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Population of the federal public service by province or territory of work and executive level

From: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

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When reading the table below, the following information applies:

  • Source of information: Pay System as of March 31 of each year.
  • The federal public service consists of 2 population segments: the core public administration and separate agencies.
  • Departments and agencies in the core public administration are named in schedules I and IV of the Financial Administration Act. The Treasury Board is the employer of this segment of the federal public service.
  • Separate agencies are named in Schedule V of the Act. Separate agencies conduct their own negotiations or set their own classification levels for their employees.
  • Included in this information are:
    • active employees of all employment tenures (indeterminate, term, casual and student)
    • Governor in Council appointees
    • deputy ministers
    • federal judges
  • Excluded from this information are:
    • inactive employees (i.e., employees on leave without pay)
    • ministers’ exempt staff
    • employees locally engaged outside of Canada
    • RCMP Regular Force members
    • RCMP Civilian members
    • Canadian Armed Forces members
  • Population counts for the following separate agencies are not included because their employee information is not available in the Pay System:
    • Canadian Security Intelligence Service
    • National Capital Commission
    • Canada Investment and Savings
    • Canadian Forces Non-Public Funds
    • Security Intelligence Review Committee (before 2010)
  • Data on executives in the federal public service include employees from the Executive group as well as executive equivalents within the separate agencies.
  • Executive equivalents in separate agencies were adjusted in 2016 and as a result, historical years have been adjusted according to this grouping and may not reflect previous figures provided in historical Demographic snapshot of Canada’s public service reports and Clerk of the Privy Council’s Annual Reports to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada.
Population of the federal public service by province or territory of work and executive level
Province or territory of work Year
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Core public administration
Alberta 11,468 11,276 10,797 10,164 9,780 9,824 10,164 10,211 10,310 10,651 11,139 11,908 12,295 13,057 13,853
Executives
 87 93 90 82 84 82 81 70 74 78 72 83 88 101 99
EX-01
 49 56 54 47 50 48 47 37 43 42 41 46 52 64 59
EX-02
 26 25 22 23 24 23 25 24 21 24 21 25 25 25 30
EX-03
 11 11 12 10 9 10 8 8 9 11 9 11 10 10 8
EX-04
 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Non-executives
 11,381 11,183 10,707 10,082 9,696 9,742 10,083 10,141 10,236 10,573 11,067 11,825 12,207 12,956 13,754
British Columbia 19,755 19,427 18,915 17,681 16,871 17,038 17,019 16,727 16,985 17,791 18,476 19,871 19,970 21,210 22,175
Executives
 171 168 169 157 144 143 149 150 143 163 178 197 220 246 245
EX-01
 113 112 115 101 94 91 94 96 88 101 113 134 149 157 151
EX-02
 36 35 34 37 31 31 31 34 33 36 43 41 43 56 58
EX-03
 19 18 17 15 15 17 19 16 16 21 17 18 20 26 29
EX-04
 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 8 6 7
EX-05
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Non-executives
 19,584 19,259 18,746 17,524 16,727 16,895 16,870 16,577 16,842 17,628 18,298 19,674 19,750 20,964 21,930
