Job prospects Community Services Officer - Police in Québec

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "community services officer - police" in Québec or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Québec

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 28, 2026. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for police officers (except commissioned) (NOC 42100) in Quebec for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment in this occupation is primarily dependent on government spending allocated to police services. While the demand for prevention services is growing, its impact on hiring is limited due to budgetary constraints at various levels of government.

Furthermore, the practice of this occupation is influenced by new modes of work organization, technological innovations requiring improvement, and legislative changes necessitating an upgrade of knowledge.

However, interventions with vulnerable clients with mental health or criminality problems continue to increase, which puts positive pressure on this occupational group.

Here are some key facts about police officers (except commissioned) in Quebec:

• Approximately 15,800 people work in this occupation.
• Police officers (except commissioned) mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 56%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 33%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 8%
• 86% of police officers (except commissioned) work all year, while 14% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 72% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 28% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 82% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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