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 is the largest corps of the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie, with a total of 44,560 active duty members and 30,116 reserve members, accounting for nearly half of the active and reserve Gendarmerie personnel, respectively. The Military Police Corps is the main provost (military police force) of the Canadian Forces, with Military Police Corps units attached to most active duty and reserve Army, Navy and Aerospace Forces regiments.

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 Military Police Corps has its own reserve component responsible for the reserve members of the Canadian Forces.