About us

The Public Service Commission is an independent agency responsible for safeguarding the values of a professional Public Service: competence, non-partisanship and representativeness.

Our mandate

• Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do
• Vision, Mission and Guiding principles
• Responsibilities
• Values of the Public Service Employment Act
• Legislation
• Operating Principles of the Public Service Commission

Organization

• Organization Chart
• Overview of our sectors
• Our Offices
• Biographies
  • Chairmen and Presidents of the Public Service of Canada since 1917
  • Public Service of Canada Commissioners since 1908
• Doing business with the Public Service Commission
• Access to Information and Privacy
• Publications
• Public Service Commission Joint Advisory Council

Official Languages

• Commitment

Linguistic tools

• Public Service Commission Lexicon
• Canada.ca Content Style Guide

Management Accountability

• PSC Annual Reports
  Presents an assessment of the staffing system, based on the information we receive from departments and agencies through their accountability reports, and on knowledge we acquire through audits, investigations, special studies and surveys.
• PSC Departmental Performance Reports (DPR)
  The DPR outlines the PSC's strategic goals and describe our performance, as an organization, towards the achievement of our identified priorities.
• PSC Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP)
  The organization of this year's RPP has been redesigned to reflect the PSC's new organizational structure, which mirrors our program activities: Appointment Integrity and Political Neutrality; and Recruitment and Assessment Services.
• Internal Audit at the Public Service Commission
  The PSC regularly performs audits of its own programs and activities to help ensure effective and efficient use of its resources.