Job prospects Police Captain in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services (NOC 40040) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services in Quebec:

• Approximately 1,000 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 54%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 37%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 9%
• 93% of commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services work all year, while 7% 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 50 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 78% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 22% 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: 68% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 15% 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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