In 1868 the Dominion Police began as a police force protecting the Parliament Buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (now protected by House of Commons and Senate Security Service Constables and Scanner operators) and by 1911 it served as Canada's eastern police force (for provinces east of Manitoba, excluding Newfoundland which did not join Canada until 1949).
In May 1918, the 969 member Dominion Police was assigned under the Department of Milit...
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In 1868 the Dominion Police began as a police force protecting the Parliament Buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (now protected by House of Commons and Senate Security Service Constables and Scanner operators) and by 1911 it served as Canada's eastern police force (for provinces east of Manitoba, excluding Newfoundland which did not join Canada until 1949).
In May 1918, the 969 member Dominion Police was assigned under the Department of Militia and Defence and became a civilian wing of the Canadian Military Police Corps.
The civilian members of the CMPC were merged with the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (Canada's western police force) on February 1, 1920, to form the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Roles of the DP included:
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