Manitoba 8,205 7,841 7,715 7,346 7,058 6,907 6,831 6,633 6,733 6,955 7,253 7,635 7,840 8,366 8,974
Executives
 85 79 83 73 75 68 68 65 65 67 79 78 88 98 94
EX-01
 55 52 54 50 49 44 43 41 35 39 46 52 54 60 54
EX-02
 18 17 19 14 17 15 16 17 23 20 25 19 24 28 29
EX-03
 10 8 9 7 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 5 8 8 9
EX-04
 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Non-executives
 8,120 7,762 7,632 7,273 6,983 6,839 6,763 6,568 6,668 6,888 7,174 7,557 7,752 8,268 8,880
National Capital Region (NCR) 92,977 94,416 92,935 87,699 86,601 86,653 86,487 88,738 93,990 101,734 106,857 113,701 119,331 127,440 129,861
Executives
 4,041 4,167 4,162 3,899 3,760 3,734 3,781 3,741 3,914 4,227 4,445 4,896 5,199 5,470 5,582
EX-01
 2,174 2,255 2,242 2,064 1,960 1,936 1,940 1,917 2,005 2,152 2,263 2,455 2,609 2,773 2,804
EX-02
 904 920 918 875 864 879 889 902 923 999 1,060 1,221 1,319 1,366 1,397
EX-03
 695 725 723 713 692 685 706 683 727 799 830 900 961 1,013 1,031
EX-04
 187 185 191 167 162 162 161 158 179 187 195 210 209 213 238
EX-05
 81 82 88 80 82 72 85 81 80 90 97 110 101 105 112
Non-executives
 88,936 90,249 88,773 83,800 82,841 82,919 82,706 84,997 90,076 97,507 102,412 108,805 114,132 121,970 124,279
New Brunswick 7,378 7,552 7,037 6,791 6,810 7,188 7,238 7,256 7,918 8,498 8,932 9,523 9,978 10,690 11,713
Executives
 77 84 81 76 71 72 74 76 70 81 85 102 112 126 124
EX-01
 44 48 47 40 39 40 38 36 36 41 46 62 70 75 79
EX-02
 21 23 24 23 20 21 24 27 21 26 24 24 28 37 32
EX-03
 9 10 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 11 12 13 10 11 10
EX-04
 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
EX-05
 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 7,301 7,468 6,956 6,715 6,739 7,116 7,164 7,180 7,848 8,417 8,847 9,421 9,866 10,564 11,589
Newfoundland and Labrador 3,542 3,467 3,315 3,136 2,974 3,029 3,015 3,082 3,305 3,461 3,713 4,346 4,355 4,388 4,450
Executives
 37 38 38 31 28 30 32 28 33 32 36 37 46 47 48
EX-01
 21 23 24 20 17 19 20 17 22 18 23 23 25 28 29
EX-02
 10 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 12 10 12
EX-03
 4 5 5 3 3 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 6
EX-04
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EX-05
 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 3,505 3,429 3,277 3,105 2,946 2,999 2,983 3,054 3,272 3,429 3,677 4,309 4,309 4,341 4,402
Northwest Territories 691 655 597 549 424 401 405 407 408 422 422 465 465 479 499
Executives
 10 10 9 10 5 5 5 6 7 11 10 8 10 8 8
EX-01
 6 6 7 8 5 3 3 4 6 8 7 5 7 6 4
EX-02
 3 3 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3
EX-03
 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
Non-executives
 681 645 588 539 419 396 400 401 401 411 412 457 455 471 491
Nova Scotia 10,366 10,199 9,931 9,367 9,109 9,063 8,903 8,578 8,697 9,303 9,516 10,037 10,311 11,102 11,692
Executives
 88 90 87 86 85 85 83 88 81 89 94 99 112 124 109
EX-01
 54 57 54 52 52 53 52 56 51 54 59 59 72 86 70
EX-02
 21 24 23 23 22 20 18 20 20 23 22 22 23 21 25
EX-03
 11 8 7 8 9 9 10 10 7 9 10 13 13 13 10
EX-04
 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 4 4
Non-executives
 10,278 10,109 9,844 9,281 9,024 8,978 8,820 8,490 8,616 9,214 9,422 9,938 10,199 10,978 11,583
Nunavut 219 243 252 254 252 255 238 237 240 242 257 273 287 295 298
Executives
 5 6 5 7 5 6 8 7 9 8 9 8 9 10 6
EX-01
 4 5 3 7 5 6 6 6 7 5 6 5 6 8 6
EX-02
 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0
Non-executives
 214 237 247 247 247 249 230 230 231 234 248 265 278 285 292
