Fitness Test Practice Sessions

Sessions will be approximately 3-4 hours. This includes check-in, a short physical assessment by a fitness appraiser to ensure it is safe for you to participate (e.g. checking your blood pressure and reviewing your paperwork), warm-up, demonstrations of each component of the test, participating in each component of the test, scoring, cool down, and a one-on-one review of your results.

You will be required to consent to a basic background check. Factors that will come up in a background check and may disqualify you from participating include (but are not limited to): recent police involvement, intimate partner (domestic) violence, criminal charges, affiliation with criminal activity, etc.

If your registration is approved by Uniform Recruitment, you will be sent a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire to complete prior to the session to ensure it is safe for you to participate. Factors that may impact your ability to participate are elevated heart rate, blood pressure, and/or injury.

The police fitness test is not easy and requires a high level of physical fitness in order to achieve the 75% score needed to pass.

For more information on the police fitness test requirements and scoring, click here.

Please note that you will need to have engaged in physical activity that elevates your heart rate to at least 90% of your estimated maximum in the 30 days leading up to the fitness test practice session in order to participate. If you don't, you will not be allowed to participate. This is for your safety as we need to be sure your heart can handle the stress of the test.

• Examples of physical activity which could elevate your heart rate to this level include running/sprinting, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), competitive sports, etc.
• Examples of your body's response to elevating your heart rate to this level include rapid breathing, strong/fast heartbeat, feelings of exhaustion, sweating, etc.

If your registration is not approved, you will be informed accordingly. Only those whose registration has been approved will be permitted to participate.

Filling out the registration form does not guarantee your registration will be approved. Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

If you are approved but are on the wait list, you will be informed accordingly. 

If there is a cancellation and you are next on the waitlist/cancellation list, you will be contacted and asked to participate.

Please only register if you are certain you will be able to attend on your chosen date and time as capacity is limited to 20 people per session.

If you must cancel, please provide as much notice as possible so someone else can participate. You can contact d.macfarlane@ssmps.org to cancel your registration.

If you register and do not show up for your session without notice and/or without a valid reason, you will be ineligible for participation in future sessions. Your missed session will also be kept on file and referenced in any future job applications with SSMPS.

While these sessions are intended to be for learning and practice, those who pass the practice test may choose to use the results as part of their application to SSMPS for up to four months. After four months, your results will expire and you will be required to retake the test as part of your application.

Those who do not pass the test will not be penalized (i.e. will not have the mandatory 3-month wait period to reapply that normally follows an unsuccessful test).

You will also be provided constructive feedback on areas for improvement and steps to take to improve your fitness for future testing.

We recommend practicing for future fitness tests using the information on this page.

You can still apply to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service without attending a police fitness test practice session. If your application appears to meet our requirements, a recruiter will contact you to schedule a fitness test. You will need to pass the test in order to proceed any further in the application process.

No, you cannot bring a guest to observe the fitness test practice session. Only those who have registered and have had their registration approved will be allowed into the gymnasium.

No, you cannot observe the fitness test practice session. Only those who have registered and have had their registration approved will be allowed into the gymnasium and must participate.

If you want to learn more about the Sault Police fitness test, please visit https://saultpolice.ca/careers/physical-fitness-requirements/ or contact d.macfarlane@ssmps.org with any questions about applying.