Canada
A few police departments in Canada use divisions to represent stations or patrol areas, but some are a mix of operational and administrative units with the force.
A few police agencies using divisions include:
- Peel Regional Police - 5 (4 geographic and 1 operational)
- Ottawa Police Service - 3 (geographic)
- Edmonton Police Service - 5 (geographic)
- Halifax Regional Police - 4 (3 geographic and 1 operational)
- Hamilton Police Service - 3 (geographic)
- Toronto Police Service - 17 (numeric)
- Vancouver Police Department - 3 (operational)
- Victoria Police Department - 6 (operational and administrative)
- Waterloo Regional Police Service - 5 (geographic)
- Winnipeg Police Service - 5 (geographic)
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