Your route into security
How to become a security officer in Quebec
Check your eligibility
- Age 18 or older for a regular agent permit.
- Meet BSP's identity, work-entitlement and security-screening requirements.
- Complete recognised guarding training or obtain an accepted equivalency.
Confirm the guarding category
Check the BSP training route and eligibility for a regular guarding permit.
Complete recognised training
Obtain your training attestation and accepted workplace first-aid evidence. Confirm French-language and attendance requirements with the school.
Apply to BSP
Provide the required identity documents, photograph authentication, training evidence, security-check authorisations and payment.
Training in Quebec
What training do you need?
The school-board or school-service-centre guarding route has 70 hours: 30 hours on role and legal responsibilities, 24 hours on emergencies and 16 hours of CNESST workplace first aid. BSP also recognises specified alternatives.
How long is the training?
70 hours on the standard school-service-centre route. Accepted prior first aid or equivalency may change the course you need.
How much does it cost?
Training providers in Quebec
Training provider
Centre de services scolaire de Montréal (CSSDM)
Agent de sécurité: sécurité privée, gardiennage
- Course duration
- 70-hour complete route: 54 hours online plus 16-hour first-aid module with an in-person day.
- Published price
- 2026–2027 catalogue: CAD 475 for 70 hours including first aid; CAD 420 for 54 hours when accepted first aid is already held. Prices include applicable taxes.
French delivery. The enrolment catalogue gives the package prices and first-aid arrangements. The general landing page contains a conflicting legacy price block; confirm your selected cohort and invoice. BSP decides permit eligibility.
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 Quebec?
Job Bank reports a median of CAD 21.56 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
- Gardiennage is the relevant BSP activity category for ordinary guarding.
- BSP permit and security-check charges are separate from tuition and recur according to the permit cycle.
- Tuition and permit fees are dated; confirm the selected intake and current BSP schedule.
Official sources and course information
- BSP regular permit
- BSP recognised training
- BSP 2026 agent fees
- CSSDM 2026–2027 enrolment catalogue
- Job Bank wages
Reviewed 2026-09-16. Follow the current instructions for your precise role and work location.