Job prospects Detective - Police in Saskatchewan

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "detective - police" in Saskatchewan or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for police investigators and other investigative occupations (NOC 41310) in Saskatchewan for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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.

• Recent provincial government investment towards safer communities including commitment to hiring 100 municipal police officers, 70 officers within the Saskatchewan Marshals Service and 180 RCMP positions should support steady jobs for this occupation.
• The majority of jobs in the field are with the municipal police services, but opportunities also exist in federal and First Nations police services.
• Targeted hiring initiatives to improve diversity in the police workforce are also supporting opportunities.

Here are some key facts about police investigators and other investigative occupations in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 50 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): 56%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 27%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 16%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 85% of police investigators and other investigative occupations work all year, while 15% 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 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 56% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 43% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 36% compared to 33% 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: 64% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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