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==Canada==
[[File:Sûreté du Québec black and white Ford Police Interceptor Utility.jpg|thumb|Sûreté du Québec cruiser]]
[[Law enforcement in Canada]] operates at the federal, provincial, and local levels. Three [[provinces of Canada]] have a dedicated police force, with jurisdiction over some or all of the province:
* [[Ontario Provincial Police]] ([[Ontario]])
* [[Royal Newfoundland Constabulary]] ([[Newfoundland and Labrador]])
* [[Sûreté du Québec]] ([[Quebec]])
* [[Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia]] ([[British Columbia]])
* [[Saskatchewan Marshalls Service]] ([[Saskatchewan]])


The federal [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) provides provincial-level policing in the remaining land area of Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as the remaining seven provinces and three territories. The RCMP began being contracted to provide provincial policing in the late 1920s as provincial police forces were disbanded and their duties contracted out to provincial divisions of the RCMP. The most recent provincial police force to be disbanded, the [[British Columbia Provincial Police]], existed from the mid-19th century until its jurisdiction was transferred to [[RCMP "E" Division]] on August 15, 1950.

Provinces which have disbanded their provincial police may retain other provincial law enforcement agencies, such as [[sheriff|sheriff services]] or [[conservation officer]]s. For example, the [[Alberta Sheriffs Branch]] is responsible for traffic enforcement in [[Alberta]] together with the RCMP, despite being a law enforcement agency and not a police force.