To meet its growing demands for personnel after the September 11 attacks in 2001 , Commissionaires began accepting civilians . While in today 's organization not all Commissionaires are veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces or Royal Canadian Mounted Police service , the organization 's mandate still is to provide meaningful employment to veterans . A significant proportion of their current members are veterans and the Corps hires about 1,200 veterans every year . Today , Commissionaires employs over 23 000 people with offices operating in all ten provinces and three territories
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Canadian Corps of Commissionaires