RCMP

Did You Know...? Fun Facts

DID YOU KNOW that the son of the famous English novelist Charles Dickens was a member of the North-West Mounted Police?

DID YOU KNOW that streets, roads, buildings, towns and geographical features have been named for personnel of the Force?

DID YOU KNOW that the last dog sled patrol was in 1969?

DID YOU KNOW that women first engaged as regular members of the RCMP in 1974?

DID YOU KNOW the RCMP has its own tartan? To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Force, a tartan specific to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was approved and designed in 1998.