Employment Equity Demographic Snapshot 2024–2025

Preamble

This snapshot provides key employment equity demographics for Canada’s core public administration and supplements the Employment Equity in the Public Service of Canada for Fiscal Year 2024 to 2025 report.

The Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) works in partnership with departments and agencies to collect, analyze, and share core public administration employment equity workforce data to identify current trends and gaps, with a focus on ensuring that the public service is diverse and inclusive and reflects the population it serves.

About the data
Employment equity representation in the core public administration
Representation of executives
Representation of women
Representation of Indigenous Peoples
Representation of persons with disabilities
Representation of members of visible minorities
Representation of Black employees
Official languages of the core public administration and employment equity designated groups
Hires into, promotions within and separations from the core public administration
Appendix A: Statistical tables of employment equity data covered under section 21 of the Employment Equity Act
Appendix B: Resources

About the data

In this section

Representation data
Workforce availability
National labour market availability

Representation data

Source: Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO). Employment Equity Data Bank (EEDB) and pay system as of March 31, 2025, or as of March 31 of other specified years.

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 designated groups, and sex information is taken from the pay system.

The data covers employees identified for the purpose of employment equity in the Employment Equity 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).

Classification information is based on the effective classification which includes acting assignments.

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.

The Law Management (LC) group has been included as part of the executive workforce.

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.

Black employees are a subset of the members of visible minorities group.

Official language information (language requirements of the position and linguistic status of incumbents) is from the Position and Classification Information System. 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.

“Hires” refers to employees who were added to the public service of Canada payroll between April 1 and March 31 of each given fiscal year.

Data on promotions are obtained from the Public Service Commission of Canada and include information from departments and agencies that fall under both the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV, and the Public Service Employment Act.

“Separations” refers to employees who left the public service of Canada payroll between April 1 and March 31 of each given fiscal year. Note that the data on separations includes employees who separated while on leave without pay.

Note: Figures in square brackets represent the change since March 2024.

Workforce availability

Workforce availability (WFA) estimates are used as a benchmark to assess the representativeness of employment equity designated groups within the core public administration in accordance with the Employment Equity Act.

WFA estimates are based on information from the Census of Canada and the Canadian Survey on Disability.

WFA estimates have been updated and since March 2022 include Canadian citizens and permanent residents in occupations in the Canadian workforce that correspond to occupations in the core public administration. Estimates prior to March 2022 included only Canadian citizens.

The latest estimates of WFA are based on information from the 2021 Census of Canada and the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability and include both Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

The WFA estimate for executives for persons with disabilities is based on all Canadians due to the small sample size.

National labour market availability

National labour market availability (LMA) estimates are based on information from the 2021 Census of Canada and the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability.

LMA estimates include Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Executive LMA is based on the combination of “senior managers” and “middle and other managers.”

Employment equity representation in the core public administration

The Canadian public service aims to reflect the population it serves, from entry levels to senior leadership and across the various classification groups.

In the public service, four filters (citizenship or residency, classification, education, and geography) are applied to the LMA data to arrive at WFA, the employment equity benchmark used for the core public administration.

Table 1: Employment equity representation in the core public administration for all employees and executives – with WFA and LMA
Employment equity designated group	Overall: representation	Overall: WFA	Overall: national LMA	Executives: representation	Executives: WFA	Executives: national LMA
Women	56.8%	54.9%	48.3%	55.9%	41.8%	39.2%
Indigenous Peoples	5.5%	4.0%	4.3%	5.6%	3.9%	3.0%
Persons with disabilities	9.0%	12.0%	12.6%	10.9%	5.3%	6.8%
Members of visible minorities	23.9%	22.7%	24.9%	17.3%	15.6%	20.6%
Note: The latest estimates of WFA and LMA are based on information from the 2021 Census of Canada and the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability. Cells that contain bolded numbers indicate that the representation exceeds these values.

Three of the four employment equity designated groups are above the WFA: women, Indigenous Peoples and members of visible minorities.

At the executive level, all four employment equity designated groups are above the WFA.

Representation of women and Indigenous Peoples exceeds the national LMA, and the representation of members of visible minorities is lower than the national LMA at both the overall and executive level.

Overall, employment equity representation of women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities across the public service has been improving, but there is much more work to be done.

