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2018 Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey

The 2018 Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey took place from February 22, 2018 to April 20, 2018. It was administered by Statistics Canada, on behalf of the Public Service Commission of Canada.

A total of 101 892 federal public service employees in 74 departments and agencies responded to the survey, for a response rate of 47.6%.

Description

The 2018 Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey is the first cycle of this survey. The data covered in this survey can be grouped under the following key themes:

  • perceptions of merit, fairness and transparency
  • consideration of priority entitlements
  • perceptions of the New Direction in Staffing
  • perceptions of departmental staffing policies and practices
  • perceptions of staffing advice and support
  • awareness and understanding of political activities and non-partisanship

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Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey 2018 (Open Government Portal)

Read the reports

Perceptions of federal public servants who self-identified as a member of an employment equity group: 2018 Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey

Report on the results for the federal public service: 2018 Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey

Data sources and methodology

Target population

The Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey  seeks participation from public service employees in federal departments and agencies that fall under the Public Service Employment Act. The survey also seeks participation from members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Forces who have civilian staff reporting to them who are employed under the act.

Instrument design

The survey questionnaire was developed in coordination with the survey sponsor, the Public Service Commission. The content was simplified from previous versions of the Survey of Staffing and covers 3 main themes: departmental staffing practices, staffing policies and political non-partisanship of the federal public service.

Focus group testing was used to test the survey content. A total of 6 focus groups (3 in English and 3 in French) took place in Ottawa. They were conducted with groups of managers, staffing advisors and employees. Participants were asked to complete paper copies of the questionnaire followed by a discussion of the survey.

Sampling

This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design.

The sampling unit is the employee.

The survey frame was made up of all in-scope employees that were on the October 2017 Public Services and Procurement Canada's Incumbent File and employee lists provided by in-scope departments and agencies that do not appear on the Incumbent File. Since email contact information is not available on the Incumbent File, it had to be collected by Statistics Canada from the departments through Article 13 of the Statistics Act.

Data sources

Data collection for this reference period: February 22, 2018, to April 20, 2018

Responding to this survey is voluntary.

Data was collected directly from survey respondents.

Each person in the sample was contacted by email and invited to complete an electronic questionnaire available on the Statistics Canada website.

During collection, reminder emails were sent on a regular basis to participants who had not submitted their electronic questionnaire.

View the questionnaire.

Error detection

All received questionnaires were processed the same way, by applying edit rules to identify missing, invalid or inconsistent data. Each question was examined to verify the presence of a valid value. If none was present, then a ”Not stated” response code of “9” was assigned. Edit rules were also applied to examine the flow of data from question xx to question xy. Depending on the response to question xx, superfluous data that did not respect the flow of data was eliminated and coded as “6,”, a “Valid Skip.”

Imputation

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Estimation

Weighting factors for the survey were calculated so that the respondents and population for each department or agency had the same overall distribution with respect to occupational groups. For example, if 20% of the employees in a department or agency are in a particular occupational group, then the weights would ensure that when tabulating the data, respondents in this occupational group would represent 20% of the employees for that department.

Put another way, the weighting factor compensates for the over- and under-representation of occupational groups within each federal department or agency. For over-represented groups in departments and agencies, the weights were set to 1, so that each respondent only represents themselves. For under-represented groups in departments and agencies, the weights were calculated to be greater than 1, so that each respondent represents, besides themselves, other persons who did not respond. For example, a respondent with a weight of 2 would represent 2 people in the population.

The weighting procedure calculates this factor for each record. This weight must be used to derive estimates from the microdata file. For example, if the number of employees who agree “To a great extent” with the statement “I am aware of my rights and obligations for engaging in political activities” is to be calculated, it is done by selecting the records for those respondents (ALL_Q15A = 4) and summing the weights.

Non-response adjustments were also applied to the weights in order to reduce non-response bias. They were calculated separately for each department or agency.

Share weights were produced along with master weights (which include all respondents). The share file contains only those respondents who agreed to share their survey information with the Public Service Commission of Canada. These share weights are calculated by rerunning the weighting procedure with only this subset of respondents, typically resulting in a slightly higher weight per record than the master weight.

Quality evaluation

While rigorous quality assurance mechanisms are applied across all steps of the statistical process, validation and scrutiny of the data by statisticians are the ultimate quality checks before dissemination. Two validation measures were implemented:

  1. analysis of changes over time
  2. verification of estimates through cross-tabulation

Disclosure control

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all released or published data to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data was suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.

