Job prospects Medical Examiner in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Police investigators and other investigative occupations (NOC 41310) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Not many 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 Police investigators and other investigative occupations in Quebec:

• Approximately 500 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Police investigators and other investigative occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 36%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 34%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 28%
• 91% of police investigators and other investigative occupations work all year, while 9% 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: 63% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 37% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 63% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 20% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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