Ontario (minus the NCR) 27,954 28,111 27,421 26,069 25,075 25,183 25,330 24,764 25,148 25,607 27,016 28,689 29,502 32,037 34,484
Executives
 197 201 205 185 182 180 171 160 170 174 181 206 220 245 252
EX-01
 123 124 123 107 111 102 95 94 104 101 110 126 137 144 139
EX-02
 52 54 57 56 49 52 56 50 52 56 55 62 59 75 87
EX-03
 18 19 19 18 18 21 16 13 12 14 13 15 20 22 21
EX-04
 3 3 5 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 5
EX-05
 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 27,757 27,910 27,216 25,884 24,893 25,003 25,159 24,604 24,978 25,433 26,835 28,483 29,282 31,792 34,232
Outside of Canada 1,559 1,636 1,580 1,526 1,514 1,476 1,447 1,341 1,367 1,413 1,492 1,323 1,478 1,540 1,571
Executives
 305 303 284 273 272 271 279 262 258 252 256 227 247 263 262
EX-01
 134 139 135 132 134 128 134 130 130 127 124 107 127 130 135
EX-02
 83 76 72 65 65 73 79 74 67 65 69 61 60 67 64
EX-03
 60 63 59 56 54 53 51 47 52 52 53 49 53 56 55
EX-04
 15 13 9 13 14 15 13 9 7 6 8 8 7 9 7
EX-05
 13 12 9 7 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1
Non-executives
 1,254 1,333 1,296 1,253 1,242 1,205 1,168 1,079 1,109 1,161 1,236 1,096 1,231 1,277 1,309
Prince Edward Island 2,056 2,040 1,914 1,882 1,714 1,711 1,757 1,804 1,817 2,046 2,158 2,347 2,301 2,544 2,611
Executives
 49 44 42 40 47 44 52 54 54 46 50 54 56 63 58
EX-01
 26 21 22 24 27 23 29 31 31 24 24 29 29 30 32
EX-02
 8 11 9 8 11 8 10 11 11 10 15 12 15 20 14
EX-03
 12 9 8 6 7 9 11 10 10 9 8 10 9 10 9
EX-04
 2 3 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2
EX-05
 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
Non-executives
 2,007 1,996 1,872 1,842 1,667 1,667 1,705 1,750 1,763 2,000 2,108 2,293 2,245 2,481 2,553
Quebec (minus the NCR) 24,716 24,667 24,047 22,768 22,023 21,767 21,906 20,987 21,728 22,776 23,525 25,209 26,202 28,309 29,788
Executives
 236 227 227 210 194 201 195 199 194 207 214 225 252 295 283
EX-01
 126 123 128 115 102 107 101 105 105 106 114 118 142 163 156
EX-02
 73 71 66 59 66 66 67 66 63 70 72 69 74 86 75
EX-03
 29 29 27 31 22 23 22 22 19 23 22 31 29 40 47
EX-04
 7 4 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 4
EX-05
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1
Non-executives
 24,480 24,440 23,820 22,558 21,829 21,566 21,711 20,788 21,534 22,569 23,311 24,984 25,950 28,014 29,505
Saskatchewan 5,375 5,344 5,230 4,956 4,821 4,775 4,821 4,760 4,746 4,823 4,987 5,165 5,185 5,436 5,708
Executives
 48 53 51 44 38 30 34 33 36 42 37 41 43 39 45
EX-01
 25 27 27 22 19 14 16 14 17 20 18 21 21 19 22
EX-02
 15 19 16 16 15 12 14 14 14 16 13 14 13 10 10
EX-03
 6 5 6 4 3 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 7 8 10
EX-04
 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
Non-executives
 5,327 5,291 5,179 4,912 4,783 4,745 4,787 4,727 4,710 4,781 4,950 5,124 5,142 5,397 5,663
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,506 3,888 4,607 4,274 5,092 4,897 4,465 3,523 4,077
Executives
 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 149 181 146 170 154 161 175 194
EX-01
 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 55 64 60 75 68 67 74 79
EX-02
 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 41 50 35 37 37 35 35 46
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30 33 28 35 33 30 41 43
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21 15 11 9 19 17 17
EX-05
 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13 8 12 7 10 8 9
Non-executives
 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,490 3,739 4,426 4,128 4,922 4,743 4,304 3,348 3,883
Yukon 335 350 342 328 304 295 287 278 313 319 341 350 344 382 398