Revisions and seasonal adjustment

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Data accuracy

The Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey is a census and therefore there is no error due to sampling. However, the survey is subject to non-sampling errors such as non-response or other non-sampling errors that may occur at almost every phase of a survey operation. Respondents may make errors in answering questions, the answers may be incorrectly entered, and errors may be introduced in the processing and tabulation of the data.

Quality assurance and control methods were implemented according to Statistics Canada's standard practices at each step of the data collection and processing cycle to monitor the quality of the data. These measures included focus group testing to detect problems of questionnaire design or misunderstanding of instructions, and using edit rules designed to detect missing, invalid or inconsistent data.

Total non-response can be a major source of non-sampling error in many surveys, depending on the degree to which respondents and non-respondents differ with respect to the characteristics of interest. Total non-response occurred when an eligible employee did not participate in the survey or returned a completely blank questionnaire. The overall response rate for the 2018 survey was 47.6%.

Questions and answers for survey recipients

Read the questions and answers that were available to survey recipients for the 2018 Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey.

Questionnaire

Question numbers don’t always appear in numerical order. Survey questionnaires can use 2 different question numbering formats. They either can be numbered in numerical order from the first question to the last question, or each section within the questionnaire can restart at question 1. The second format can result in multiple instances of the same question number within the survey questionnaire.

Based on responses provided throughout the questionnaire, some questions and their corresponding numbers may be skipped.

Getting started

Why do we conduct this survey?

We invite you to participate in the Staffing and Non-partisanship Survey (SNPS) conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Your participation is important. The PSC wants to know your opinion on the current state of the public service staffing system and whether or not you feel equipped to exercise your rights and responsibilities for maintaining a politically impartial public service.

This voluntary survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, which ensures that the information you provide will be kept confidential.

The survey takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. You may save your answers and return to the survey at any point in time. The deadline to submit your completed questionnaire is April 4, 2018.

We appreciate your cooperation.

General information

Q1. Do you work for the following organization?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q2. For which organization are you currently working?

(list of organizations)

Q3. For which organization are you currently working?

(text box)

Q5. Were you a staffing advisor at any time between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q10. Were you a manager or supervisor at any time between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q15. Are you a full-time member of the regular Canadian Armed Forces?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q20. Are you a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Managers

The following section examines your role as hiring manager and the volume and type of staffing you engaged in between January 1 and December 31, 2017.

Q5. How long have you supervised federal public service employees?

  • 1: Less than a year
  • 2: 1 to less than 5 years
  • 3: 5 to less than 10 years
  • 4: 10 years or more

Q10A. Do you have sub-delegated authority to make appointments to and within your organization by your deputy head?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q10B. Have you signed an Attestation Form?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q15.  Between January 1 and December 31, 2017, did you hire, or attempt to hire, one or more indeterminate or term employees meant to report to you?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q20. For each of the following job levels, please indicate the number of appointment processes you conducted to fill positions in your work unit between January 1 and December 31, 2017

  1. Entry-level jobs
    • 1: 0
    • 2: 1
    • 3: 2 to 4
    • 4: 5 or more
  2. Working-level jobs
    • 1: 0
    • 2: 1
    • 3: 2 to 4
    • 4: 5 or more
  3. Above working-level jobs
    • 1: 0
    • 2: 1
    • 3: 2 to 4
    • 4: 5 or more

Q25. Indicate the types of appointment processes that you conducted between January 1 and December 31, 2017.

  • 1: Advertised processes
  • 2: Non-advertised processes
  • 3: Not applicable

This section examines the specific sources of candidates you drew from to make your appointments.

Q35A. Between January 1 and December 31, 2017, did you appoint any persons with a priority entitlement?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q35B. Indicate the specific basis of the priority entitlements.

  • 1: Medically-released former members of the CAF
  • 2: Medically-released former members of the RCMP
  • 3: Surplus employees
  • 4: Laid-off employees
  • 5: Employees on leave without pay (for example, for the relocation of a spouse)
  • 6: Employees who became disabled
  • 7: Surviving spouse of an employee, of a member of the CAF or of the RCMP
  • 8: Reinstatement
  • 9: Don’t know

Q40A. Between January 1 and December 31, 2017, did you appoint any persons from within the core public administration as a term or indeterminate employee?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q40B. Indicate the types of processes used.

