Constable Sanchuck (pictured above) said trivial calls to the emergency number are a waste of taxpayer's money and can also put lives in danger

A nine-year-old girl was so angry with her parents' request to clean up her room, she dialed 911 and reported them to the police on Saturday.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said officers responded to an emergency call on December 8 from a young resident of Simcoe, Ontario.

But when they arrived at the scene they discovered there was no emergency, just a trivial chore-based disagreement between a daughter and her parents, the Toronto Star reported.

Brandishing the stunt as a reckless waste of police resources, authorities took the opportunity to issue parents with a reminder about the importance of educating children about the proper uses for the emergency number.

They insisted the 911 should only be used in situations constituting an emergency.

Constable Ed Sanchuck, of the OPP, said: 'They tie up the phone lines at the communications center, waste taxpayer money, tie up law enforcement officers and threaten lives.'

Sanchuck claimed it takes two officers up to 30 minutes to investigate a single 911 call - and any hoax or non-emergency can put a great strain on police resources, putting lives in danger.

Improper use of the emergency contact number is said to be a huge problem in Canada, as reported by Global News.

A little girl was so dismayed at her parents' request to clean her room, she dialed 911 on December 8, according to Canadian Police. The inappropriate use of the officers' time prompted authorities to issue parents with a warning (stock images)

Back in June, another Canadian child, aged 12, from Halifax, called the police after being given a salad he didn't approve of by his guardian.

At the time, a Corporal Dan Hutchinson of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said: 'The child was upset and did not care for what the parent put in the salad.

'As a member was responding, they called back again wondering where the police officer was and that they were very unhappy with what ingredients were in their salad.'

'While many can relate to the dislike of a salad at times, this raises a more important issue that warrants discussion at all ages,' said the policeman in an official press release.



Hutchinson then went on to detail two other examples of bizarre 'emergency' calls received by police, including an upset caller who couldn't find their television remote, and a parent who was dissatisfied with her son's haircut.

In Canada calls deemed to be wasteful of police time can carry charges of up to $697.50 (CAD).

'On a regular basis we get (those) calls from people,' said Hutchinson.

In the United States, improperly using 911 can carry hefty fines of up to $10,000.