Canadian Police Rank
 

I was watching one of my favorite programs, Rookie Blue. The current storyline involves a crooked comissioner. I'm guessing a commissioner does nto hold the same rank as in the US (where a Comissioner is almost always the head of the police department). Where does a commissioner fall in the rank structure in Canadian police departments?

I think commissioner only applies to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ontario Provisional Police, other comparable Canadian police ranks would be chief of police, chief constable or senior officer and director general in Quebec.

Rookie Blue is base on the Toronto Police Service, their rank structure is

Chief
Deputy Chief
Staff Superintendent
Superintendent
Staff Inspector
Inspector
Detective Sergeant
Detective
Detective Constable
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant
Constable - first class, second class, third class, fourth class
Special Constable

The Ontario Provincial Police have these ranks

Cadet
Special Constable
Constable/Detective Constable
Senior Constable
Sergeant/Detective Sergeant/Traffic Sergeant)
Staff Sergeant/Detective Staff Sergeant/Traffic Staff Sergeant
Sergeant Major
Inspector/Detective Inspector
Superintendent
Chief Superintendent
Deputy Commissioner
Commissioner

Attached is the ranks of the RCMP