Job prospects Peace 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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