Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position

Representation data for Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities is based on voluntary self-identification. Public servants can choose whether or not to self-identify; it is not mandatory. This means that the data may not provide an accurate reflection of the total number of public servants in each employment equity group.

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When reading the tables below, the following information applies:

Source: Pay System and Position Classification Information System as of March 31st of each yesr and Employment Equity Data Bank (EEDB).
Internal representation for Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities is based on those who have voluntarily chosen to self-identify in one of the respective employment equity groups, while sex information is taken from the pay system.
The data in these tables cover employees identified for the purpose of employment equity in the Regulations to the Employment Equity Act.
The information includes indeterminates, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (Core Public Administration).
Excluded from this information are:
- employees on leave without pay,
- terms less than three months,
- students and casual workers,
- Governor in Council appointees,
- Ministers’ exempt staff,
- federal judges and
- deputy ministers.
Overall population data is from the Pay System while official language information is from the position classification information system. Please note that because the pay system is the source for the base population, the data shown here will not match that shown in the Official Languages Annual Report.

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2020)

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2020)
Language requirement of the position	All employees		Women			Indigenous peoples			Persons with disabilities			Members of visible minorities
Language requirement of the position	Number	% of all employees	Number	% of LRP^{Table 2020 note 1}	% of EE^{Table 2020 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{Table 2020 note 1}	% of EE^{Table 2020 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{Table 2020 note 1}	% of EE^{Table 2020 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{Table 2020 note 1}	% of EE^{Table 2020 note 2} group
Bilingual positions	88,657	41.4	52,672	59.4	44.7	3,477	3.9	31.9	4,082	4.6	36.8	13,443	15.2	35.2
English essential	103,861	48.5	53,886	51.9	45.8	6,698	6.4	61.5	5,892	5.7	53.1	20,256	19.5	53.1
French essential	7,111	3.3	3,749	52.7	3.2	186	2.6	1.7	236	3.3	2.1	650	9.1	1.7
English or French essential	9,252	4.3	4,416	47.7	3.8	296	3.2	2.7	583	6.3	5.3	2,764	29.9	7.2
Incomplete records	5,239	2.4	3,037	58.0	2.6	231	4.4	2.1	294	5.6	2.7	1,032	19.7	2.7
Total^{Table 2020 note 3}	214,120	100.0	117,760	55.0	100.0	10,888	5.1	100.0	11,087	5.2	100.0	38,145	17.8	100.0
Table 2020 Notes Table 2020 Note 1 LRP: Language requirement of the position Return to Table 2020 note 1 referrer Table 2020 Note 2 EE: Employment Equity Return to Table 2020 note 2 referrer Table 2020 Note 3 The sum of designated groups does not equal the total (“All Employees”) because employees may have chosen to self-identify in more than one designated group, and men are included in the total. Return to Table 2020 note 3 referrer

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2019)

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2019)
Language requirement of the position	All employees		Women			Indigenous peoples			Persons with disabilities			Members of visible minorities
Language requirement of the position	Number	% of all employees	Number	% of LRP^{table 1 note 1}	% of EE^{table 1 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 1 note 1}	% of EE^{table 1 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 1 note 1}	% of EE^{table 1 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 1 note 1}	% of EE^{table 1 note 2} group
Bilingual positions	84,708	41.7	50,258	59.3	45.1	3,366	4.0	32.3	3,941	4.7	37.1	11,996	14.2	35.3
English essential	98,362	48.4	50,645	51.5	45.5	6,381	6.5	61.1	5,680	5.8	53.5	18,151	18.5	53.4
French essential	6,935	3.4	3,649	52.6	3.3	181	2.6	1.7	238	3.4	2.2	575	8.3	1.7
English or French essential	8,303	4.1	3,883	46.8	3.5	279	3.4	2.7	490	5.9	4.6	2,447	29.5	7.2
Incomplete records	4,960	2.4	2,897	58.4	2.6	228	4.6	2.2	273	5.5	2.6	835	16.8	2.5
Total^{table 1 note 3}	203,268	100.0	111,332	54.8	100.0	10,435	5.1	100.0	10,622	5.2	100.0	34,004	16.7	100.0
Table 1 Notes Table 1 Note 1 LRP: Language requirement of the position Return to table 1 note 1 referrer Table 1 Note 2 EE: Employment Equity Return to table 1 note 2 referrer Table 1 Note 3 The sum of designated groups does not equal the total (“All Employees”) because employees may have chosen to self-identify in more than one designated group, and men are included in the total. Return to table 1 note 3 referrer

