Your route into security
How to become a security officer in Ontario
Check your eligibility
- Age 18 or older.
- Legal entitlement to work in Canada.
- Meet the prescribed criminal-record requirements and obtain a valid Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check.
Choose a training provider
Check the ministry's provider information and confirm first-aid arrangements and instructor support.
Complete training and testing
Use the training completion number issued by your provider to book the provincial security guard test.
Apply for your licence
Submit your identity documents, photograph, test evidence and required criminal-record check with the licence application.
Training in Ontario
What training do you need?
Basic training includes emergency first aid and CPR. An accepted existing first-aid certificate can satisfy that component. Online courses must provide real-time instructor interaction.
How long is the training?
At least 40 hours including first aid, or 33.5 hours of security content with accepted first aid completed separately.
How much does it cost?
Training providers in Ontario
Training provider
Ontario Security Hub Inc.
Online Security Guard Course and Emergency First Aid / CPR Level C / AED
- Course duration
- Advertised 40-hour route; security content online and first aid in person.
- Published price
- CAD 199 plus HST with first aid; CAD 119 plus HST for security content with first aid arranged separately.
Publicly advertised Ontario course, checked 2026-09-16. Verify current ministry listing and first-aid location before paying. Provider's separate provincial test-price guidance differs from Ontario's study guide; budget and book using the current official testing service.
Check course detailsPrices 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 Ontario?
Job Bank reports a median of CAD 20.00 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
- A training completion number enables test booking; the worker licence follows a separate application.
- Ontario is developing updated curricula; its existing requirements remain in force on the reviewed pages.
- Quoted tuition excludes the licence fee, government test and criminal-record check. First-aid travel or availability may affect the total.
Official sources and course information
- Ontario individual licence
- Ontario basic training
- Ontario syllabus, updated 2026-07-06
- Ontario study guide and quoted test fee
- Ontario Security Hub course and prices
- Job Bank wages
Reviewed 2026-09-16. Follow the current instructions for your precise role and work location.