Executives
 5 2 5 6 5 7 7 6 7 3 6 6 7 10 7
EX-01
 5 2 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 2 5 5 6 6 4
EX-02
 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Non-executives
 330 348 337 322 299 288 280 272 306 316 335 344 337 372 391
Total 216,596 217,224 212,028 200,516 195,330 195,565 197,354 199,691 208,312 220,315 231,176 245,739 254,309 270,798 282,152
Separate agencies
Alberta 5,052 4,952 4,854 4,594 4,667 4,604 4,639 4,701 4,806 4,908 4,949 5,603 6,129 6,422 5,749
Executives
 60 70 72 74 79 84 88 89 84 92 83 79 81 82 63
EX-01
 20 25 27 32 35 36 35 35 35 36 34 21 28 22 17
EX-02
 13 15 15 14 16 16 18 20 15 18 11 16 16 15 13
EX-03
 19 22 23 21 22 23 28 28 30 31 30 35 31 39 27
EX-04
 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 7 8 7 6 6 6
EX-05
 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 4,992 4,882 4,782 4,520 4,588 4,520 4,551 4,612 4,722 4,816 4,866 5,524 6,048 6,340 5,686
British Columbia 6,280 6,223 6,462 6,116 5,930 5,885 5,805 5,656 5,926 6,099 6,274 6,593 7,671 8,047 7,706
Executives
 58 57 55 57 59 59 59 58 56 61 60 55 60 62 58
EX-01
 35 32 29 31 32 30 33 33 29 33 31 24 26 23 24
EX-02
 16 18 17 16 17 21 18 15 19 16 20 23 23 29 22
EX-03
 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 8 6 7
EX-04
 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 6 3 2 3 2 3
EX-05
 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Non-executives
 6,222 6,166 6,407 6,059 5,871 5,826 5,746 5,598 5,870 6,038 6,214 6,538 7,611 7,985 7,648
Manitoba 3,758 3,773 3,803 3,347 3,268 3,181 3,188 3,452 4,121 4,411 4,372 4,521 5,225 5,037 5,021
Executives
 23 23 21 22 22 19 20 21 22 26 29 29 27 26 27
EX-01
 13 14 12 14 15 12 15 13 13 16 17 14 11 10 13
EX-02
 6 5 5 3 4 3 3 5 6 7 10 11 12 12 11
EX-03
 3 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3
EX-04
 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0
EX-05
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Non-executives
 3,735 3,750 3,782 3,325 3,246 3,162 3,168 3,431 4,099 4,385 4,343 4,492 5,198 5,011 4,994
National Capital Region (NCR) 21,973 21,941 21,721 20,734 20,646 20,635 20,888 19,239 19,038 19,496 20,235 21,116 22,416 24,496 25,644
Executives
 889 934 918 904 893 892 881 835 828 865 876 928 977 1,041 1,026
EX-01
 434 441 442 426 418 404 394 405 389 414 406 441 456 494 490
EX-02
 198 222 214 217 234 237 245 224 226 234 243 255 272 282 285
EX-03
 174 188 179 175 165 167 163 135 144 136 146 142 168 177 164
EX-04
 38 41 47 46 40 44 43 37 39 43 40 47 42 48 50
EX-05
 45 42 36 40 36 40 36 34 30 38 41 43 39 40 37
Non-executives
 21,084 21,007 20,803 19,830 19,753 19,743 20,007 18,404 18,210 18,631 19,359 20,188 21,439 23,455 24,618
New Brunswick 1,187 1,120 1,136 1,086 1,089 1,093 1,090 1,096 1,114 1,140 1,197 1,358 1,742 1,741 1,697
Executives
 11 8 9 8 8 10 12 8 8 12 12 13 16 16 15
EX-01
 5 2 2 2 4 3 6 6 4 6 7 6 7 5 5
EX-02
 4 4 4 5 3 6 4 2 3 5 4 6 8 9 8
EX-03
 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Non-executives
 1,176 1,112 1,127 1,078 1,081 1,083 1,078 1,088 1,106 1,128 1,185 1,345 1,726 1,725 1,682
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,947 1,755 1,847 1,656 1,631 1,682 1,547 1,701 2,043 1,977 2,017 2,506 3,390 3,464 3,156
Executives
 11 11 12 13 14 12 13 13 12 16 14 14 18 18 18
EX-01
 6 6 7 9 7 6 8 6 7 9 7 6 11 11 10
EX-02
 3 4 3 4 6 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 5
EX-03
 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2
Non-executives
 1,936 1,744 1,835 1,643 1,617 1,670 1,534 1,688 2,031 1,961 2,003 2,492 3,372 3,446 3,138
