Quebec City Police Service

City of Quebec Police Service
*Service de police de la Ville de Quebec*
City of Quebec Police Service; Service de police de la Ville de Quebec
	Patch of the SPVQ, worn on officers’ uniforms
Abbreviation	SPVQ
Agency overview
Formed	May 2, 1843 (historic); 2002
Annual budget	$121,417,617 (2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Urban agglomeration of Quebec City, CAN
Size	485.77 km2 (187.56 sq mi)
Population	531,902
Operational structure
Headquarters	275, rue de la Maréchaussée, Quebec City
Sworn members	800
Unsworn members	200
Elected officer responsible	François Bonnardel, Ministre de la Sécurité publique;
Agency executive	Robert Pigeon, Chief of Police (Director);
Facilities
Police Posts	4
Website
	ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/police/

The Service de police de la Ville de Québec (French for Quebec City Police Service) is the municipal police force of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and the neighbouring municipalities in the urban agglomeration of Quebec City.

History

Quebec has had some level of policing since 1651, but a modern force was not established until 1843 under the leadership of Robert Henry Russell.^[1]

The current force was created from the merger of five separate police forces into the existing Quebec City police force in 2002.^[1]

SPVQ operations consists of four stations covering 6 Boroughs:

Station Address	Borough Served	Notes
275 Rue de la Maréchaussée	1st Borough La Cité-Limoilou	Existing Capital area before 2002.
2780 rue de la Faune	2nd Borough Les Rivières 6th Borough La Haute-Saint-Charles	Previously served by police departments in Vanier (rest of Les Rivières was covered by SPVQ before 2002), Val-Bélair and Haute-Saint-Charles
1130 route de l'Eglise	3rd Borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge	Previous served by police departments for Sainte-Foy, Sillery
4252 rue d'Orsainville	4th Borough Charlesbourg 5th Borough Beauport	Previous served by police departments for Charlesbourg

There are plans to reduce the number of stations to two:

consolidate stations serving La Cité-Limoilou, Les Rivières, Charlesbourg, Beauport and La Haute-Saint-Charles into one station out from Lebourgneuf with a smaller sub station l'édifice F.-X. Drolet de Saint-Roch serving the city centre.
Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge would maintain a dedicate station.

^ ^a ^b "D'hier à aujourd'hui" (in French). Le Service de police de la Ville de Québec. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023.