  • 1: A non-advertised staffing process
  • 2: An advertised staffing process that you ran to address your specific needs only
  • 3: An advertised staffing process that you ran jointly with other managers within your organization
  • 4: An advertised staffing process conducted by another organization
  • 5: An acting appointment of 4 months or more
  • 6: A deployment
  • 7: Other
  • 8: Don’t know

Q45A. Between January 1 and December 31, 2017, did you hire any persons from outside the core public administration as a term or indeterminate employee?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q45B. Indicate the types of processes or programs used.

  • 1: A non-advertised staffing process
  • 2: An advertised staffing process that you ran to address your specific needs only
  • 3: An advertised staffing process that you ran jointly with other managers within your organization
  • 4: An advertised staffing process conducted by another organization
  • 5: A public service-wide pool of external candidates created by the PSC
  • 6: Post-Secondary Recruitment Program
  • 7: Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program
  • 8: A recruitment program specific to your organization
  • 9: Other
  • 10: Don’t know

Q50. Did you use the following candidate assessment methods between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  1. General aptitude or cognitive ability test
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  2. Written knowledge test
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  3. Personality and situational judgment tests
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  4. Work sample
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  5. Simulation, Assessment Centre or in-basket exercise
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  6. Interview
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  7. Employee-supplied material
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  8. Reference checks
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  9. Performance appraisals
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  10. Other
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No

Q55. What were the sources of the assessment methods used to conduct your appointment processes?

  1. Developed within your own organization
    • 1: None
    • 2: Some
    • 3: All
    • 4: Don’t know
  2. PSC tests or tests developed in concert with the PSC
    • 1: None
    • 2: Some
    • 3: All
    • 4: Don’t know
  3. Commercial off-the-shelf products from the private sector
    • 1: None
    • 2: Some
    • 3: All
    • 4: Don’t know

Q60. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding appointments made as a result of processes you completed between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  1. The appointees meet the performance expectations of the positions for which they were hired.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess
  2. The persons I appointed are a good fit within their assigned teams or work units.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess

The next questions examine your relationship with the staffing advisors in your organization, and the degree or quality of support you feel they provided to you.

Q65. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the staffing services you received between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  1. Staffing advisors in my organization provided me with consistent staffing advice.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess
  2. Staffing advisors in my organization provided me with useful staffing advice.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess

Q70. In which of the following areas did you feel the information provided to you by the staffing advisors assigned to your appointment processes was not useful?

  • 1: Consideration of persons with priority entitlements
  • 2: Testing accommodations for candidates
  • 3: Employment equity considerations
  • 4: Identifying the area of selection
  • 5: Establishing the merit criteria
  • 6: The assessment tools or methods to be used
  • 7: The proposed length of time to advertise
  • 8: Choice of method used to staff your positions
  • 9: Aligning your staffing needs with the priorities of your organization's HR plan
  • 10: Other

Q75. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the staffing services you received between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  1. Staffing advisors in my organization act proactively to help me fill positions with the type of appointees I need.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess
  2. Overall, I am satisfied with the staffing services I have received from my organization.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess

The following questions examine your views on the staffing policies and practices in place within your organization.

Q80. To what extent do you agree with the following statements?

  1. I understand the New Direction in Staffing.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  2. The New Direction in Staffing has improved the way we hire and appoint persons to and within my organization.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  3. The New Direction in Staffing has resulted in staffing being simpler in my organization.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  4. I understand my organization's policies with respect to staffing.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  5. Within my organization, the administrative process involved in order to staff a position is burdensome.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  6. Staffing options available to me within my organization allow me to address my staffing needs as quickly as required.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  7. Staffing options available to me within my organization provide me the flexibility to appoint persons who are a good fit within my work unit.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  8. Priority entitlements limit my ability to appoint persons who are a good fit within my work unit.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  9. I understand the provisions that help veterans gain employment in the federal public service.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know

Q85. Thinking about the appointment processes that you undertook between January 1 and December 31, 2017, to what extent do you agree with the following statements?

  1. I felt external pressure to select a particular employee.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know
  2. I felt a sense of personal indebtedness to one or more employees.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Not applicable
    • 6: Don’t know

Staffing advisors

This section examines staffing advisors' knowledge and experience within their current organization.

Q5. How long have you been a staffing advisor in the federal public service?

  • 1: Less than a year
  • 2: 1 to less than 5 years
  • 3: 5 to less than 10 years
  • 4: 10 years or more

Q10. Indicate to what extent you agree with the following statements.