Text version below — **Figure 1: Employment equity representation in the core public administration – 2010 versus 2025**

Employment equity designated group	Representation 2010	WFA 2010	Representation 2025	WFA 2025	Representation change between 2010 and 2025
Women	54.8%	52.3%	56.8%	54.9%	+2.0%
Indigenous Peoples	4.6%	3.0%	5.5%	4.0%	+0.9%
Persons with disabilities	5.7%	4.0%	9.0%	12.0%^{Footnote *}	+3.3%
Members of visible minorities	10.7%	12.4%	23.9%	22.7%	+13.2%
Footnote * The 2016 Census and 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability expanded the definition of “persons with disabilities” to include disabilities relating to pain and mental health. Note that the employment equity data collected for the public service was not based on this expanded definition. Return to footnote * referrer Note: WFA estimates for 2025 are based on information from the 2021 Census of Canada and the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, and WFA estimates for 2010 are based on information from the 2006 Census and the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey.

Salary range	Core public administration	Women	Indigenous Peoples	Persons with disabilities	Members of visible minorities	Black employees
Under $50,000	1.1%	1.4%	1.1%	1.2%	0.9%	0.9%
$50,000 to $74,999	27.9%	32.8%	30.1%	29.1%	31.8%	40.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	29.5%	28.8%	31.8%	28.3%	29.5%	29.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	24.2%	22.4%	23.9%	23.7%	22.6%	17.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	12.5%	10.5%	9.3%	12.0%	11.5%	8.1%
$150,000 and over	4.8%	4.2%	3.8%	5.7%	3.7%	2.5%

Representation of executives

Representation of women, Indigenous Peoples and members of visible minorities are the highest at the EX-01 level while representation of persons with disabilities is the highest at the EX-04 level.

Employment equity designated group	EX-01	EX-02	EX-03	EX-04	EX-05	Total executives
Women	58.8%	52.6%	53.1%	56.6%	51.4%	55.9%
Indigenous Peoples	6.1%	5.1%	5.2%	5.2%	5.6%	5.6%
Persons with disabilities	11.3%	10.5%	10.3%	8.0%	14.8%	10.9%
Members of visible minorities	18.1%	17.3%	15.1%	16.8%	16.2%	17.3%
Black employees	3.3%	3.2%	2.9%	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	3.2%
Footnote * Information for small numbers has been suppressed. Additionally, to avoid residual disclosure, other data points may also be suppressed. Return to footnote * referrer

Representation of women

56.8% of employees in the core public administration are women, which is above the WFA estimate of 54.9%.
55.9% of executives are women (above the WFA of 41.8%).
12.6% of women are 20 to 29 years of age.
29.4% of women are 50 to 69 years of age.

Year	Percentage
2018	54.8%
2019	54.8%
2020	55.0%
2021	55.6%
2022	56.0%
2023	56.6%
2024	56.9%
2025	56.8%

Table 2: Representation trends for women – number
Year	Number
2018	105,465
2019	111,332
2020	117,760
2021	127,043
2022	132,299
2023	143,406
2024	151,607
2025	151,528

Group	Under $50,000	$50,000 to $74,999	$75,000 to $99,999	$100,000 to $124,999	$125,000 to $149,999	$150,000 and over
Core public administration	1.1%	27.9%	29.5%	24.2%	12.5%	4.8%
Women	1.4%	32.8%	28.8%	22.4%	10.5%	4.2%

Representation of Indigenous Peoples

5.5% of employees in the core public administration have self-identified as Indigenous Peoples, which is above the WFA estimate of 4.0%.
5.6% of executives are Indigenous Peoples (above the WFA of 3.9%).
10.9% of Indigenous Peoples are 20 to 29 years of age.
34.7% of Indigenous Peoples are 50 to 69 years of age.

Table 3: Representation of Indigenous Peoples by subgroup – overall and executives
Subgroup	Overall: number	Overall: percentage	Executives: number	Executives: percentage
Inuit	458	0.2%	9	0.1%
Métis	6,235	2.3%	177	2.2%
First Nations	6,093	2.3%	213	2.7%
Other	1,952	0.7%	46	0.6%
Total	14,738	5.5%	445	5.6%
Note: The self-identification form provided to organizations by TBS did not ask about Indigenous subgroups until 2002. Some organizations still do not collect this data and submit only a yes/no count for Indigenous identity as they have no obligation to do more than this under the Employment Equity Act. These responses are coded as “Indigenous – Other.”

Subgroup	Overall	Executives
Inuit	3.1%	2.0%
Métis	42.3%	39.8%
First Nations	41.3%	47.9%
Other	13.2%	10.3%
Note: The self-identification form provided to organizations by TBS did not ask about Indigenous subgroups until 2002. Some organizations still do not collect this data and submit only a yes/no count for Indigenous identity as they have no obligation to do more than this under the Employment Equity Act. These responses are coded as “Indigenous – Other.”

