Police Agencies in Canada

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Transit/Railway Police Services in Canada

Transit Police

British Columbia | Alberta | Ontario | Quebec

National Railway Police

The following provinces have either Transit specific police services, or security services whose members may be appointed Special Provincial Constables.

British Columbia

BC has the unique distinction of having the only armed transit police service in Canada, GVTAPS (the Greater Vancouver Transit Authority Police Service), became fully operational on December 4, 2005.

• GVTA Police Service
  307 Columbia St., New Westminster, BC V3L 1A7
  Phone: 604-515-8300

GVTAPS operates as a Designated Policing Unit authorized by the provincial Police Act and its Regulations as noted below:

• Police Act (British Columbia)
• Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service Regulation; and the
• Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service Operations Regulation

The GVTA Police Service currently has approximately 90 sworn officers and has plans to more than double in size by 2010, to over 200 officers, that would make it the second largest independent police service in BC after the Vancouver Police Department.

 

Alberta

There are no transit specific police in Alberta and all incidents relating to transit are the responsibility of the jurisdictional police service.   The City of Calgary, however, does have a Calgary Transit Protective Service that provides 24 hour security on the system's CTrain service.

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Ontario

OC Transpo (City of Ottawa Public Transit Services) employ Special Provincial Constables for the safety and security of the transit system and their riders.   Uniformed and plainclothes Transit Special Constables are sworn Peace Officers. They have the powers of a Police Officer to enforce the Criminal Code of Canada, the Controlled Drug and Substances Act, the Liquor License act, the Trespass to Property Act, and the Safe Streets Act on all transit vehicles and property.

 

Also, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) employs Special Constables appointed by the Toronto, Peel and York Regional Police Service Boards to provide policing and security services on the commission's system.  The officers operate in either uniform or plain clothes and have police powers to enforce the following on TTC property and vehicles:

• Criminal Code of Canada
• Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
• Trespass to Property Act
• Liquor Licence Act; and
• Section 17 of the Mental Health Act

 

Quebec

Although Montreal has a Transit Security Service (STM), there are no transit specific police in Quebec and all criminal related incidents relating to transit are the responsibility of the jurisdictional police service.

 

 

  

National Railway Police

 

There are two national Railway Police Services in Canada:

• Canadian National Railway Police Service
  Phone: 1-888-888-5909

• Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Police
  General Inquiries:  CPR_Police_Service@cpr.ca

 

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