Definition of Peace Officer:

The definition of Peace Officer follows that of Section 2 of the Criminal Code of Canada, but includes only those officer's whose principle employment is in law enforcement. Peace Officer includes:

1. sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff's officer,
2. a member of the Correctional Service of Canada who is designated as a peace officer pursuant to Part I of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, and a warden, deputy warden, instructor, keeper, jailer, guard and any other officer permanent employee of a prison other than a penitentiary as defined in Part I of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act,
3. a police officer, police constable, constable, or other person employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace or for the service or execution of civil process,
4. an officer or a person having the powers of a customs or excise officer when performing any duty in the administration of the Customs Act or the Excise Act,
5. a person designated as a fishery guardian under the Fisheries Act when performing any duties or functions under that Act and a person designated as a fishery officer under the Fisheries Act when performing any duties or functions under that Act or the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act,
6. officers and non-commissioned members of the Canadian Forces who are:
   1. appointed for the purposes of section 156 of the National Defence Act, or

Section 156 of National Defence Act (NDA): Such officers and non-commissioned members as are appointed under regulations for the purposes of this section may:

1. detain or arrest without a warrant any person who is subject to the Code of Service Discipline, regardless of the rank or status of that person, who has committed, is found committing, is believed on reasonable grounds to have committed a service offence or who is charged with having committed a service offence;
2. exercise such other powers for carrying out the Code of Service Discipline as are prescribed in regulation made by the Governor in Council.
   1. employed on duties that the Governor in Council, in regulations made under the National Defence Act for the Purposes of this paragraph, has prescribed to be of such a kind as to necessitate that the officers and non-commissioned members performing them have the powers of peace officers;
   2. in relation to (f) (i) and (f) (ii), the definition of peace officer is made in reference to those members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are employed as Military Police and perform as such on Canadian soil, bases, and detachments. It does not pertain to Military Police when performing their duties as soldiers during military exercises, or during an act of war or peace keeping.