Group	Under $50,000	$50,000 to $74,999	$75,000 to $99,999	$100,000 and over
Overall population	1.1%	27.9%	29.5%	41.5%
Indigenous Peoples	1.1%	30.1%	31.8%	36.9%
Inuit	^{Footnote *}	34.5%	36.0%	^{Footnote *}
Métis	1.1%	28.4%	33.5%	37.0%
First Nations	1.2%	32.2%	31.1%	35.6%
Other	^{Footnote *}	28.1%	27.7%	^{Footnote *}
Footnote * Information for small numbers has been suppressed. Additionally, to avoid residual disclosure, other data points may also be suppressed. Return to footnote * referrer Note: The self-identification form provided to organizations by TBS did not ask about Indigenous subgroups until 2002. Some organizations still do not collect this data and submit only a yes/no count for Indigenous identity as they have no obligation to do more than this under the Employment Equity Act. These responses are coded as “Indigenous – Other.”

Group	20 to 29 years	50 to 64 years
Overall population	11.9%	29.3%
Indigenous Peoples	10.9%	32.7%
Inuit	17.5%	29.3%
Métis	9.9%	32.8%
First Nations	11.1%	34.3%
Other	12.4%	28.1%
Note: The self-identification form provided to organizations by TBS did not ask about Indigenous subgroups until 2002. Some organizations still do not collect this data and submit only a yes/no count for Indigenous identity as they have no obligation to do more than this under the Employment Equity Act. These responses are coded as “Indigenous – Other.”

Year	Percentage
2018	5.1%
2019	5.1%
2020	5.1%
2021	5.2%
2022	5.2%
2023	5.3%
2024	5.3%
2025	5.5%

Table 4: Representation trends for Indigenous Peoples by subgroup – number
Subgroup	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Inuit	247	279	298	357	361	404	441	458
Métis	4,253	4,491	4,585	5,026	5,260	5,735	6,083	6,235
First Nations	4,008	4,164	4,399	4,984	5,128	5,566	5,947	6,093
Other	1,368	1,501	1,606	1,610	1,587	1,658	1,681	1,952
Total	9,876	10,435	10,888	11,977	12,336	13,363	14,152	14,738
Note: The self-identification form provided to organizations by TBS did not ask about Indigenous subgroups until 2002. Some organizations still do not collect this data and submit only a yes/no count for Indigenous identity as they have no obligation to do more than this under the Employment Equity Act. These responses are coded as “Indigenous – Other.”

Subgroup	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change between 2018 and 2025
Inuit	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	+0.1%
Métis	2.2%	2.2%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%	+0.1%
First Nations	2.1%	2.0%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%	2.3%	+0.2%
Other	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%
Note: The self-identification form provided to organizations by TBS did not ask about Indigenous subgroups until 2002. Some organizations still do not collect this data and submit only a yes/no count for Indigenous identity as they have no obligation to do more than this under the Employment Equity Act. These responses are coded as “Indigenous – Other.”

Representation of persons with disabilities

9.0% of employees in the core public administration have self-identified as persons with disabilities, which is below the WFA estimate of 12.0%.
10.9% of executives are persons with disabilities (above the WFA of 5.3%).
12.2% of persons with disabilities are 20 to 29 years of age.
34.1% of persons with disabilities are 50 to 69 years of age.

Table 5: Representation of persons with disabilities by subgroup – overall and executives
Subgroup	Overall: number	Overall: percentage	Executives: number	Executives: percentage
Coordination and dexterity	1,480	0.6%	52	0.7%
Mobility	3,114	1.2%	102	1.3%
Speech impairment	433	0.2%	20	0.3%
Blind or visual impairment	1,455	0.5%	80	1.0%
Deaf or hard of hearing	2,474	0.9%	126	1.6%
Other disability	18,548	6.9%	590	7.4%
Total	24,128	9.0%	862	10.9%
Note: The sum of disability subgroups does not match the disability total as one person can have multiple disabilities.

Subgroup	Overall	Executives
Coordination and dexterity	6.1%	6.0%
Mobility	12.9%	11.8%
Speech impairment	1.8%	2.3%
Blind or visual impairment	6.0%	9.3%
Deaf or hard of hearing	10.3%	14.6%
Other disability	76.9%	68.4%
Note: The sum of disability subgroups does not match the disability total as one person can have multiple disabilities.

