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| Ontario Provincial Police Police Provinciale de l'Ontario | |
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 Badge of the OPP | |
 Shoulder flash of the OPP | |
 Flag of the OPP | |
| Abbreviation | OPP |
| Motto | Safe Communities, A Secure Ontario[1] |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 13 October 1909[2] |
| Employees | 6 100+ uniformed officers 500+ auxiliary officers 2 800+ civilian employees[1] |
| Annual budget | $1,428,600,000(CAD), 2022–2023 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Ontario, Canada |
| Governing body | Ministry of the Solicitor General |
| Constituting instrument | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 777 Memorial Avenue Orillia, Ontario, Canada |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive | |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 170[4] |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. The OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways; protects provincial government buildings and officials, with the exception of the legislative precinct; patrols unincorporated areas in northern Ontario; provides training, operational support, and funding to some Indigenous police forces; and investigates complex or multi-jurisdictional crimes across the province.[5] The OPP also has a number of local mandates through contracts with municipal governments and First Nations, where it acts as the local police force and provides front-line services.[6][7]
With an annual budget of nearly $1.4 billion,[8] the OPP employed more than 6,100 uniformed officers, 500 auxiliary officers, and 2,800 civilian employees in 2023,[9] making it the largest police service in Ontario and the second-largest in Canada (after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). The OPP's operations are directed by its commissioner (Thomas Carrique) and it is a division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General.[10]
- ^ a b "2023 Annual Report". Ontario Provincial Police. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "The OPP Museum – Historical Highlights of the Ontario Provincial Police". Ontario Provincial Police. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Office of the Commissioner". Ontario Provincial Police. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Ontario Provincial Police Detachment List". Ontario Provincial Police. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "What we do". Ontario Provincial Police.
- ^ "OPP Municipal Policing". Ontario Provincial Police.
- ^ "Indigenous Policing". Ontario Provincial Police.
- ^ "Expenditure Estimates for the Ministry of the Solicitor General (2021-22)". www.ontario.ca. Treasury Board Secretariat. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "INFO-GO | Government of Ontario Employee and Organization Directory". www.infogo.gov.on.ca. Retrieved 5 May 2021.