Job prospects Community Services Officer - Police in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "community services officer - police" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

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 Good for police officers (except commissioned) (NOC 42100) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few 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.

• Demand for this occupation is influence by population growth, provincial and municipal budgets, and crime patterns including the volume and nature of calls for service.
• Several communities in the province have struggled to recruit new police officers to fill vacancies and address shortages. 
• Winnipeg has experienced a significant increase in some types of crime and is exploring recruitment outside of the province.
• Key trends include artificial intelligence (AI), data and predictive analytics, digital forensics, community-oriented approaches, cybersecurity, and mobile technology tools such as body-worn cameras and real-time data.

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

• Approximately 3,400 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): 41%
• 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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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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