Single or multiple disabilities	Percentage
Multiple disabilities	11.6%
Single disability	88.4%

Group	Under $50,000	$50,000 to $74,999	$75,000 to $99,999	$100,000 and over
Overall population	1.1%	27.9%	29.5%	41.5%
Persons with disabilities	1.2%	29.1%	28.3%	41.4%
Coordination and dexterity	1.4%	26.9%	24.8%	46.9%
Mobility	1.5%	31.3%	25.3%	41.9%
Speech impairment	1.4%	25.2%	26.6%	46.9%
Blind or visual impairment	0.8%	24.2%	25.9%	49.1%
Deaf or hard of hearing	1.0%	25.6%	24.7%	48.7%
Other disability	1.2%	29.5%	29.3%	40.0%

Group	20 to 29 years	50 to 64 years
Overall population	11.9%	29.3%
Persons with disabilities	12.2%	31.8%
Coordination and dexterity	5.7%	45.0%
Mobility	5.1%	47.3%
Speech impairment	9.7%	31.6%
Blind or visual impairment	6.3%	42.0%
Deaf or hard of hearing	5.0%	47.4%
Other disability	14.4%	27.2%

Year	Percentage
2018	5.3%
2019	5.2%
2020	5.2%
2021	5.6%
2022	6.2%
2023	6.9%
2024	7.9%
2025	9.0%

Table 6: Representation trends for persons with disabilities by subgroup – number
Subgroup	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Coordination and dexterity	934	930	926	1,094	1,164	1,257	1,388	1,480
Mobility	1,746	1,737	1,741	2,186	2,307	2,588	2,912	3,114
Speech impairment	215	224	235	276	323	349	412	433
Blind or visual impairment	770	767	783	951	1,042	1,160	1,341	1,455
Deaf or hard of hearing	1,548	1,549	1,563	1,786	1,912	2,098	2,303	2,474
Other disability	5,778	6,245	6,715	8,339	9,874	12,370	15,642	18,548
Total	10,181	10,622	11,087	12,893	14,573	17,410	21,089	24,128
Note: The sum of disability subgroups does not match the disability total as one person can have multiple disabilities.

Subgroup	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change between 2018 and 2025
Coordination and dexterity	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	+0.1%
Mobility	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%	+0.3%
Speech impairment	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	+0.1%
Blind or visual impairment	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	+0.1%
Deaf or hard of hearing	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	+0.1%
Other disability	3.0%	3.1%	3.1%	3.7%	4.2%	4.9%	5.9%	6.9%	+3.9%

Representation of members of visible minorities

23.9% of employees in the core public administration have self-identified as members of visible minorities, which is above the WFA estimate of 22.7%.
17.3% of executives are members of visible minorities (above the WFA of 15.6%).
15.5% of members of visible minorities are 20 to 29 years of age.
25.2% of members of visible minorities are 50 to 69 years of age.

Table 7: Representation of members of visible minorities by subgroup – overall and executives
Subgroup	Overall: number	Overall: percentage	Executives: number	Executives: percentage
Black	13,741	5.1%	255	3.2%
Non-White Latin American	3,115	1.2%	42	0.5%
Person of mixed origin	4,363	1.6%	181	2.3%
Chinese	8,464	3.2%	149	1.9%
Japanese	299	0.1%	10	0.1%
Korean	873	0.3%	16	0.2%
Filipino	2,421	0.9%	20	0.3%
South Asian / East Indian	11,811	4.4%	252	3.2%
Non-White West Asian, North African or Arab	7,706	2.9%	221	2.8%
Southeast Asian	3,892	1.5%	77	1.0%
Other visible minority groups	7,080	2.7%	148	1.9%
Total	63,765	23.9%	1,371	17.3%

Subgroup	Overall	Executives
Black	21.5%	18.6%
Non-White Latin American	4.9%	3.1%
Person of mixed origin	6.8%	13.2%
Chinese	13.3%	10.9%
Japanese	0.5%	0.7%
Korean	1.4%	1.2%
Filipino	3.8%	1.5%
South Asian / East Indian	18.5%	18.4%
Non-White West Asian, North African or Arab	12.1%	16.1%
Southeast Asian	6.1%	5.6%
Other visible minority groups	11.1%	10.8%

