Editing Constable (section)

===Canada===
[[File:Mountie-on-Parliament-Hill.jpg|thumb|upright|A constable of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] in [[full dress uniform|full dress]]. Constables are typically the lowest rank in Canadian police services.]]

In Canada, as in the United Kingdom, constable is the lowest rank in most [[Police|law enforcement]] services, including the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/about-ausujet/organi-eng.htm |title=RCMP Organisational Structure |publisher=Rcmp-grc.gc.ca |date=2009-05-19 |access-date=2009-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228055017/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/about-ausujet/organi-eng.htm |archive-date=2009-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Newfoundland the provincial police are the [[Royal Newfoundland Constabulary]], whereby all officers are addressed by the term "constable".

In addition, the [[chief of police|chief officers]] of some [[municipality|municipal]] police services in Canada, notably [[Vancouver Police Department]], carry the title of [[chief constable]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/chief/profiles/CCJimChu.htm |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120729001602/http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/chief/profiles/CCJimChu.htm |archivedate=2012-07-29 |title=Chief Constable's Office |website=Vancouver Police Department}}</ref>

In [[Canadian French]], constable is translated to ''agent'', except in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police where it is translated as ''[[Gendarmerie|gendarme]]''.<ref>[http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/about/organi_f.htm RCMP Organisational Structure] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022072347/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/about/organi_f.htm |date=October 22, 2008 }} (in French).</ref>

Appointments can further be separated into:
* [[Special constable#Canada|Special constables]]
** RCMP special constables are appointed for specific skills, for example aboriginal language skills. They are [[Peace officer#Canada|peace officers]] under the ''Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act''.
** Outside of the RCMP, special constables are not police officers but are appointed to serve certain law enforcement functions, for example [[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|SPCA agents]] or court/jail officers.
* [[Auxiliary constable]]s, or reserve constables, are volunteers with a policing agency. They generally have peace officer status only when engaged in specific authorized tasks.
* Provincial civil constables (in [[Nova Scotia]]) deal with matters of a civil nature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/paal/just/paal238.asp |title=Special Constable and Provincial Civil Constable: Appointments |publisher=Gov.ns.ca |access-date=2011-03-06}}</ref>