Criminal record check in Quebec: types, fees and the link with police work
The Sûreté du Québec's three checks, the SPVM's services, RCMP fingerprints, published fees and section 115 of the Police Act.
Agent Policier: becoming a police officer in Quebec
No. 01 Rights and safety at work
Criminal record check in Quebec: types, fees and the link with police work
The Sûreté du Québec's three checks, the SPVM's services, RCMP fingerprints, published fees and section 115 of the Police Act.
Read the article →No. 01 Rights and safety at work
Quebec Police Act: what it says to a police officer, title by title
The Police Act (P-13.1) in plain language: the police academy, police forces, hiring conditions, ethics, the BEI and the role of the minister.
Read the article →No. 01 Workplaces
BEI: Quebec's independent investigations bureau and the police officer
The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes investigates deaths and serious injuries during police interventions. Its mandate, its investigators and its 2024-2025 figures.
Read the article →No. 01 Rights and safety at work
Police ethics in Quebec: the code, the Commissioner and complaints against a police officer
What the Quebec police code of ethics says, who it covers, how to file a complaint with the Commissioner and what sanctions the Tribunal can impose.
Read the article →No. 01 Workplaces
Sûreté du Québec: phone numbers to reach a police officer
Emergency: 911. Non-emergency: your local station's number. 310-4141 and *4141 have been withdrawn since June 2026.
Read the article →No. 01 Jobs
Sûreté du Québec: police officer recruitment, step by step
Candidate profiles, criteria, process steps, posting and probation: what the Sûreté du Québec publishes about its police recruitment, and what it does not publish.
Read the article →No. 01 Workplaces
Military police in Canada: organization, jurisdiction and oversight of military police officers
Who leads Canada's military police officers, where their detachments are in Quebec and how to file a complaint against one of them.
Read the article →No. 01 Workplaces
Contrôle routier Québec: mandate, inspection stations and the difference with a police officer
Contrôle routier Québec monitors heavy vehicles, taxis and buses. The SAAQ agency moves to Public Security on January 1, 2027.
Read the article →No. 01 Jobs
Military police officer (commissioned) and Reserve: two other ways to become a military police officer
The officer commands, the reservist serves part time. Required diploma, training in Saint-Jean and Borden, official pay as of April 1, 2025.
Read the article →No. 01 Training
Becoming a highway safety officer: jobs, selection and training
Contrôle routier Québec hires first, then trains. The selection steps, training at the École nationale de police and the swearing-in, without going through the police officer path.
Read the article →Quebec Police Act: what it says to a police officer, title by title
The Police Act (P-13.1) in plain language: the police academy, police forces, hiring conditions, ethics, the BEI and the role of the minister.
BEI: Quebec's independent investigations bureau and the police officer
The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes investigates deaths and serious injuries during police interventions. Its mandate, its investigators and its 2024-2025 figures.
Police ethics in Quebec: the code, the Commissioner and complaints against a police officer
What the Quebec police code of ethics says, who it covers, how to file a complaint with the Commissioner and what sanctions the Tribunal can impose.
Sûreté du Québec: phone numbers to reach a police officer
Emergency: 911. Non-emergency: your local station's number. 310-4141 and *4141 have been withdrawn since June 2026.
Sûreté du Québec: police officer recruitment, step by step
Candidate profiles, criteria, process steps, posting and probation: what the Sûreté du Québec publishes about its police recruitment, and what it does not publish.
Military police in Canada: organization, jurisdiction and oversight of military police officers
Who leads Canada's military police officers, where their detachments are in Quebec and how to file a complaint against one of them.
Contrôle routier Québec: mandate, inspection stations and the difference with a police officer
Contrôle routier Québec monitors heavy vehicles, taxis and buses. The SAAQ agency moves to Public Security on January 1, 2027.
Military police officer (commissioned) and Reserve: two other ways to become a military police officer
The officer commands, the reservist serves part time. Required diploma, training in Saint-Jean and Borden, official pay as of April 1, 2025.
Becoming a highway safety officer: jobs, selection and training
Contrôle routier Québec hires first, then trains. The selection steps, training at the École nationale de police and the swearing-in, without going through the police officer path.
RCMP police training: Depot Division in Regina and the physical test
The 26 weeks of the Cadet Training Program in Regina, life in a troop, the allowance and the events of the RCMP physical test.
RCMP police officer salary: the scale rank by rank
An RCMP constable earns $71,191 to $115,350 as of April 1, 2024. The rates for corporal, sergeant and staff sergeant, the allowances and the ranks.
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