Canada
CA 62559583 | Procurement

Temporary Security Staffing in Canada Procurement Price, Data and Insights

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IBISWorld Research Department
Analyst New York
Temporary security staffing refers to the short-term placement of security personnel by staffing agencies or service providers to meet an organization's immediate or seasonal security needs. These services are commonly used for events, construction sites, periods of heightened threat, or gaps in an organization's own security workforce. Temporary security staff are typically licensed professionals who provide surveillance, access control, and incident response under a flexible, contract-based arrangement. Key buyers include large corporations, event organizers, government agencies, hospitals, and construction firms seeking short-term security support.

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IBISWorld's research coverage on the Temporary Security Staffing procurement and pricing environment in Canada includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.

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About this Market

What’s this procurement report about?

This procurement coverage of the Temporary Security Staffing market in Canada includes Unarmed Security Guard, Armed Security Guard, Event Security Personnel and Patrol Security Guard. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-801-Private security activities, NACE-80.10-Private Security Activities, NAICS-561612-Security Guards and Patrol Services and UNSPSC-92121504-Security guard services.

What common market terminology is included?

Common market terminology included in the Temporary Security Staffing procurement coverage includes Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (A state board that sets the minimum training requirements for law enforcement officers.) and Unarmed Guard (A guard that is not licensed to carry a gun.).

What companies are included as top suppliers?

The top companies covered in the Temporary Security Staffing procurement report as suppliers are Star Security Inc., SecuriGuard Services Ltd., Control Risks Group Limited, Paladin Security Group Ltd. and Contemporary Services Corporation.

Opportunity Assessment

What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?

The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Temporary Security Staffing market in Canada category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.

The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per guard per hour, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.

Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Temporary Security Staffing market environment.

Buyer Power Score

What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?

The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Temporary Security Staffing procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.

These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.

Price Environment

What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?

The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Temporary Security Staffing market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.

Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.

Supply Chain & Vendors

What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?

The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Temporary Security Staffing market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.

Business Requirements

What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?

The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current market price for Temporary Security Staffing?

The 2026 benchmark market price for Temporary Security Staffing is $50.9 per guard per hour. Prices have declined at a CAGR of -1.34 from 2023-26.

Who are the top vendors in the Temporary Security Staffing market?

The top vendors in the Temporary Security Staffing market include Star Security Inc., SecuriGuard Services Ltd., Control Risks Group Limited, Paladin Security Group Ltd. and Contemporary Services Corporation.

What factors affect the price of Temporary Security Staffing?

Response time and availability are critical factors in determining the price of temporary security staffing services, as clients prioritize quick and reliable service to ensure safety at events. For example, suppliers who can guarantee a rapid response to incidents and maintain a higher staff availability during peak times often command higher prices, as these attributes are measurable through response time metrics and staff-to-event ratios.

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