasti prenijele na mnoge gradove i zajednice gradova. Sve provincije, osim njih tri, su svoje ovlasti prenijele na federalne snage, na Kraljevsku kanadsku konjičku policiju RCMP. Newfoundland je jedna od provincija sa vlastitom policijom, ali su one odgovorne samo za veće gradove, dok je sklopila ugovor sa RCMP-om za očuvanje reda u ostalim dijelovima provincije. Kraljevska kanadska konjička policija, poznata kao "Konjanici" (Engleski Mounties) je jedina policijska služba sa ovlastima za sva tri nivoa. Tri provincije sa svojim snagama su: Ontario sa Provincijskom policijom Ontarija, Quebec sa Provincijskom policijom Quebeca te Newfoundland sa Kraljevskim Newfoundlandskim redarstvenicima. Manje kanadske zajednice (sela, općine, manji gradovi) često prepuštaju (ugovorima) svoje ovlasti provincijskim ili federalnim snagama, dok veći gradovi održavaju svoju vlastitu policiju.   

     In Canada, there are three levels of police forces: municipal, provincial, and federal. Constitutionally, law enforcement is a provincial responsibility, although most urban areas have been given the authority by the provinces to maintain their own police force. All but three provinces in turn contract out their provincial law enforcement responsibilities to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the federal police force.

     Newfoundland is one of the provinces with its own provincial police force but that force is only responsible for the larger urban areas. The province has contracted the RCMP to patrol the rest of the province. The RCMP, colloquially known as Mounties, is the only police force to service all three levels. Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland maintain their own provincial police forces: The Ontario Provincial Police, Sûreté du Québec (Quebec Provincial Police) and Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Smaller Canadian municipalities often contract police service from the provincial policing authority, while larger ones maintain their own force.

      As of May 2007, Canada had 64,134 police officers, or 195 per 100,000 people. Canadian police strength reached a peak in 1975, when there were 206 officers per 100,000 people. Although the current number reflects a significant rise in the total police strength in the country (the highest in 12 years after steady declines in the 1980s and 1990s), Canada still lags behind the United States (230 per 100,000), Australia (222), and England and Wales (262). Provincially, Saskatchewan had the highest number at 207 officers per 100,000 and the province has also held the national record for the highest crime rate since 1997. The lowest numbers were in Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador and Alberta