Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police

Commissioner is the highest rank of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and of its predecessor agencies, the North-West Mounted Police (1873 to 1904) and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (1904 to February 1, 1920). The Commissioner reports directly to the Minister of Public Safety.

The Commissioner of RCMP is the Principal Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. He or she also serves as the Commissioner of Firearms under the Firearms Act.

The Canadian monarch is the honorary Commissioner-in-Chief and Charles, Prince of Wales, is Honorary Commissioner of the RCMP. However neither exercises a substantive role in the operation of the organization.

There have been 24 Commissioners since the founding of the NWMP in 1873:

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