Results of the Performance Management Program for Executives for 2022-2023

Posted information reflects data collected from organizations following the performance review period for which performance pay has been paid. This site may not reflect all transactions and/or modifications completed by organizations after they have submitted their results to the Treasury Board Secretariat. The expenditure information for organizations with five or fewer executives has been suppressed at the organization level in accordance with privacy legislation but is reflected in the total for the Core Public Administration.

Performance pay is provided to executives based on the extent to which commitments outlined in their annual performance agreements were achieved and how they demonstrated the key leadership competencies and values and ethics. Commitments include government-wide corporate priorities set by the Clerk of the Privy Council, organizational objectives set by each deputy head, and individual objectives set by the managers of executives.

Performance pay has two components: 1) At-risk payFootnote 1 – calculated as a percentage of salary and 2) Bonus – calculated as a percentage of salary and only awarded for exceptional performance. Executives whose performance does not meet expectations or cannot be assessed are not eligible for performance pay. Performance pay must be re-earned every year.

In 2022-2023, 7,689 EX group executives (97%) across the Core Public Administration earned performance pay with 705 (9.2%) of them receiving a bonus as part of their performance pay. The expenditure for at-risk pay was $122.9M and $4.0M for bonus for a total of $126.9M.

Organization Total Expenditures for Performance Pay Average Expenditures for Performance Paytable 1 note 1 Expenditures for At-risk Pay Average At-risk Paytable 1 note 1 Expenditures for Bonus Average Bonustable 1 note 1 Number of Executives Who Received At-risk Pay Only Number of Executives Who Received a Bonus in Addition to At-risk Pay Number of Executives Who Did Not Receive At-risk Pay Total Number of Executivestable 1 note 2
Total Core Public Administration $126,853,385 $16,498 $122,902,206 $15,984 $3,951,178 $5,605 6,984 705 239 7,928
Accessibility Standards Canada-CAQ Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 2
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada-ATS $394,389 $16,433 $383,930 $15,997 $10,459 $5,229 22 2 3 27
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada-AGR $2,372,059 $16,588 $2,341,498 $16,374 $30,561 $5,093 137 6 4 147
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency-ACO $856,347 $19,030 $815,653 $18,126 $40,695 $8,139 40 5 0 45
Canada Border Services Agency-BSF $4,189,919 $15,576 $4,100,033 $15,242 $89,886 $4,994 251 18 8 277
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions-FRD $332,259 $19,545 $300,403 $17,671 $31,856 $4,551 10 7 0 17
Canada School of Public Service-CES $1,031,029 $17,776 $954,082 $16,450 $76,947 $5,919 45 13 1 59
Canadian Dairy Commission-CDC $85,469 $17,094 $75,851 $15,170 $9,618 $4,809 3 2 1 6
Canadian Grain Commission-CGC $182,188 $22,773 $165,493 $20,687 $16,694 $5,565 5 3 0 8
Canadian Heritage-PCH $2,289,207 $17,609 $2,217,756 $17,060 $71,451 $7,939 121 9 6 136
Canadian Human Rights Commission-HRC $346,582 $15,069 $333,694 $14,508 $12,888 $4,296 20 3 0 23
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat-CIC Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 1
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency-NED $204,862 $18,624 $200,053 $18,187 $4,809 $4,809 10 1 0 11
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission-RTC $663,784 $17,940 $636,441 $17,201 $27,343 $4,557 31 6 0 37
Canadian Space Agency-CSA $685,757 $17,144 $651,409 $16,285 $34,348 $8,587 36 4 1 41
Canadian Transportation Agency-ATN $315,868 $17,548 $278,062 $15,448 $37,806 $4,726 10 8 0 18
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP-RPP $88,000 $14,667 $77,484 $12,914 $10,515 $3,505 3 3 1 7
Copyright Board Canada-COP Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 2
Correctional Service Canada-PEN $2,935,952 $14,979 $2,879,569 $14,692 $56,384 $5,638 186 10 3 199
Courts Administration Service-CAJ $383,263 $15,969 $373,593 $15,566 $9,670 $4,835 22 2 0 24
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada-IAN $1,984,482 $16,004 $1,975,009 $15,927 $9,473 $4,736 122 2 11 135
Department of Finance Canada-FIN $3,030,672 $19,553 $2,817,958 $18,180 $212,714 $7,335 126 29 10 165
Department of Justice Canada-JUS $1,093,897 $15,627 $1,056,366 $15,091 $37,532 $4,691 62 8 5 75
Elections Canada-CEO $681,771 $16,629 $659,598 $16,088 $22,173 $4,435 36 5 0 41
Employment and Social Development Canada-CSD $12,673,901 $15,803 $12,249,668 $15,274 $424,233 $5,510 725 77 13 815
Environment and Climate Change Canada-DOE $4,185,924 $17,085 $4,035,646 $16,472 $150,278 $5,367 217 28 16 261
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario-ESO $352,285 $15,317 $343,870 $14,951 $8,416 $4,208 21 2 0 23
Fisheries and Oceans Canada-DFO $5,154,658 $15,387 $5,108,773 $15,250 $45,885 $4,589 325 10 7 342
Global Affairs Canada-EXT $11,136,968 $16,697 $10,908,349 $16,354 $228,620 $5,080 622 45 2 669
Health Canada-NHW $4,927,245 $17,983 $4,740,533 $17,301 $186,712 $6,668 246 28 10 284
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada-IRB $748,356 $17,008 $716,933 $16,294 $31,423 $6,285 39 5 0 44
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada-IMC $4,435,007 $15,671 $4,347,483 $15,362 $87,524 $5,148 266 17 0 283
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada-EAA $562,646 $16,548 $554,975 $16,323 $7,671 $3,836 32 2 1 35
Indigenous Services Canada-DIS $3,674,216 $15,373 $3,640,071 $15,230 $34,145 $6,829 234 5 31 270
Infrastructure Canada-INF $1,795,190 $17,097 $1,734,793 $16,522 $60,396 $5,491 94 11 9 114
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada-DUS $4,875,884 $15,882 $4,600,100 $14,984 $275,784 $5,746 259 48 8 315
International Joint Commission-IJC Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 3
Library and Archives Canada-BAL $589,969 $14,749 $567,960 $14,199 $22,009 $7,336 37 3 1 41
Military Grievances External Review Committee-FCG Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 3
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada-CPM Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 1
National Defence-DND $4,218,324 $16,100 $4,100,511 $15,651 $117,813 $6,201 243 19 11 273
Natural Resources Canada-RSN $3,168,721 $15,687 $3,106,850 $15,380 $61,871 $6,187 192 10 5 207
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada-FJA Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 4
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada-LOB Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 5
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages-COL $239,772 $15,985 $225,028 $15,002 $14,744 $3,686 11 4 1 16
Office of the Governor General's Secretary-GGS $183,817 $15,318 $183,817 $15,318 $0 $0 12 0 1 13
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada-INT Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 3
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada-IPC $453,521 $16,197 $412,555 $14,734 $40,966 $4,552 19 9 1 29
Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada-PED $333,651 $16,683 $333,651 $16,683 $0 $0 20 0 0 20
Parole Board of Canada-NPB $262,417 $17,494 $233,512 $15,567 $28,905 $5,781 10 5 1 16
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada-PXR Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 5
Prairies Economic Development Canada-WCO $487,451 $18,054 $487,451 $18,054 $0 $0 27 0 0 27
Privy Council Office-PCO $2,420,207 $20,002 $2,375,152 $19,629 $45,056 $5,006 112 9 3 124
Public Health Agency of Canada-AHS $2,760,788 $16,433 $2,665,459 $15,866 $95,329 $5,608 151 17 3 171
Public Prosecution Service of Canada-PPD $192,927 $16,077 $192,927 $16,077 $0 $0 12 0 0 12
Public Safety Canada-PSP $1,859,031 $15,755 $1,822,713 $15,447 $36,318 $4,540 110 8 2 120
Public Service Commission of Canada-PSC $754,943 $15,407 $745,845 $15,221 $9,098 $4,549 47 2 0 49
Public Services and Procurement Canada-SVC $8,539,806 $16,360 $8,201,108 $15,711 $338,699 $5,211 457 65 3 525
RCMP External Review Committee-REC Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 1
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada-SUC $199,339 $19,934 $167,773 $16,777 $31,566 $4,509 3 7 0 10
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)-RCM $2,821,493 $15,251 $2,803,816 $15,156 $17,677 $4,419 181 4 24 209
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians-NSI Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 1
Shared Services Canada-GSS $4,394,020 $17,097 $4,246,081 $16,522 $147,939 $6,164 233 24 6 263
Statistics Canada-STC $1,607,037 $15,019 $1,597,419 $14,929 $9,618 $4,809 105 2 0 107
Transport Canada-mot $4,554,128 $17,250 $4,327,208 $16,391 $226,920 $5,818 225 39 4 268
Transportation Safety Board of Canada-TSB $216,092 $18,008 $203,057 $16,921 $13,035 $6,517 10 2 0 12
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat-TBD $5,458,586 $18,758 $5,323,364 $18,293 $135,222 $6,761 271 20 18 309
Veterans Affairs Canada-DVA $1,354,556 $16,126 $1,287,542 $15,328 $67,014 $5,155 71 13 0 84
Veterans Review and Appeal Board-AVC Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * Suppressedtable 1 note * 5
Women and Gender Equality Canada-CSW $567,569 $17,199 $519,281 $15,736 $48,289 $5,365 24 9 1 34

