NOC 41310: Police investigators and other investigative occupations
What police investigators and other investigative occupations do
Police investigators and professionals in related investigative occupations follow leads and investigate circumstances relating to crimes committed and obtain information to prevent crimes. They plan and coordinate investigations, collect evidence, interview suspects, victims, witnesses and other stakeholders, conduct surveillance and testify in court. They are employed by municipal, provincial and federal governments. This unit group includes coroners and medical examiners.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Police investigators
- Interviews persons in connection with criminal incidents, including victims, witnesses and suspects
- Exchange information and coordinate activities with other law enforcements agencies
- Prepare investigation reports and testify in courts concerning criminal investigations
- Search and collect physical evidence from crimes scenes, such as fingerprints, and attend autopsies
- Perform surveillance by using investigative technologies
- Obtain search warrants, conduct searches and arrest suspects
- May conduct investigation on online networks and computer systems to detect cyber crimes or to recover data.
- May supervise and coordinate the work of police officers.
- Coroners and medical examiners
- Conduct death investigations to determine the identity of the deceased, date and location of death, medical cause of death, and manner of death
- Order or perform autopsies and other medical tests
- Consult with and request assistance from law enforcement, physicians, and family
- Issue death certificates, including assigning cause and manner of death
- Identify and educate the public on dangerous practices or conditions that may lead to death
- May testify or produce evidence in proceedings about observations made during investigations
- May supervisor and coordinator work of other employees.
Job titles under NOC 41310
15 job titles are classified here, including detective - police, detective sergeant - police, drug investigator - police.
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) investigator
- coroner
- counterfeit and forgery section detective
- cybercrime investigator
- dark web detective
- detective - police
- detective sergeant - police
- drug investigator - police
- investigator - police
- medical examiner
- narcotics detective
- narcotics squad investigator
- police investigator
- railway investigator - police
- vice squad detective
Employment requirements
- Police Investigators
- Completion of secondary school is required.
- Several years of experience as a police officers are required.
- Completion of a university degree in police investigation is required in Quebec.
- Specialized training or certification may be required for certain areas of investigation.
- Coroners and medical examiners
- In Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, a medical examiner is required to be a physician with an active medical license.
- In Ontario and Prince Edward Island, coroners are required to be a physician with an active medical license.
- In Quebec, coroners are required to be a non-retired member of the Collège des médecins du Québec, the Barreau du Québec or the Chambre des notaires du Québec, and have a minimum of four years of professional experience in their practice.
- In British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, it is preferred coroners have education and experience in the legal, medical or investigative fields.
Police investigators and other investigative occupations wages in Canada
Low, median and high hourly wages from Job Bank’s 2025 wage data. Annual figures assume full-time work (1,950 hours a year).
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Canada | $38.46/hr | $55.77/hr | $67.00/hr |
Toronto ON | $38.46/hr | $54.87/hr | $61.00/hr |
Montréal QC | $35.15/hr | $51.09/hr | $64.65/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $52.08/hr | $60.00/hr | $72.12/hr |
Calgary AB | $39.35/hr | $58.39/hr | $73.97/hr |
Edmonton AB | $36.45/hr | $55.42/hr | $69.53/hr |
Ottawa ON | $40.87/hr | $54.80/hr | $68.48/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $43.20/hr | $59.62/hr | $120.19/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $33.00/hr | $55.03/hr | $61.54/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $54.00/hr | $61.00/hr | $69.71/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $42.95/hr | $56.93/hr | $70.02/hr |
London ON | $44.45/hr | $56.07/hr | $70.82/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $40.10/hr | $51.62/hr | $71.42/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia | $38.10/hr | $50.44/hr | $63.04/hr |
New Brunswick | $36.06/hr | $50.48/hr | $61.06/hr |
Quebec | $33.00/hr | $55.03/hr | $61.54/hr |
Ontario | $46.77/hr | $54.52/hr | $67.00/hr |
Manitoba | $39.50/hr | $56.87/hr | $76.92/hr |
Saskatchewan | $40.00/hr | $55.43/hr | $65.00/hr |
Alberta | $36.46/hr | $56.95/hr | $73.23/hr |
British Columbia | $42.26/hr | $58.00/hr | $85.58/hr |
Using NOC 41310 for your resume or Express Entry profile
- IRCC asks you to make sure the main duties listed for your NOC match what you actually did at your job. If they don’t, look for another unit group whose duties do.
- Describe your own work in your own words. Recruiters and ATS software look for concrete tools, results and scope, not text copied from the NOC.
- Applying from outside Canada? Run your resume through the Canadian resume format checker to catch things Canadian employers don’t expect, like a photo or date of birth.
- Use the job title the employer’s posting uses. The 15 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services (NOC 40040)
- Police officers (except commissioned) (NOC 42100)
- Private detective (NOC 64410)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for police investigators and other investigative occupations?
Police investigators and other investigative occupations are NOC 2021 unit group 41310. Example job titles in this group include detective - police, detective sergeant - police, drug investigator - police, police investigator.
What TEER is NOC 41310?
NOC 41310 is TEER 1 (University degree). Usually requires a university degree (bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate), or experience from a related TEER 2 occupation. TEER 0, 1, 2 and 3 work counts as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do police investigators and other investigative occupations earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $55.77/hr, about $109,000 a year full-time, with a range of $38.46/hr to $67.00/hr.
Related occupations
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wages (2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. OfferJetAI is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Check IRCC’s NOC guidance before you apply.