Royal Canadian Mounted Police facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceGendarmerie royale du Canada (French) |
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Badge of the RCMP
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Corps ensign
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| Abbreviation | RCMP/GRC |
| Motto | Maintiens le droit (French) ("Uphold the law") |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 February 1920 |
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| Employees | 30,092 (2019) |
| Volunteers | Approximately 1,600 Auxiliary Constables |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Canada |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | M. J. Nadon Government of Canada Building 73 Leikin Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2 |
| Sworn members |
18,986 (Apr. 2019)
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| Unsworn members |
11,210 (Apr. 2019)
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| Parent agency | Public Safety Canada |
| Divisions |
15
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| Facilities | |
| Detachments |
712
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| Vehicles |
8,677
Cars: 5,600
Trucks: 2,350 Motorcycles: 34 Snowmobiles: 481 All-terrain vehicles: 181 |
| Boats | 5 |
| Fixed-wings | 26 |
| Helicopters | 8 |
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| While a federal agency, the RCMP also provides direct policing to territories. | |
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), (French: Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)), is the national police force of Canada. The force is also called the Mounties.
Unique organization
RCMP is unique in the world because it is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing organization:
- RCMP is the federal police for all of Canada.
- RCMP serves as the police for the three Canadian territories
- RCMP serves eight of the ten Canadian provinces (except Ontario and Quebec).
- RCMP provides police services for more than 190 municipalities
- RCMP is the police for 184 native communities -- the First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
- RCMP ensures security at three international airports.
The RCMP/GRC wording is protected under the Canadian Trade-marks Act.
History
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police (RNWMP), was founded 1873. The Mounties were created to establish authority and to make accommodations with the native population in the west before settlers began to arrive.
The Mounties were given the right to use the term Royal by King Edward VII in 1904.
Today's RCMP is the result of a reoganisation in 1920.
Images for kids
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Trooper of the North-West Mounted Police c. 1900
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Mountie, c.1935
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Sunset Ceremony 2012
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Members of the Unistʼotʼen Camp stand with a checkpoint sign in 2012 as part of the longstanding Coastal GasLink Pipeline protests. During RCMP enforcement operations in early 2020, members of the Camp were arrested during a "ceremony to honour the ancestors."
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An RCMP officer wearing the operational uniform without a bulletproof vest.
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Chief Supt. John Robin speaks with press while wearing the RCMP dress uniform.
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RCMP members, wearing the Red Serge, participate in a Canada Day parade in 2015 on Saint-Catherine Street, Montreal.
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RCMP officer, 2011
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National Division building in Ottawa
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An RCMP chief superintendent (foreground) attends the opening of an Operational Integration Centre, alongside representatives of US counterpart agencies.
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RCMP truck at G20 Summit in Toronto
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Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor at Parliament Hill in Ottawa
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RCMP-CCG vessel Simmonds with CCGS Cape Hurd
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RCMP Pilatus PC-12
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RCMP issue Smith & Wesson Model 5946 service pistol with Hogue grip
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RCMP issue Taser International X-26 conducted energy weapon
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Canadian flag carried by RCMP at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
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Although the official band of the RCMP has disbanded, several small RCMP pipe bands such as this one still remain.
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A Mounties Band in Yukon, 1901.
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The RCMP Tartan
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See also
In Spanish: Policía Montada del Canadá para niños
