SIU Representative Workforce


Employee Categories, as of May 2024 Sex Diversity
Male Female Racialized Communities Black Indigenous White
All Staff (85) 62% (53) 38% (32) 15% (13) 5% (4) 1% (1) 79% (67)
Senior Leadership (11) 73% (8) 27% (3) 18% (2) 0% (0) 9% (1) 73% (8)
Administrative Professionals (10) 30% (3) 70% (7) 50% (5) 0% (0) 0% (0) 50%(5)
Other Professionals (12) 33% (4) 67% (8) 33% (4) 0% (0) 0% (0) 67% (8)
Full-time Investigators (16) 81% (13) 19% (3) 6% (1) 6% (1) 0% (0) 88% (14)
Regional Investigators (25) 60% (15) 40% (10) 4% (1) 12% (3) 0% (0) 84% (21)
Forensic Investigators (11) 91% (10) 9% (1) 9% (1) 0% (0) 0% (0) 91% (10)
Population (Source – Statistics Canada)    
GTA (Metropolitan Area) 49% 51% 44% 8% 1% 48%
Ontario 49% 51% 24% 5% 3% 69%

Notes

  • SIU Representative Workforce:
    • As of May 7, 2024, SIU’s total workforce = 85 employees.
    • Investigators (ex-police), incl. Forensic Investigators 62% (32)
    • Investigators (civilian) 38% (20)
  • These data are the result of voluntary self-identification and/or third-party perception.  In the case of the latter, the third-parties were laypersons with no particular expertise in the identification of these classes of data.
  • Of the 16 lead investigators, 11 have no policing experience in Ontario. 
  • Of the 25 regional investigators, nine have civilian backgrounds and 17 come to the Unit with a police background. 
  • Of the eleven forensic investigators employed by the SIU, 10 have police backgrounds.
  • The numbers are accurate as of May 2024.