Table 1 Notes

Table 1 Note 1

The denominator used in the calculation of averages excludes executives who did not receive that element of performance pay:

  • Average Total Performance Pay Per Executive ($) = Total Expenditures for Performance Pay for both At-Risk Pay and Bonus pay ($) / Number of Executives Who Received At-risk Pay Only + Number of Executives Who Received a Bonus in Addition to At-risk Pay.
  • Average At-risk Pay Per Executive ($) = Expenditures for At-risk Pay ($) / Number of Executives Who Received At-risk Pay Only + Number of Executives Who Received Bonus in Addition to At-risk Pay.
  • Average Bonus Per Executive ($) = Expenditures for Bonus ($) / Number of Executives Who Received Bonus in Addition to At-risk pay.

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Table 1 Note 2

The number of executives reported here is the count of eligible executives and non-executives appointed or deployed to EX-group positions who met the eligibility requirements of the Directive on Terms and Conditions of Employment for Executives, Appendix B during the performance review period. This contrasts with the “fiscal year end” methodology used to report on the size of the EX group on a yearly basis, which counts active employees who were paid as executives on March 31 of each year. This methodological difference yields different numbers. Employees who got paid as executives on the last day of the fiscal year have not necessarily met the eligibility requirements. Similarly, employees who met the eligibility requirements may not be paid as executives on the last day of the fiscal year depending on their status.

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Table 1 Note 3

Note: The expenditure information for organizations with five or fewer executives has been suppressed at the organization level in accordance with privacy legislation but is reflected in the total for the Core Public Administration.

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