Document Record

Title

Dominion Police : Letterbooks
Police du Canada : Registres de copies lettres
Letterbooks of A.P. Sherwood, Chief Commissioner of the Dominion Police
Registres de copies lettres de A. P. Sherwood

Identifier

lac_mikan_34
450
141617
141580
141584
141588
RG 18 E
R198-1-3-F
Government
Law and justice
oocihm.lac_mikan_34

Document source

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Language

English
French

Description

The Dominion Police was created in May 1868, as a result of the amalgamation of the Western Frontier Constabulary and the Montreal Water Police. It began as a police force protecting the Parliament Buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa 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 1920, the civilian members of the force merged with the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (which covered western Canada). The Dominion Police force this ceased to exist that year, as this created the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
This collection consists of records created and maintained by the Dominion Police and its predecessors.

URL

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_34