CIMM – IRCC Workforce Demographics – November 07, 2023
Includes all employment types occupying a substantive position. Data pulled on September 29, 2023. Percentages do not necessarily add to 100% due to rounding.
Workforce Evolution
| As of March 27, 2020 | 9,207 |
|---|---|
| As of March 26, 2021 | 9,701 |
| As of March 25, 2022 | 11,276 |
| As of March 31, 2023 | 13,136 |
| As of September 29, 2023 | 13,910 |
Growth in the past 3 years: 52%
Workforce by Employment Type
| Indeterminate | 9,510 | 68% |
|---|---|---|
| Term | 3,382 | 24% |
| Casual | 615 | 4% |
| Students | 332 | 2% |
| Other | 71 | 0% |
Contingent workforce = 4,400 (32%)
Operations Sector = 9,207 (66%)
National Capital Region (NCR) = 7,818 (56%)
Overseas = 225 (2%)
Official Languages
| English | 76% |
|---|---|
| French | 24% |
5,587 (40%) positions are bilingual
3,851 (69%) employees in bilingual positions meet the linguistic requirements of their position
3,290 employees are Francophone of which 2,232 (68%) are in the NCR, 61 (2%) are overseas and 997 (30%) are in the regions, mostly in the Québec region.
Employment Equity
Active substantive Indeterminate & term > 3 months employees
| EE Group | All Career Levels | Executive Level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representation | Baseline | Gap | Representation | Baseline | Gap | |
| Racialized Men | 1,144 (10%) | 8% | 193 | 12 (5%) | 11% | -13 |
| Racialized Women | 2,032 (17%) | 15% | 233 | 29 (13%) | 17% | -10 |
| Black Men | 535 (4%) | 2% | 343 | <5 | - | -1 |
| Black Women | 913 (8%) | 3% | 544 | 6 (3%) | 3% | -1 |
| Indigenous Men | 189 (2%) | 1% | 26 | 5 (2%) | 1% | 2 |
| Indigenous Women | 251 (2%) | 3% | -77 | <5 | - | -3 |
| Men with a Disability | 391 (3%) | 3% | -4 | 13 (6%) | 4% | 4 |
| Women with a Disability | 638 (5%) | 6% | -91 | 11 (5%) | 6% | -2 |
To ensure data confidentiality, data with less than 5 employees (<5) is suppressed
IRCC has made significant progress addressing under representation across all EE groups and continues to leverage EE candidates in the remaining areas.
Years Of Service
Indeterminate employees
Average years in position: 3
Average years at IRCC: 9
Average years in public service: 14
First position in public service is at IRCC: 7%
Service Delivery and Settlement, Integration & Francophone Affairs Sector employees have been at IRCC the longest, with an average of 9 years.
Departures (leaving IRCC)
| Resignation | Other | Retirement | Movement | Total | Departure rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | 51 | 152 | 115 | 193 | 511 | 7.0% |
| 2022-2023 | 69 | 215 | 132 | 188 | 604 | 7.4% |
| 2023-2024Table footnote * | 33 | 103 | 63 | 53 | 252 | 5.6% |
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