Group	Under $50,000	$50,000 to $74,999	$75,000 to $99,999	$100,000 and over
Overall population	1.1%	27.9%	29.5%	41.5%
Members of visible minorities	0.9%	31.8%	29.5%	37.8%
Black	0.9%	40.8%	29.8%	28.5%
Non-White Latin American	0.6%	35.8%	32.5%	31.1%
Person of mixed origin	0.8%	27.4%	31.1%	40.7%
Chinese	0.9%	22.7%	28.9%	47.4%
Japanese	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	30.4%	38.8%
Korean	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	34.0%	36.5%
Filipino	2.3%	45.8%	30.6%	21.4%
South Asian / East Indian	1.0%	32.8%	28.4%	37.8%
Non-White West Asian, North African or Arab	0.8%	25.3%	30.0%	43.9%
Southeast Asian	0.5%	26.5%	28.4%	44.6%
Other visible minority groups	1.0%	30.2%	28.3%	40.5%
Footnote * Information for small numbers has been suppressed. Additionally, to avoid residual disclosure, other data points may also be suppressed. Return to footnote * referrer

Group	20 to 29 years	50 to 64 years
Overall population	11.9%	29.3%
Members of visible minorities	15.5%	23.5%
Black	12.8%	23.8%
Non-White Latin American	10.7%	23.4%
Person of mixed origin	20.1%	18.9%
Chinese	14.6%	30.1%
Japanese	11.0%	38.5%
Korean	15.0%	18.3%
Filipino	18.3%	23.0%
South Asian / East Indian	18.1%	20.5%
Non-White West Asian, North African or Arab	16.8%	22.5%
Southeast Asian	16.3%	22.5%
Other visible minority groups	14.1%	24.7%

Year	Percentage
2018	15.7%
2019	16.7%
2020	17.8%
2021	18.9%
2022	20.2%
2023	21.7%
2024	22.9%
2025	23.9%

Table 8: Representation trends for members of visible minorities by subgroup – number
Subgroup	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Black	5,538	6,468	7,427	8,754	9,809	11,771	13,270	13,741
Non-White Latin American	1,170	1,387	1,585	1,869	2,148	2,567	2,947	3,115
Person of mixed origin	2,227	2,568	2,999	3,490	3,851	4,409	4,657	4,363
Chinese	5,592	6,042	6,505	7,241	7,785	8,505	8,803	8,464
Japanese	229	235	249	271	277	296	311	299
Korean	383	448	535	642	717	847	885	873
Filipino	1,095	1,231	1,410	1,641	1,855	2,176	2,440	2,421
South Asian / East Indian	5,222	5,799	6,500	7,646	8,699	10,125	11,334	11,811
Non-White West Asian, North African or Arab	3,184	3,689	4,318	4,839	5,459	6,555	7,355	7,706
Southeast Asian	1,293	1,432	1,637	1,877	2,087	2,381	3,038	3,892
Other visible minority groups	4,340	4,705	4,980	4,852	5,041	5,402	5,975	7,080
Total	30,273	34,004	38,145	43,122	47,728	55,034	61,015	63,765

Subgroup	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change between 2018 and 2025
Black	2.9%	3.2%	3.5%	3.8%	4.2%	4.6%	5.0%	5.1%	+2.2%
Non-White Latin American	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%	+0.6%
Person of mixed origin	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.5%	1.6%	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%	+0.4%
Chinese	2.9%	3.0%	3.0%	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%	3.3%	3.2%	+0.3%
Japanese	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
Korean	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	+0.1%
Filipino	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	+0.3%
South Asian / East Indian	2.7%	2.9%	3.0%	3.3%	3.7%	4.0%	4.3%	4.4%	+1.7%
Non-White West Asian, North African or Arab	1.7%	1.8%	2.0%	2.1%	2.3%	2.6%	2.8%	2.9%	+1.2%
Southeast Asian	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	1.1%	1.5%	+0.8%
Other visible minority groups	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	2.2%	2.7%	+0.4%

Representation of Black employees

5.1% of employees in the core public administration have self-identified as Black employees.
3.2% of executives have self-identified as Black employees.
12.8% of Black employees are 20 to 29 years of age.
25.7% of Black employees are 50 to 69 years of age.