Northwest Territories 77 91 83 63 63 71 86 89 75 84 93 106 110 117 102
Executives
 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4
EX-02
 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2
EX-03
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non-executives
 74 88 81 60 60 70 83 86 74 82 91 104 108 115 98
Nova Scotia 1,722 1,645 1,699 1,440 1,489 1,486 1,533 1,522 1,547 1,577 1,632 1,769 1,870 1,903 1,754
Executives
 24 25 23 21 22 21 21 22 23 23 25 26 29 31 35
EX-01
 12 13 10 10 11 13 13 10 12 12 14 13 15 11 14
EX-02
 7 7 7 5 4 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 6 13 13
EX-03
 3 4 4 4 5 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4
EX-04
 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 3 3
EX-05
 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non-executives
 1,698 1,620 1,676 1,419 1,467 1,465 1,512 1,500 1,524 1,554 1,607 1,743 1,841 1,872 1,719
Nunavut 34 34 35 28 33 31 43 48 48 54 60 61 66 71 98
Executives
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 5
EX-01
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
EX-02
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Non-executives
 33 33 34 27 32 30 42 47 47 52 59 60 65 70 93
Ontario (minus the NCR) 12,897 12,653 13,346 12,820 12,671 12,608 12,576 12,655 13,235 14,012 14,076 14,814 15,546 16,712 16,407
Executives
 130 138 139 153 163 164 167 168 165 169 172 188 185 206 223
EX-01
 72 81 81 85 98 96 99 104 96 97 96 103 103 117 124
EX-02
 35 38 38 39 38 42 42 40 45 49 53 60 60 62 71
EX-03
 16 14 13 21 19 18 17 18 18 16 18 20 19 21 20
EX-04
 2 2 5 5 6 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
EX-05
 5 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 4 5 4 4 2 4 4
Non-executives
 12,767 12,515 13,207 12,667 12,508 12,444 12,409 12,487 13,070 13,843 13,904 14,626 15,361 16,506 16,184
Outside of Canada 4 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Executives
 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EX-01
 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EX-02
 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prince Edward Island 1,325 1,217 1,375 1,334 1,405 1,404 1,378 1,342 1,384 1,534 1,509 1,541 1,709 1,748 1,731
Executives
 8 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 10 9 8 9 8 8 9
EX-01
 5 4 4 2 4 3 2 4 7 6 5 5 5 5 6
EX-02
 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 3
EX-03
 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Non-executives
 1,317 1,210 1,368 1,328 1,397 1,397 1,373 1,336 1,374 1,525 1,501 1,532 1,701 1,740 1,722
Quebec (minus the NCR) 8,730 8,376 8,374 7,915 7,719 7,607 7,642 7,733 7,991 8,051 8,242 8,772 10,096 10,601 10,138
Executives
 97 92 96 90 97 98 93 85 90 89 91 98 96 106 104
EX-01
 40 36 37 39 44 43 40 36 40 39 41 36 36 40 39
EX-02
 43 42 43 36 38 38 37 32 34 35 36 45 44 46 47
EX-03
 6 6 9 7 5 5 6 9 8 7 6 5 6 9 8
EX-04
 7 7 6 7 9 11 9 7 7 7 7 10 7 9 8
EX-05
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2
Non-executives
 8,633 8,284 8,278 7,825 7,622 7,509 7,549 7,648 7,901 7,962 8,151 8,674 10,000 10,495 10,034
Saskatchewan 1,308 1,253 1,246 1,116 1,136 1,109 1,081 1,054 1,050 1,098 1,101 1,077 1,143 1,161 1,095
Executives
 13 13 11 10 11 13 12 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 11
EX-01
 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4
EX-02
 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 7
EX-03
 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Non-executives
 1,295 1,240 1,235 1,106 1,125 1,096 1,069 1,044 1,040 1,088 1,090 1,066 1,132 1,151 1,084
