Ontario Provincial Police

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Ontario Provincial Police Police Provinciale de l'Ontario
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; 114 years ago (1909-10-13)[2]
Employees	5 800+ uniformed officers 600+ auxiliary officers 2 600+ 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	Police Services Act (RSO 1990 c. P.15)
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	777 Memorial Avenue Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Minister responsible	Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario
Agency executive	Thomas Carrique, Commissioner[3]
Facilities
Stations	170[4]
Website
www.opp.ca

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 multijurisdictional 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 5 800 uniformed officers, 600 auxiliary officers, and 2 600 civilian employees in 2023,^[1] 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.^[9]