  1. I am sufficiently informed about how my organization has chosen to implement the PSC's New Direction in Staffing (NDS).
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  2. I can explain to managers how my organization's implementation of the NDS relates to their staffing needs.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  3. The NDS provides my clients with the ability to customize their staffing activities based on organizational needs.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  4. I am sufficiently informed about changes to priority entitlements included in the Veterans Hiring Act (VHA) so as to provide sound advice to managers within my organization.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  5. The implementation of the Attestation Form has served to reinforce sub-delegated managers' key accountabilities.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  6. Overall, I am confident in my ability to provide managers with useful advice on staffing.
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know

Q15. Between January 1 and December 31, 2017, did any of your clients (hiring managers) seek your strategic input regarding available options in each of the following areas?

  1. Consideration of persons with priority entitlements
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  2. Testing accommodation for candidates
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  3. Employment equity considerations
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  4. Identifying the area of selection
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  5. Establishing the merit criteria
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  6. The assessment tools or methods to be used
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  7. The proposed length of time to advertise
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  8. Choice of method used to staff their positions
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No
  9. Aligning the managers' staffing needs with the priorities of your organization's HR plan
    • 1: Yes
    • 2: No

Q20. Between January 1 and December 31, 2017, to what extent did the input provided to your clients (hiring managers) in each of the following areas influence their staffing actions?

  1. Consideration of persons with priority entitlements
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  2. Testing accommodation for candidates
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  3. Employment equity considerations
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  4. Identifying the area of selection
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  5. Establishing the merit criteria
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  6. The assessment tools or methods to be used
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  7. The proposed length of time to advertise
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  8. Choice of method used to staff your positions
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know
  9. Aligning the managers' staffing needs with the priorities of your organization's HR plan
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Don’t know

All employees

The following questions examine your perceptions of staffing in general, from the perspective of an employee, in terms of what you have observed in your work unit between January 1 and December 31, 2017.

Q5. Indicate to what extent you agree with the following statements regarding staffing practices within your work unit.

  1. Staffing activities are carried out in a transparent way.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess
  2. I believe that we hire people who can do the job.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess
  3. Appointments depend on who you know.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess
  4. The process of selecting a person for a position is done fairly.
    • 1: Strongly agree
    • 2: Somewhat agree
    • 3: Neither agree nor disagree
    • 4: Somewhat disagree
    • 5: Strongly disagree
    • 6: Unable to assess

Q10. You previously reported "somewhat disagree" or "strongly disagree" to "The process of selecting a person for a position is done fairly."

(text box)

The following questions examine political activities and non-partisanship. This includes the examination of public servants' understanding of their rights and responsibilities, and their perception of the relative political neutrality of their work environment.

Q15. Indicate to what extent you agree with the following statements regarding political activities and non-partisanship.

  1. You are aware of your rights and obligations for engaging in political activities
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess
  2. You understand your responsibilities to be politically impartial in carrying out your duties as a public servant
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess
  3. Your organization keeps you informed of your right to engage in political activities
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess
  4. Your organization keeps you informed of your responsibilities to be politically impartial in carrying out your duties
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess
  5. You know enough to provide guidance and answers to your employees regarding their engagement in political activities
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess

Q20. Indicate to what extent you agree with the following statements regarding political activities and non-partisanship.

  1. You understand the importance to be perceived as being politically impartial in carrying out your duties
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess
  2. You are able to carry out your duties as a public servant in a politically impartial manner
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess
  3. In your work unit, employees carry out their duties as public servants in a politically impartial manner
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess
  4. You are able to make informed decisions about engaging in political activities
    • 1: Not at all
    • 2: To a minimal extent
    • 3: To a moderate extent
    • 4: To a great extent
    • 5: Unable to assess

Q25. Other than voting or seeking political candidacy, did you engage in any political activities between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

The following questions ask for general information that will be used to better understand the survey results.

To ensure confidentiality, please be advised that your responses will be grouped with those of other respondents in your organization.

Individual responses and results for very small groups are never published.

Q30. Indicate your occupational group and level.