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 2,649 2,809 3,148 3,438 3,948 4,446 4,834 5,239
Executives
 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 66 70 67 69 97 123 139 138
EX-01
 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 10 24 28 20
EX-02
 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41 46 43 43 58 61 72 72
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 17 12 15 22 27 28 33
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 5 5 8 7 9
EX-05
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4
Non-executives
 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2,583 2,739 3,081 3,369 3,851 4,323 4,695 5,101
Yukon 90 91 81 50 59 72 91 68 72 79 79 77 89 95 83
Executives
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3
EX-02
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non-executives
 89 90 80 49 58 71 90 67 70 78 78 76 87 94 80
Total 66,384 65,128 66,064 62,301 61,808 61,469 61,625 63,005 65,259 67,668 69,274 73,862 81,648 86,449 85,620
Federal public service
Alberta 16,520 16,228 15,651 14,758 14,447 14,428 14,803 14,912 15,116 15,559 16,088 17,511 18,424 19,479 19,602
Executives
 147 163 162 156 163 166 169 159 158 170 155 162 169 183 162
EX-01
 69 81 81 79 85 84 82 72 78 78 75 67 80 86 76
EX-02
 39 40 37 37 40 39 43 44 36 42 32 41 41 40 43
EX-03
 30 33 35 31 31 33 36 36 39 42 39 46 41 49 35
EX-04
 7 7 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 8 9 8 7 8 8
EX-05
 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 16,373 16,065 15,489 14,602 14,284 14,262 14,634 14,753 14,958 15,389 15,933 17,349 18,255 19,296 19,440
British Columbia 26,035 25,650 25,377 23,797 22,801 22,923 22,824 22,383 22,911 23,890 24,750 26,464 27,641 29,257 29,881
Executives
 229 225 224 214 203 202 208 208 199 224 238 252 280 308 303
EX-01
 148 144 144 132 126 121 127 129 117 134 144 158 175 180 175
EX-02
 52 53 51 53 48 52 49 49 52 52 63 64 66 85 80
EX-03
 25 24 24 23 23 22 24 23 22 27 23 24 28 32 36
EX-04
 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 7 7 11 8 6 11 8 10
EX-05
 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
Non-executives
 25,806 25,425 25,153 23,583 22,598 22,721 22,616 22,175 22,712 23,666 24,512 26,212 27,361 28,949 29,578
Manitoba 11,963 11,614 11,518 10,693 10,326 10,088 10,019 10,085 10,854 11,366 11,625 12,156 13,065 13,403 13,995
Executives
 108 102 104 95 97 87 88 86 87 93 108 107 115 124 121
EX-01
 68 66 66 64 64 56 58 54 48 55 63 66 65 70 67
EX-02
 24 22 24 17 21 18 19 22 29 27 35 30 36 40 40
EX-03
 13 11 12 11 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 11 12
EX-04
 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2
EX-05
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Non-executives
 11,855 11,512 11,414 10,598 10,229 10,001 9,931 9,999 10,767 11,273 11,517 12,049 12,950 13,279 13,874
National Capital Region (NCR) 114,950 116,357 114,656 108,433 107,247 107,288 107,375 107,977 113,028 121,230 127,092 134,817 141,747 151,936 155,505
Executives
 4,930 5,101 5,080 4,803 4,653 4,626 4,662 4,576 4,742 5,092 5,321 5,824 6,176 6,511 6,608
EX-01
 2,608 2,696 2,684 2,490 2,378 2,340 2,334 2,322 2,394 2,566 2,669 2,896 3,065 3,267 3,294
EX-02
 1,102 1,142 1,132 1,092 1,098 1,116 1,134 1,126 1,149 1,233 1,303 1,476 1,591 1,648 1,682
EX-03
 869 913 902 888 857 852 869 818 871 935 976 1,042 1,129 1,190 1,195
EX-04
 225 226 238 213 202 206 204 195 218 230 235 257 251 261 288
EX-05
 126 124 124 120 118 112 121 115 110 128 138 153 140 145 149
Non-executives