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2018)

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2018)
Language requirement of the position	All employees		Women			Indigenous peoples			Persons with disabilities			Members of visible minorities
Language requirement of the position	Number	% of all employees	Number	% of LRP^{table 2 note 1}	% of EE^{table 2 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 2 note 1}	% of EE^{table 2 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 2 note 1}	% of EE^{table 2 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 2 note 1}	% of EE^{table 2 note 2} group
Bilingual positions	80,984	39.8	47,998	59.3	43.1	3,189	3.9	30.6	3,773	4.7	35.5	10,744	13.3	31.6
English essential	93,656	46.1	48,213	51.5	43.3	6,082	6.5	58.3	5,488	5.9	51.7	16,478	17.6	48.5
French essential	6,639	3.3	3,506	52.8	3.1	175	2.6	1.7	218	3.3	2.1	451	6.8	1.3
English or French essential	7,277	3.6	3,427	47.1	3.1	228	3.1	2.2	440	6.0	4.1	1,987	27.3	5.8
Incomplete records	3,911	1.9	2,321	59.3	2.1	202	5.2	1.9	262	6.7	2.5	613	15.7	1.8
Total^{table 2 note 3}	192,467	100.0	105,465	54.8	100.0	9,876	5.1	100.0	10,181	5.3	100.0	30,273	15.7	100.0
Table 2 Notes Table 2 Note 1 LRP: Language requirement of the position Return to Table 2 note 1 referrer Table 2 Note 2 EE: Employment Equity Return to Table 2 note 2 referrer Table 2 Note 3 The sum of designated groups does not equal the total (“All Employees”) because employees may have chosen to self-identify in more than one designated group, and men are included in the total. Return to Table 2 note 3 referrer

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2017)

Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and language requirements of the position (as of March 31, 2017)
Language requirement of the position	All employees		Women			Indigenous peoples			Persons with disabilities			Members of visible minorities
Language requirement of the position	Number	% of all employees	Number	% of LRP^{table 3 note 1}	% of EE^{table 3 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 3 note 1}	% of EE^{table 3 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 3 note 1}	% of EE^{table 3 note 2} group	Number	% of LRP^{table 3 note 1}	% of EE^{table 3 note 2} group
Bilingual positions	76,509	37.6	45,167	59.0	40.6	2,999	3.9	28.7	3,736	4.9	35.2	9,613	12.6	28.3
English essential	88,710	43.6	45,055	50.8	40.5	6,012	6.8	57.6	5,512	6.2	51.9	15,048	17.0	44.3
French essential	6,262	3.1	3,242	51.8	2.9	154	2.5	1.5	216	3.4	2.0	400	6.4	1.2
English or French essential	5,771	2.8	2,615	45.3	2.3	181	3.1	1.7	372	6.4	3.5	1,536	26.6	4.5
Incomplete records	8,232	4.0	5,057	61.4	4.5	380	4.6	3.6	423	5.1	4.0	1,461	17.7	4.3
Total^{table 3 note 3}	185,484	100.0	101,136	54.5	100.0	9,726	5.2	100.0	10,259	5.5	100.0	28,058	15.1	100.0
Table 3 Notes Table 3 Note 1 LRP: Language requirement of the position Return to Table 3 note 1 referrer Table 3 Note 2 EE: Employment Equity Return to Table 3 note 2 referrer Table 3 Note 3 The sum of designated groups does not equal the total (“All Employees”) because employees may have chosen to self-identify in more than one designated group, and men are included in the total. Return to Table 3 note 3 referrer

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