Group:

  • 1: AB
  • 2: AC
  • 3: AD (National Film Board of Canada)
  • 4: AD (National Research Council of Canada)
  • 5: AG
  • 6: AI
  • 7: AO
  • 8: AP-FIN
  • 9: AP-VFM
  • 10: AR
  • 11: AS
  • 12: AS (National Film Board of Canada)
  • 13: ASG
  • 14: AU
  • 15: BI
  • 16: CH
  • 17: CIASC
  • 18: CIEXC
  • 19: CIPTC
  • 20: CISPC
  • 21: CM
  • 22: CO
  • 23: CR
  • 24: CS
  • 25: CX
  • 26: DA
  • 27: DD
  • 28: DE
  • 29: DE (National Film Board of Canada)
  • 30: DM
  • 31: DS
  • 32: DX
  • 33: EC
  • 34: EC (Canada Revenue Agency)
  • 35: ED
  • 36: EG
  • 37: EL
  • 38: EN
  • 39: ES
  • 40: EU
  • 41: EX
  • 42: EXPCX
  • 43: FB
  • 44: FI
  • 45: FO
  • 46: FR
  • 47: FS
  • 48: FT
  • 49: GL
  • 50: GR
  • 51: GR-EX
  • 52: GS
  • 53: GT
  • 54: HP
  • 55: HR
  • 56: HR/RH (Canada Revenue Agency)
  • 57: HS
  • 58: IM
  • 59: IN
  • 60: IS
  • 61: ITS/LA
  • 62: LC
  • 63: LE
  • 64: LI
  • 65: LIB (National Research Council of Canada)
  • 66: LP
  • 67: LS
  • 68: MA
  • 69: MD
  • 70: MG
  • 71: MGT (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission)
  • 72: MGT (National Research Council of Canada)
  • 73: MT
  • 74: NB
  • 75: ND
  • 76: NU
  • 77: OE
  • 78: OM
  • 79: OP
  • 80: OP (National Film Board of Canada)
  • 81: OP (National Research Council of Canada)
  • 82: PC
  • 83: PE
  • 84: PG
  • 85: PH
  • 86: PI
  • 87: PL
  • 88: PM
  • 89: PM-MCO
  • 90: PO-IMA
  • 91: PO-TCO
  • 92: PR
  • 93: PS
  • 94: PX/AAG/AG
  • 95: PY
  • 96: RCO
  • 97: RE
  • 98: REG
  • 99: REX
  • 100: RLE
  • 101: RO
  • 102: RO (National Research Council of Canada)
  • 103: SC
  • 104: SE
  • 105: SG
  • 106: SI
  • 107: SO
  • 108: SP (Canada Revenue Agency)
  • 109: SP (National Film Board of Canada)
  • 110: SR
  • 111: ST
  • 112: SW
  • 113: TC
  • 114: TI
  • 115: TO
  • 116: TR
  • 117: UNI
  • 118: UT
  • 119: VM
  • 120: WP
  • 121: Other

Q30B. Indicate your occupational group and level.

Level:

  • 0: 0
  • 1: 1
  • 2: 2
  • 3: 3
  • 4: 4
  • 5: 5
  • 6: 6
  • 7: 7
  • 8: 8
  • 9: 9
  • 10: 10
  • 11: 11
  • 12: 12
  • 13: 13
  • 14: 14
  • 15: 15
  • 16: 16
  • 17: 17
  • 18: 18
  • 19: 19
  • 20: 20

Q31. Are you currently a shift worker?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q32. Do you work full-time or part-time?

  • 1: Full-time
  • 2: Part-time

Q33. What is your current employee status?

  • 1: Indeterminate (permanent)
  • 2: Seasonal
  • 3: Term
  • 4: Casual
  • 5: Student
  • 6: Contracted via a temporary help services agency
  • 7: Governor in council appointee
  • 8: Other (for example, minister's exempt staff)

Q35. In which province or territory do you currently work?

  • 1: National Capital Region
  • 2: Ontario (Excluding the National Capital Region)
  • 3: Quebec (Excluding the National Capital Region)
  • 4: Newfoundland and Labrador
  • 5: Prince Edward Island
  • 6: Nova Scotia
  • 7: New Brunswick
  • 8: Manitoba
  • 9: Saskatchewan
  • 10: Alberta
  • 11: British Columbia
  • 12: Yukon
  • 13: Northwest Territories
  • 14: Nunavut
  • 15: Outside of Canada

Q40. What is the highest certificate, diploma or degree that you have completed?

  • 1: Less than high school diploma or its equivalent
  • 2: High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
  • 3: Trade certificate or diploma
  • 4: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma (other than trades certificates or diplomas)
  • 5: University certificate or diploma below the bachelor's level
  • 6: Bachelor's degree (for example, B.A., B.Sc., LL.B.)
  • 7: University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor's level

Q45. How long have you been part of your current work unit?

  • 1: Less than 6 months
  • 2: 6 months to less than 1 year
  • 3: 1 year to less than 3 years
  • 4: 3 years to less than 5 years
  • 5: 5 or more years

Q50. In total, how many years have you been working in your current organization?