Year	Percentage
2018	2.9%
2019	3.2%
2020	3.5%
2021	3.8%
2022	4.2%
2023	4.6%
2024	5.0%
2025	5.1%

Table 9: Representation trends for Black employees – number
Year	Number
2018	5,538
2019	6,468
2020	7,427
2021	8,754
2022	9,809
2023	11,771
2024	13,270
2025	13,741

Group	Under $50,000	$50,000 to $74,999	$75,000 to $99,999	$100,000 to $124,999	$125,000 to $149,999	$150,000 and over
Core public administration	1.1%	27.9%	29.5%	24.2%	12.5%	4.8%
Black employees	0.9%	40.8%	29.8%	17.9%	8.1%	2.5%

Official languages of the core public administration and employment equity designated groups

Group	English	French	Unknown
Overall	69.8%	30.2%	0.0%
Women	68.8%	31.2%	0.0%
Indigenous Peoples	75.2%	24.8%	0.0%
Persons with disabilities	74.8%	25.2%	0.0%
Members of visible minorities	77.2%	22.8%	0.0%
Black employees	51.4%	48.5%	0.0%

Group	Meets	Exempt	Must meet	Incomplete
Overall	94.4%	1.4%	1.7%	2.5%
Women	94.9%	1.4%	1.6%	2.1%
Indigenous Peoples	93.2%	1.8%	2.6%	2.4%
Persons with disabilities	93.9%	1.6%	1.8%	2.6%
Members of visible minorities	93.8%	1.6%	2.0%	2.6%
Black employees	95.6%	1.2%	1.5%	1.7%

Hires into, promotions within and separations from the core public administration

Table 10: Hires, promotions and separations by group – number and share
Action type	All employees: number	Women: number	Women: percentage	Indigenous Peoples: number	Indigenous Peoples: percentage	Persons with disabilities: number	Persons with disabilities: percentage	Members of visible minorities: number	Members of visible minorities: percentage	Black employees: number	Black employees: percentage
Hires	19,720	11,280	57.2%	876	4.4%	1,698	8.6%	5,355	27.2%	1,256	6.4%
Promotions	25,449	15,919	62.6%	1,486	5.8%	2,366	9.3%	6,452	25.4%	1,475	5.8%
Separations	15,472	8,900	57.5%	910	5.9%	1,347	8.7%	2,574	16.6%	616	4.0%

Group	Hires	Promotions	Separations
Overall	7.4%	9.6%	5.8%
Women	4.2%	6.0%	3.3%
Indigenous Peoples	0.3%	0.6%	0.3%
Persons with disabilities	0.6%	0.9%	0.5%
Members of visible minorities	2.0%	2.4%	1.0%
Black employees	0.5%	0.6%	0.2%

Table 11: Hires, promotions and separations of executives by group – number and share
Action type	Executives: number	Women: number	Women: percentage	Indigenous Peoples: number	Indigenous Peoples: percentage	Persons with disabilities: number	Persons with disabilities: percentage	Members of visible minorities: number	Members of visible minorities: percentage	Black employees: number	Black employees: percentage
Hires	77	37	48.1%	6	7.8%	6	7.8%	10	13.0%	0	0.0%
Promotions	943	585	62.0%	59	6.3%	106	11.2%	194	20.6%	49	5.2%
Separations	417	199	47.7%	19	4.6%	41	9.8%	59	14.1%	9	2.2%

Group	Hires	Promotions	Separations
Executives	1.0%	12.2%	5.4%
Women	0.5%	7.5%	2.6%
Indigenous Peoples	0.0%	0.8%	0.2%
Persons with disabilities	0.1%	1.4%	0.5%
Members of visible minorities	0.1%	2.5%	0.8%
Black employees	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%

Appendix A: Statistical tables of employment equity data covered under section 21 of the Employment Equity Act

Table 1 includes information (as of March 31, 2025) regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration).

