Visible Minorities and Police Force

minorities: That slightly up from five years ago, in 2011, when a total of 291 of 4,502 officers were minorities, for a total of 6.5 per cent, according to CBC. Overall, visible minorities make up 32 per cent of the city population, according to Statistics Canada. Only 324 officers out of 4,586 in the police force are visible minorities, making up seven per cent of the total, the 2015 report says. Quebec police forces still overwhelmingly white Exploring the lack of diversity in Quebec police forces The lack of diversity is even more striking among female officers. The numbers are part of a larger problem seen across the province. Only 56 of Montreal police 1,459 female officers are minorities. "Obviously, we need to do more," said Fo Niemi, executive director of the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations, a Montreal-based civil rights organization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.