This guide gives official starting points. Confirm the remaining local, employer and role-specific requirements before paying for training.
Your route into security
How to become a security officer in Nunavut
Check your eligibility
- Confirm the employer's education, screening, language and role requirements.
- Check your entitlement to work in Canada and any restrictions on the employment.
- Ask the employer which security or first-aid qualifications are needed for the actual assignment.
Identify a local opportunity
Check the employer, community, duties and any travel or accommodation conditions before selecting training.
Confirm the requirements
Ask the employer to identify the applicable authorisation, background checks and accepted course. Use territorial career services for support.
Complete required preparation
Finish the agreed training and site induction and secure work authorisation before taking up the post.
Nunavut career and employment services; specialist guarding authority requires confirmation
Training in Nunavut
What training do you need?
Nunavut's career-development services offer employment and training support. The reviewed sources did not establish a current territory-wide basic security-guard course or licensing standard. Obtain written confirmation of accepted training for the selected job.
How long is the training?
To be confirmed with the employer and relevant territorial authority.
How much does it cost?
Training providers in Nunavut
Provider listings for this location are being checked. Use the official authority link above to confirm accepted training.
Prices and availability are checked on the dates cited. Directory inclusion identifies a source to investigate; confirmed partnerships are agreed separately.
Security guard & officer pay
How much do security guards earn in Nunavut?
Job Bank reports a median of CAD 25.00 per hour for NOC 64410, security guards and related security service occupations. Reference period: 2023–2024; Labour Force Survey; table updated 2025-11-19. This occupational benchmark includes different roles and experience levels.
Median gross hourly wage, NOC 64410 · 2023–2024; published 2025-11-19
Compare hours, gross or net pay, overtime and benefits. Wage floors and occupational medians describe different measures.
Before you take your next step
- Coverage is limited pending confirmation of the territorial guarding-licensing position and recognised course routes.
- The wage figure covers NOC 64410 and carries a 2023–2024 reference period.
- A course accepted in another province needs local acceptance checks before being used for a Nunavut role.
Official sources and course information
Reviewed 2026-09-16. Follow the current instructions for your precise role and work location.