Table 1: Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group according to department or agency
Department or agency	All employees	Women (overall WFA: 54.9%)		Indigenous Peoples (overall WFA: 4.0%)		Persons with disabilities (overall WFA: 12.0%)		Members of visible minorities (overall WFA: 22.7%)
Department or agency	Number	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Employment and Social Development Canada	38,334	25,771	67.2	1,603	4.2	3,241	8.5	11,972	31.2
National Defence^{Footnote 1}	28,241	12,130	43.0	1,046	3.7	2,059	7.3	3,704	13.1
Correctional Service Canada	18,660	9,582	51.4	1,983	10.6	1,389	7.4	2,895	15.5
Public Services and Procurement Canada	18,381	11,182	60.8	720	3.9	1,576	8.6	3,962	21.6
Canada Border Services Agency	16,235	7,657	47.2	710	4.4	1,522	9.4	3,998	24.6
Fisheries and Oceans Canada^{Footnote 2}	13,924	6,222	44.7	1,079	7.7	1,639	11.8	1,726	12.4
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada	10,974	7,071	64.4	318	2.9	870	7.9	4,494	41.0
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)^{Footnote 3}	10,822	7,554	69.8	567	5.2	590	5.5	2,155	19.9
Health Canada^{Footnote 4}	9,173	5,926	64.6	281	3.1	906	9.9	3,141	34.2
Shared Services Canada	8,671	2,961	34.1	346	4.0	755	8.7	2,162	24.9
Indigenous Services Canada^{Footnote 4}	8,389	5,890	70.2	2,253	26.9	750	8.9	1,759	21.0
Environment and Climate Change Canada	8,180	4,464	54.6	304	3.7	723	8.8	1,815	22.2
Global Affairs Canada	7,210	4,100	56.9	417	5.8	447	6.2	2,175	30.2
Statistics Canada	6,845	3,624	52.9	232	3.4	741	10.8	2,036	29.7
Transport Canada	6,361	2,997	47.1	273	4.3	597	9.4	1,436	22.6
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	6,091	3,143	51.6	173	2.8	513	8.4	1,871	30.7
Natural Resources Canada	5,613	2,810	50.1	254	4.5	629	11.2	1,412	25.2
Department of Justice Canada	5,556	3,806	68.5	269	4.8	1,083	19.5	1,619	29.1
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	5,041	2,709	53.7	239	4.7	503	10.0	1,093	21.7
Veterans Affairs Canada	3,657	2,670	73.0	167	4.6	417	11.4	435	11.9
Public Health Agency of Canada	3,164	2,221	70.2	107	3.4	266	8.4	924	29.2
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada	2,278	1,484	65.1	49	2.2	172	7.6	1084	47.6
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	2,271	1,413	62.2	91	4.0	299	13.2	618	27.2
Canadian Heritage	1,814	1,240	68.4	112	6.2	198	10.9	390	21.5
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada^{Footnote 4}	1,808	1,224	67.7	337	18.6	160	8.8	326	18.0
Public Safety Canada	1,628	993	61.0	82	5.0	221	13.6	399	24.5
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada	1,552	954	61.5	55	3.5	168	10.8	442	28.5
Elections Canada	1,308	719	55.0	39	3.0	109	8.3	369	28.2
Public Prosecution Service of Canada	1,136	751	66.1	81	7.1	104	9.2	264	23.2
Privy Council Office	1,130	656	58.1	46	4.1	110	9.7	316	28.0
Library and Archives Canada	1,108	700	63.2	48	4.3	69	6.2	125	11.3
Department of Finance Canada	946	468	49.5	27	2.9	75	7.9	235	24.8
Canadian Space Agency	900	430	47.8	21	2.3	140	15.6	214	23.8
Courts Administration Service	823	516	62.7	16	1.9	67	8.1	242	29.4
Public Service Commission of Canada	771	509	66.0	31	4.0	130	16.9	178	23.1
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission	689	390	56.6	38	5.5	76	11.0	174	25.3
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada	571	382	66.9	15	2.6	61	10.7	145	25.4
Canada School of Public Service	571	379	66.4	27	4.7	68	11.9	141	24.7
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	564	364	64.5	26	4.6	89	15.8	56	9.9
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada^{Footnote 5}	550	366	66.5	37	6.7	60	10.9	128	23.3
Western Economic Diversification Canada^{Footnote 6}	476	289	60.7	23	4.8	44	9.2	146	30.7
Canadian Grain Commission	449	199	44.3	21	4.7	25	5.6	148	33.0
Parole Board of Canada	448	341	76.1	16	3.6	45	10.0	87	19.4
Women and Gender Equality Canada	376	314	83.5	20	5.3	49	13.0	92	24.5
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions	362	206	56.9	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	36	9.9	82	22.7
Canadian Transportation Agency	335	187	55.8	10	3.0	38	11.3	81	24.2
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada	333	209	62.8	18	5.4	32	9.6	67	20.1
Canadian Human Rights Commission	264	194	73.5	7	2.7	50	18.9	76	28.8
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario	237	146	61.6	9	3.8	32	13.5	73	30.8
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada	226	136	60.2	7	3.1	26	11.5	35	15.5
Transportation Safety Board of Canada	216	87	40.3	7	3.2	18	8.3	28	13.0
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages	159	106	66.7	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	15	9.4	21	13.2
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General	140	88	62.9	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	17	12.1	24	17.1
Veterans Review and Appeal Board	129	83	64.3	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	8	6.2	0	0.0
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency	113	76	67.3	31	27.4	11	9.7	24	21.2
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario	99	60	60.6	11	11.1	18	18.2	12	12.1
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP	92	65	70.7	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	10	10.9	18	19.6
Canadian Dairy Commission	84	47	56.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	6	7.1	20	23.8
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada	78	43	55.1	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	19	24.4
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada	63	43	68.3	0	0.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	7	11.1
Accessibility Standards Canada	57	33	57.9	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	15	26.3	17	29.8
Military Grievances External Review Committee	50	33	66.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	10	20.0	10	20.0
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat	36	16	44.4	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	12	33.3
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada	33	20	60.6	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	8	24.2
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada	32	17	53.1	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	7	21.9
International Joint Commission	28	14	50.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	6	21.4	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada	25	16	64.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	10	40.0
RCMP External Review Committee	22	15	68.2	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
Copyright Board Canada	20	12	60.0	0	0.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians	8	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Law Commission of Canada	5	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	0	0.0	0	0.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
Total^{Footnote 7}	266,935	151,528	56.8	14,738	5.5	24,128	9.0	63,765	23.9
Footnote * Information for small numbers has been suppressed (counts of 1 to 5). Additionally, to avoid residual disclosure, other data points may also be suppressed. Return to footnote * referrer Footnote 1 National Defence includes civilian staff only (data for members of the Canadian Armed Forces are not included because the Treasury Board is not the employer). Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada data include data for the Canadian Coast Guard. Return to footnote 2 referrer Footnote 3 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has three segments of employees: public service employees, Civilian members and Regular members. The data presented in the table includes only public service employees. Return to footnote 3 referrer Footnote 4 Health Canada (HC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) have been impacted by the creation of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). The change in administrative systems occurred in September 2020. As a result, statistics related to ISC are now available separately from those of HC and CIRNAC. Return to footnote 4 referrer Footnote 5 Renamed the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Registry of Applied Titles on September 3, 2019. Return to footnote 5 referrer Footnote 6 Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) is becoming two new agencies: Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) in British Columbia and Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Statistics related to WD include employees that are now part of PacifiCan and PrairiesCan as separate statistics are not yet available. Return to footnote 6 referrer Footnote 7 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. Return to footnote 7 referrer Footnote 8 WFA estimates have been updated and now include only Canadian citizens and permanent residents in those occupations in the Canadian workforce that correspond to occupations in the core public administration as of March 31, 2025. 8 Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

