Military Police Corps (Royal Canadian Gendarmerie)


 * Not to be confused with the Gendarmerie's Defence Police Corps, the Military Police Corps' civilian counterpart.

The Military Police Corps (RCG–MPC; French: Corps de la Police militaire, GRC–CPM) is the largest corps of the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie, with a total of 55,309 personnel, accounting for nearly one-third of all RCG personnel. The Military Police Corps is the main provost (military police force) of the Canadian Forces, with Military Police Corps formations attached to virtually all active-duty and (when activated) reserve units of the Army, Navy and Aerospace Forces.

The Military Police Corps has the exclusive right to enforce the law (including military law) upon all members of the Canadian Forces, and at all times comes under Department of National Defence (DND) jurisdiction. The Military Police Corps operates all military prisons and detention centres both within Canada, on overseas bases, and wherever the Canadian Forces are deployed, responsible for ensuring obedience to orders and relevant law amongst all military personnel.

The only other corps of the Gendarmerie with provost powers (that is, the power to enforce military law over serving members of the military) is the smaller Political Security Corps.