Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) results: Official languages

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About the data

  • Methodological notes
    • The dashboards were designed in collaboration with policy centres to provide a visual snapshot of PSES results for various groups represented in the PSES by selecting specific questions to highlight the workplace experiences of these employees. The dashboards complement other PSES products and provide information to support the continuous improvement of people management practices in the federal public service.
    • Percentages reflect the affirmative responses (i.e., the sum of “Strongly agree” and “Somewhat agree”; the sum of “Always/Almost always” and “Often”; the sum of “Very high” and “High”; the sum of "To a large extent" and "To a very large extent"; “Yes”; or the selected response from a list).
      • Percentages exclude the “Don’t know” and “Not applicable” response categories. 
    • The comparison group for each sub-type includes the rest of respondents not in that sub-group. The comparison group, or ‘Other’ group, includes all respondents who answered “No” to the first referenced question (such as “Are you an Indigenous person?”) and all respondents who answered “Yes” to the first referenced question but did not select the sub-group.
    • The 2020 PSES results by employment equity groups can be found on the Open Government Portal by accessing the EEInfoDV dataset.

    Source: 2020 Public Service Employee Survey

Results for all questions are available on the PSES webpage and on the Open Government Portal.

Official languages results

In the 2020 PSES, 129,443 respondents identified as an Anglophone and 58,589 respondents identified as a Francophone.

Career development

Got the training they need to do their job:

Anglophones

72%

Francophones

75%

Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development:

Anglophones

60%

Francophones

65%

Felt they have opportunities to provide input:

Anglophones

71%

Francophones

70%

Indicated lack of access to learning opportunities affected their career progress over the last 12 months:

Anglophones

11%

Francophones

9%

Comparative results

Agreed the material and tools provided were available in the official language of their choice:

Anglophones

96%

Francophones

90%

Agreed that senior managers used both official languages in their interactions with employees:

Anglophones

73%

Francophones

75%

Felt the information they received from their organization related to the COVID-19 pandemic was available in both official languages:

Anglophones

91%

Francophones

93%

Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member:

Anglophones

75%

Francophones

84%

Bilingual profile of area results

In the 2020 PSES, 58,603 respondents identified as an Anglophone and 45,895 respondents identified as a Francophone in a bilingual area.

Career development

Got the training they need to do their job:

Anglophones

74%

Francophones

76%

Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development:

Anglophones

63%

Francophones

66%

Felt they have opportunities to provide input:

Anglophones

77%

Francophones

72%

Indicated lack of access to learning opportunities affected their career progress over the last 12 months:

Anglophones

10%

Francophones

9%

Comparative results

Agreed the material and tools provided were available in the official language of their choice:

Anglophones

96%

Francophones

90%

Agreed that senior managers used both official languages in their interactions with employees:

Anglophones

83%

Francophones

76%

Felt the information they received from their organization related to the COVID-19 pandemic was available in both official languages:

Anglophones

95%

Francophones

94%

Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member:

Anglophones

79%

Francophones

84%

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