Empowering Excellence

Newsletter | Special Edition 2024 | 3rd edition

Presenting the Diversity and Inclusion Compass

A new interactive data visualization tool* allows users to explore the progress of departments and agencies in improving the representation and mobility of employment equity group members. This tool provides results you can use to draw comparisons with other federal public service organizations, over a range of time periods.

*Accessible only on the Government of Canada network.


Update on non-advertised appointment analysis

This updated analysis looks at the representation of employment equity groups in advertised and non-advertised appointments from April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2023.

Citizenship of applicants and external appointments

Our report on citizenship and advertised external appointments updates past analyses on trends in applications and appointments of permanent residents and other non-Canadian citizens. It extends the analysis up to March 2023.


2023 survey results: A diversity of views on staffing

Take a deep dive into employment equity groups’ perceptions of the staffing system with our report on results for employment equity groups and equity-seeking groups from the 2023 Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey. Explore results for your department or agency, including new questions on biases and barriers and additional demographic groups.

Separation trends for employment equity groups

Our updated report on separation trends for employment equity groups analyzes trends for employment equity group members who left the federal public service between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, relative to other public servants.

Representation in acting appointments

Read our Audit of Employment Equity Representation in Acting Appointments to learn about related trends and departmental staffing practices. This audit provides 3 recommendations for improving representation in your workplace so that all public servants can realize their full potential.


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Cat. No. SC1E-PDF (Electronic PDF, English)
ISSN 1912-0842


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2026-03-04