Human resources statistics

On this page

• Core public administration statistics
• Diversity and inclusion statistics
• Federal public service statistics
• Federal public service executive and non-executive statistics
• Demographics fact sheets
• Glossary of key terms
• Related links

Core public administration statistics

Explore and visualize core public administration employment trends and demographics through an interactive data visualization tool. Data on the core public administration excludes separate agencies.

Diversity and inclusion statistics

Statistics on employment equity populations in Canada’s public service (core public administration) and information related to diversity as part of the Public Service Employee Survey can be found in this section.

Access the latest statistical information on diversity and inclusion in Canada’s public service.

Federal public service statistics

Statistics on the federal public service which includes both the core public administration and separate agencies can be found in this section.

• Population of the federal public service
  • by department or agency
  • by province or territory of work and tenure
  • by province or territory of work
  • in the National Capital Region
  • by tenure
  • by first official language
  • by age band

Federal public service executive and non-executive statistics

Statistics on the federal public service executive and non-executive population which includes both the core public administration and separate agencies can be found in this section.

• by executive level
• executives and non-executives by department or agency New
• by region of work and executive level New
• by province or territory of work and executive level New
• by age band and executive level New
• by sex and executive level New
• by first official language and executive level New

Demographics fact sheets

These snapshots provide key demographics for Canada’s federal public service and supplements the Clerk of the Privy Council’s Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada.

• Demographic Snapshot of Canada’s Public Service, 2023
• Demographic Snapshot of Canada’s Public Service, 2022
• Demographic Snapshot of Canada’s Public Service, 2021
• Demographic Snapshot of Canada’s Public Service, 2020
• Demographic Snapshot of Canada’s Public Service, 2019
• Demographic Snapshot of Canada’s Public Service, 2018
• Demographic Snapshot of Canada’s Federal Public Service, 2017
• Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service, 2016
• Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service, 2015
• Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service, 2014
• Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service, 2013
• Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service, 2012
• Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service, 2011
• Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service, 2010 

Prior to 2010, the Demographic Snapshot of the Federal Public Service was included as part of the Clerk of the Privy Council’s Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service.

Glossary of key terms

To assist you with your understanding and analysis of public service human resources data, we have compiled a glossary of key terms. This glossary has been developed to help provide a common language across the Office of Chief Human Resource Officer’s (OCHRO) demographic snapshots and reports found on the human resource statistics webpage and through the interactive data visualization tool.

Related links

• Employment Equity in the Public Service of Canada Annual Reports
• Official Languages Annual Reports
• Public Service Employee Survey results
• Reports on Public Service Pensions