NOC 2021 · 42100 · TEER 2
Police officers (except commissioned)
Unit group 42100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Police officers maintain order and enforce laws and regulations. They respond to emergency calls, patrol public areas, regulate traffic, control crowds, arrest offenders and build community relationships. They are employed by municipal and federal governments and some provincial and regional governments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- bodyguard - police
- canine-team member - police
- community police officer
- community relations officer - police
- community services officer - police
- constable
- crime prevention constable
- crime scene technician - police
- desk officer - police
- diversity and race relations officer - police
- divisional diving supervisor - police
- dog master - police
- education relations officer - policing
- ethnic relations officer - police
- evidence technician - police
- harbour police officer
- harbour police sergeant
- harbour policeman/woman
- headquarters duty officer - police
- highway patrol officer
- highway patrolman/woman
- identification officer - police
- military policeman/woman - except commissioned
- morality officer - police
- motorcycle patrolman/woman - police
- mounted police constable
- mounted policeman/woman
- patrol officer - police
- peace officer
- plain-clothes officer
- police cadet
- police constable
- police corporal
- police diver
- police diver - salvage
- police officer
- police sergeant
- policeman/woman
- railway guard - police
- railway police constable
- railway police officer
- railway special agent - police
- recruitment and training officer - police
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer
- safety patrol officer - police
- school liaison officer - police
- school safety officer - police
- scuba diver - police
- scuba-diving specialist - police
- secret service officer
- security constable - police
- security officer - police
- staff sergeant - police
- station duty officer - police
- station officer - police
- traffic patrol officer
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$50.00 an hour
Low $32.00, high $64.10
Where it pays most
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$55.76
- Southeast · Manitoba$55.00
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$55.00
- Regina--Moose Mountain · Saskatchewan$54.81
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$53.37
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $48.08 | $33.49 – $61.06 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $52.88 | $36.92 – $62.02 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $50.00 | $33.65 – $66.35 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $50.00 | $36.00 – $59.62 | Good |
| Quebec | $45.08 | $28.57 – $64.29 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $50.55 | $32.21 – $64.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $51.30 | $28.85 – $62.02 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $52.00 | $35.00 – $65.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $50.00 | $34.62 – $59.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $54.00 | $35.00 – $70.67 | Good |
| Yukon Territory | $53.92 | $48.08 – $60.58 | Very good |
| Northwest Territories | $52.77 | $37.75 – $67.06 | Good |
| Nunavut | $56.47 | $39.81 – $72.31 | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 72 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $50.00 | $33.49 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $48.00 | $35.77 – $55.91 | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $49.00 | $32.82 – $61.06 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $48.00 | $35.77 – $55.91 | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $47.49 | $35.96 – $57.78 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $51.92 | $30.00 – $66.35 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $46.78 | $35.45 – $62.76 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $50.00 | $33.65 – $66.35 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $50.96 | $37.82 – $72.12 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $50.00 | $30.00 – $57.50 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $51.23 | $42.47 – $67.00 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $48.08 | $36.06 – $56.00 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $50.00 | $38.46 – $55.77 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $50.96 | $26.50 – $59.62 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $48.88 | $34.46 – $60.97 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $48.47 | $34.24 – $61.15 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $46.12 | $31.80 – $56.16 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $46.41 | $32.68 – $57.48 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $52.00 | $27.65 – $65.68 | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $45.82 | $31.73 – $55.81 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $50.00 | $29.11 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $45.91 | $29.80 – $58.12 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $48.18 | $31.73 – $61.21 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $47.64 | $33.02 – $61.26 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $47.76 | $32.58 – $60.00 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $46.24 | $31.32 – $57.37 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $44.00 | $33.00 – $75.00 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $47.06 | $32.69 – $58.45 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $47.30 | $32.68 – $57.48 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $46.78 | $31.14 – $59.35 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $50.96 | $35.00 – $68.00 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $48.64 | $35.72 – $60.88 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $49.09 | $36.61 – $62.11 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $52.88 | $32.21 – $64.66 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $50.48 | $28.04 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $50.00 | $32.69 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $49.00 | $30.00 – $61.91 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $50.37 | $33.95 – $58.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $48.90 | $35.82 – $61.07 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $45.17 | $27.88 – $59.00 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $52.00 | $29.80 – $61.00 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $55.00 | $44.47 – $62.50 | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | $51.30 | $28.85 – $62.02 | Good |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $42.47 | $28.85 – $57.69 | Good |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $50.00 | $26.00 – $60.00 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $52.88 | $28.85 – $57.69 | Good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $54.81 | $38.00 – $70.19 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $50.00 | $38.46 – $69.14 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $52.40 | $32.00 – $65.00 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $47.00 | $25.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $47.00 | $25.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $45.33 | $35.00 – $56.25 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $50.17 | $34.62 – $83.00 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $52.00 | $31.00 – $56.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $48.25 | $35.00 – $67.31 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $48.08 | $34.50 – $55.15 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $50.48 | $36.50 – $61.07 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $48.25 | $35.00 – $67.31 | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $52.45 | $37.50 – $62.50 | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $55.00 | $35.00 – $65.61 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $53.37 | $34.38 – $72.00 | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $55.76 | $37.50 – $70.67 | Good |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $47.11 | $35.55 – $57.74 | Good |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $50.00 | $44.31 – $62.50 | Good |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $44.25 | $34.63 – $54.96 | Moderate |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $46.01 | $34.99 – $57.57 | Undetermined |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.