Police Investigators and Other Investigative Occupations
Job description
These individuals ensure the protection of the public and the detection and prevention of crime. To do so, they investigate criminal acts. They may work for:
- The Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Municipal police forces
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
- Hazardous workplaces
- Violence
Main tasks
- Help develop investigation strategies.
- Interrogate witnesses and arrest suspects of criminal and accidental offences.
- Analyze crime scenes.
- Carry out interviews and interrogations.
- Build evidence by gathering relevant information.
- Monitor and coordinate the activities of other police officers, as required.
- Take notes and draft investigation reports.
- Testify in court.
- Record statements from witnesses and victims of crime.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience and additional training lead to management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $33.00
- Median
- $53.00
- Maximum
- $61.54
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
600
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 37.4% Female
- 62.6% Male
Not available.
- 37.4% Female
- 62.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$110,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9198% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9198% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6232% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in techniques policières
Code : 310A0
Placement rate: 79.9%
16.2% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Medicine
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
- Meet certain requirements for physical fitness, agility, strength, and good vision.
- Experience as a police officer.
- Successful completion of specialized courses.
Sometimes required
- Psychological tests are sometimes required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Solving complex problems
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Active listening
- Social perception
- Oral expression
- Written expression
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Result evaluation
- Time management
- Reading comprehension
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Deductive reasoning
- Processing flexibility
- Awareness of issues
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Inductive reasoning
- Selective attention
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Information processing speed
- Speech clarity
- Distance vision
- Written comprehension
- Reaction time
- Written expression
- Information organization
- Memorization
- Perception speed
- Hand-arm stability
- Idea generation
- Auditory attention
- Limb coordination
- Response orientation
- Classification
- Speed control
- Core strength
- Manual dexterity
- Endurance
- Explosive strength
- Static muscle power
- Hearing sensitivity
- Limb movement speed
- Originality
- Time sharing
- Physical flexibility in extension
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Critical thinking
- Perseverance
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity for synthesis
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of laws and policies
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Watch, defend, and secure
- Carry out research
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Official name of the NOC 41310
Police investigators and other investigative occupations
Job titles
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- Cybercrime investigator
- Detective - police
- Coroner
- Medical examiner
- Detective sergeant - police
- Canadian security intelligence service (csis) investigator
- Counterfeit and forgery section detective
- Vice squad detective
- Narcotics squad detective
- Railway investigator - police
- Dark web detective
- Narcotics detective
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Last update: January 29, 2026
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