 110,020 111,256 109,576 103,630 102,594 102,662 102,713 103,401 108,286 116,138 121,771 128,993 135,571 145,425 148,897
New Brunswick 8,565 8,672 8,173 7,877 7,899 8,281 8,328 8,352 9,032 9,638 10,129 10,881 11,720 12,431 13,410
Executives
 88 92 90 84 79 82 86 84 78 93 97 115 128 142 139
EX-01
 49 50 49 42 43 43 44 42 40 47 53 68 77 80 84
EX-02
 25 27 28 28 23 27 28 29 24 31 28 30 36 46 40
EX-03
 11 12 11 10 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 11 13 12
EX-04
 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
EX-05
 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 8,477 8,580 8,083 7,793 7,820 8,199 8,242 8,268 8,954 9,545 10,032 10,766 11,592 12,289 13,271
Newfoundland and Labrador 5,489 5,222 5,162 4,792 4,605 4,711 4,562 4,783 5,348 5,438 5,730 6,852 7,745 7,852 7,606
Executives
 48 49 50 44 42 42 45 41 45 48 50 51 64 65 66
EX-01
 27 29 31 29 24 25 28 23 29 27 30 29 36 39 39
EX-02
 13 12 10 10 12 11 8 9 8 11 11 12 17 15 17
EX-03
 6 6 7 3 4 5 8 7 7 8 7 8 9 9 7
EX-04
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3
EX-05
 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-executives
 5,441 5,173 5,112 4,748 4,563 4,669 4,517 4,742 5,303 5,390 5,680 6,801 7,681 7,787 7,540
Northwest Territories 768 746 680 612 487 472 491 496 483 506 515 571 575 596 601
Executives
 13 13 11 13 8 6 8 9 8 13 12 10 12 10 12
EX-01
 6 6 7 8 5 3 3 4 6 8 7 5 7 6 4
EX-02
 5 5 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 5
EX-03
 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non-executives
 755 733 669 599 479 466 483 487 475 493 503 561 563 586 589
Nova Scotia 12,088 11,844 11,630 10,807 10,598 10,549 10,436 10,100 10,244 10,880 11,148 11,806 12,181 13,005 13,446
Executives
 112 115 110 107 107 106 104 110 104 112 119 125 141 155 144
EX-01
 66 70 64 62 63 66 65 66 63 66 73 72 87 97 84
EX-02
 28 31 30 28 26 23 21 26 26 29 28 29 29 34 38
EX-03
 14 12 11 12 14 11 12 13 10 11 12 16 16 16 14
EX-04
 3 2 4 4 3 5 5 4 5 6 6 8 9 7 7
EX-05
 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non-executives
 11,976 11,729 11,520 10,700 10,491 10,443 10,332 9,990 10,140 10,768 11,029 11,681 12,040 12,850 13,302
Nunavut 253 277 287 282 285 286 281 285 288 296 317 334 353 366 396
Executives
 6 7 6 8 6 7 9 8 10 10 10 9 10 11 11
EX-01
 4 5 3 7 5 6 6 6 7 5 6 5 6 8 9
EX-02
 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 2 2 1 1 1
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 1
Non-executives
 247 270 281 274 279 279 272 277 278 286 307 325 343 355 385
Ontario (minus the NCR) 40,851 40,764 40,767 38,889 37,746 37,791 37,906 37,419 38,383 39,619 41,092 43,503 45,048 48,749 50,891
Executives
 327 339 344 338 345 344 338 328 335 343 353 394 405 451 475
EX-01
 195 205 204 192 209 198 194 198 200 198 206 229 240 261 263
EX-02
 87 92 95 95 87 94 98 90 97 105 108 122 119 137 158
EX-03
 34 33 32 39 37 39 33 31 30 30 31 35 39 43 41
EX-04
 5 5 10 9 9 10 8 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 9
EX-05
 6 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 6 4 4 2 4 4
Non-executives
 40,524 40,425 40,423 38,551 37,401 37,447 37,568 37,091 38,048 39,276 40,739 43,109 44,643 48,298 50,416
Outside of Canada 1,563 1,640 1,582 1,528 1,516 1,477 1,450 1,341 1,367 1,413 1,492 1,323 1,478 1,540 1,571
Executives
 306 304 285 274 273 271 280 262 258 252 256 227 247 263 262
EX-01
 135 140 136 133 135 128 134 130 130 127 124 107 127 130 135
EX-02
 83 76 72 65 65 73 80 74 67 65 69 61 60 67 64
EX-03
 60 63 59 56 54 53 51 47 52 52 53 49 53 56 55
EX-04
 15 13 9 13 14 15 13 9 7 6 8 8 7 9 7
EX-05
 13 12 9 7 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1
