Job prospects Police Officer in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Police officers (except commissioned) (NOC 42100) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• 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.

• While crime in Winnipeg was down overall in 2023 compared with the previous year, violent crime rose by 12.1% year-over-year, and 31.4% compared with the five-year average. Retail theft has also skyrocketed. 2023 had the highest number of theft occurrences in a decade.
• Major retailers such as Loblaws and Wal-Mart are spending millions of their own funds to hire Winnipeg police officers for in-store security. 

Here are some key facts about Police officers (except commissioned) in Manitoba:

• Approximately 3,050 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%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 40%
• 89% of police officers (except commissioned) work all year, while 11% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% 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: 83% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 17% compared to 47% 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: 32% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 14% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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