Job prospects Community Services Officer - Police in Northwest Territories

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

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

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.

Good

The employment outlook will be Good for police officers (except commissioned) (NOC 42100) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
Several positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Job growth for this occupation depends mainly on demand for police services and government budget allocations for public safety.
Most jobs in this field are with federal police services, but limited opportunities also exist in First Nations police services.
The crime rate per 100,000 people in the Northwest Territories was the highest in Canada in 2024, increasing demand for this occupation (Statistics Canada, 2025).

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

Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Police officers (except commissioned) mainly work in the following sectors:
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): more than 95%
90% of police officers (except commissioned) work all year, while 10% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 68% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 32% compared to 48% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 24% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 33% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 9% compared to 9% for all occupations

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