Non-executives
 1,257 1,336 1,297 1,254 1,243 1,206 1,170 1,079 1,109 1,161 1,236 1,096 1,231 1,277 1,309
Prince Edward Island 3,381 3,257 3,289 3,216 3,119 3,115 3,135 3,146 3,201 3,580 3,667 3,888 4,010 4,292 4,342
Executives
 57 51 49 46 55 51 57 60 64 55 58 63 64 71 67
EX-01
 31 25 26 26 31 26 31 35 38 30 29 34 34 35 38
EX-02
 11 14 12 11 15 12 13 13 14 13 18 16 18 22 17
EX-03
 12 9 8 7 7 9 11 10 10 9 8 10 9 11 9
EX-04
 2 3 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2
EX-05
 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
Non-executives
 3,324 3,206 3,240 3,170 3,064 3,064 3,078 3,086 3,137 3,525 3,609 3,825 3,946 4,221 4,275
Quebec (minus the NCR) 33,446 33,043 32,421 30,683 29,742 29,374 29,548 28,720 29,719 30,827 31,767 33,981 36,298 38,910 39,926
Executives
 333 319 323 300 291 299 288 284 284 296 305 323 348 401 387
EX-01
 166 159 165 154 146 150 141 141 145 145 155 154 178 203 195
EX-02
 116 113 109 95 104 104 104 98 97 105 108 114 118 132 122
EX-03
 35 35 36 38 27 28 28 31 27 30 28 36 35 49 55
EX-04
 14 11 12 12 13 16 14 13 13 13 13 16 14 14 12
EX-05
 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 3
Non-executives
 33,113 32,724 32,098 30,383 29,451 29,075 29,260 28,436 29,435 30,531 31,462 33,658 35,950 38,509 39,539
Saskatchewan 6,683 6,597 6,476 6,072 5,957 5,884 5,902 5,814 5,796 5,921 6,088 6,242 6,328 6,597 6,803
Executives
 61 66 62 54 49 43 46 43 46 52 48 52 54 49 56
EX-01
 31 33 31 25 23 20 22 19 22 26 24 26 26 23 26
EX-02
 20 24 20 20 19 16 19 19 19 20 18 19 19 15 17
EX-03
 8 7 9 7 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 9 10
EX-04
 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3
Non-executives
 6,622 6,531 6,414 6,018 5,908 5,841 5,856 5,771 5,750 5,869 6,040 6,190 6,274 6,548 6,747
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,541 6,537 7,416 7,422 8,530 8,845 8,911 8,357 9,316
Executives
 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 215 251 213 239 251 284 314 332
EX-01
 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 57 66 64 79 78 91 102 99
EX-02
 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 82 96 78 80 95 96 107 118
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 48 50 40 50 55 57 69 76
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 25 21 16 14 27 24 26
EX-05
 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 14 10 14 9 13 12 13
Non-executives
 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,523 6,322 7,165 7,209 8,291 8,594 8,627 8,043 8,984
Yukon 425 441 423 378 363 367 378 346 385 398 420 427 433 477 481
Executives
 6 3 6 7 6 8 8 7 9 4 7 7 9 11 10
EX-01
 5 2 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 2 5 5 6 6 4
EX-02
 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 4
EX-03
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
EX-04
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non-executives
 419 438 417 371 357 359 370 339 376 394 413 420 424 466 471
Federal public service total 282,980 282,352 278,092 262,817 257,138 257,034 258,979 262,696 273,571 287,983 300,450 319,601 335,957 357,247 367,772

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Population of the federal public service by province or territory of work and executive level These data present population counts by province or territory of work and executive level for the federal public service (all departments and agencies governed by the Financial Administration Act (FAA) Schedules I, IV and V) from March 31, 2010 to March 31, 2024.

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