  • 1: Less than a year
  • 2: 1 year to less than 3 years
  • 3: 3 years to less than 5 years
  • 4: 5 years to less than 10 years
  • 5: 10 years or more

Q55. In total, how many years have you been working in the federal public service?

  • 1: Less than a year
  • 2: 1 year to less than 3 years
  • 3: 3 years to less than 10 years
  • 4: 10 years to less than 20 years
  • 5: 20 years to less than 30 years
  • 6: 30 years or more

Q60. Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, did you apply to one or more advertised staffing processes?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q65. Did you receive an offer of appointment, or were you placed in a pool, as a result of these staffing activities?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q70. What is your age group?

  • 1: 24 years and under
  • 2: 25 to 29 years
  • 3: 30 to 34 years
  • 4: 35 to 39 years
  • 5: 40 to 44 years
  • 6: 45 to 49 years
  • 7: 50 to 54 years
  • 8: 55 to 59 years
  • 9: 60 years and over

Q75. What is your gender?

  • 1: Male
  • 2: Female
  • 3: Or please specify

Q80. What is your first official language?

  • 1: English
  • 2: French

Q85A. Are you an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit)? First Nations (North American Indian) includes Status and Non-Status Indians.

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q85B. Are you First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?

  • 1: First Nations (North American Indian)
  • 2: Métis
  • 3: Inuk (Inuit)

Q90. Are you a person with a disability?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q95A. Did you request any testing accommodations for a disability between January 1 and December 31, 2017?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q95B. To what extent were you satisfied with the testing accommodations provided?

  • 1: Not at all
  • 2: To a minimal extent
  • 3: To a moderate extent
  • 4: To a great extent

Q100. The following question collects information in accordance with the Employment Equity Act and its Regulations and Guidelines to support programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone to share in the social, cultural, and economic life of Canada.

Are you:

  • 1: White
  • 2: South Asian (for example, East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan)
  • 3: Chinese
  • 4: Black
  • 5: Filipino
  • 6: Latin American
  • 7: Arab
  • 8: Southeast Asian (for example, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Malaysian, Laotian)
  • 9: West Asian (for example, Iranian, Afghan)
  • 10: Korean
  • 11: Japanese
  • 12: Other

Finally, we are interested in any comments you might have regarding staffing practices.

Q105. If you had to identify some of the public service staffing practices that you feel could be improved, what would they be?

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Q110A. Are there any staffing practices or initiatives that you feel more organizations should be trying?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Q110B.  Briefly outline them here:

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Data sharing

To avoid the duplication of surveys, Statistics Canada has signed an agreement with the Public Service Commission to share the information that you provided on this survey. The Public Service Commission has agreed to keep your information confidential and use it only for statistical purposes.

Q5. Do you agree to share the information with the Public Service Commission?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No

Participating departments and agencies

  • Accessibility Standards Canada
  • Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Canada Border Services Agency
  • Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
  • Canada Energy Regulator
  • Canada School of Public Service
  • Canadian Grain Commission
  • Canadian Heritage
  • Canadian Human Rights Commission
  • Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
  • Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
  • Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Canadian Transportation Agency
  • Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
  • Copyright Board Canada
  • Correctional Investigator Canada
  • Correctional Service Canada
  • Courts Administration Service
  • Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
  • Department of Finance Canada
  • Department of Justice Canada
  • Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • Farm Products Council of Canada
  • Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
  • Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Global Affairs Canada
  • Health Canada
  • Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
  • Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
  • Indian Oil and Gas Canada
  • Indigenous Services Canada
  • Infrastructure Canada
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
  • International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)
  • Library and Archives Canada
  • Military Grievances External Review Committee
  • Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada
  • National Defence (public servants)
  • National Defence (non-civilian managers)
  • Natural Resources Canada
  • Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
  • Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada
  • Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections
  • Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
  • Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
  • Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
  • Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  • Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada
  • Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
  • Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
  • Parole Board of Canada
  • Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada
  • Privy Council Office
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Public Prosecution Service of Canada
  • Public Safety Canada
  • Public Service Commission of Canada
  • Public Services and Procurement Canada
  • RCMP External Review Committee
  • Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (public servants)
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (non-civilian managers)
  • Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence
  • Committee of Parliamentarians
  • Shared Services Canada
  • Statistics Canada
  • Transport Canada
  • Transportation Safety Board of Canada
  • Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
  • Veterans Affairs Canada
  • Veterans Review and Appeal Board
  • Western Economic Diversification Canada
  • Women and Gender Equality Canada

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