Table 2 includes information (as of March 31, 2025) regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration).

Table 2: Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and region of work
Region of work	All employees	Women		Indigenous Peoples		Persons with disabilities		Members of visible minorities
Region of work	Number	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Newfoundland and Labrador	4,312	2,250	52.2	456	10.6	486	11.3	263	6.1
Prince Edward Island	2,519	1,594	63.3	78	3.1	283	11.2	129	5.1
Nova Scotia	11,187	5,501	49.2	738	6.6	1,199	10.7	965	8.6
New Brunswick	11,385	6,983	61.3	440	3.9	945	8.3	592	5.2
Quebec (without the NCR)^{Footnote 1}	28,751	16,047	55.8	815	2.8	1,833	6.4	5,763	20.0
NCR (Quebec)^{Footnote 1}	34,814	20,301	58.3	1,904	5.5	3,135	9.0	8,359	24.0
NCR (Ontario)^{Footnote 1}	88,364	50,241	56.9	3,548	4.0	9,243	10.5	23,866	27.0
NCR^{Footnote 1}	123,178	70,542	57.3	5,452	4.4	12,378	10.0	32,225	26.2
Ontario (without the NCR)^{Footnote 1}	33,224	19,236	57.9	1,617	4.9	2,710	8.2	10,188	30.7
Manitoba	8,569	5,039	58.8	1,417	16.5	789	9.2	1,718	20.0
Saskatchewan	5,485	3,335	60.8	980	17.9	417	7.6	825	15.0
Alberta	13,265	7,745	58.4	1,097	8.3	1,132	8.5	3,578	27.0
British Columbia	21,297	11,094	52.1	1,237	5.8	1,719	8.1	6,625	31.1
Yukon	385	244	63.4	49	12.7	25	6.5	54	14.0
Northwest Territories	488	283	58.0	79	16.2	36	7.4	86	17.6
Nunavut	300	182	60.7	159	53.0	14	4.7	33	11.0
Outside Canada	1,552	805	51.9	71	4.6	69	4.4	418	26.9
Not available^{Footnote 2}	1,038	648	62.4	53	5.1	93	9.0	303	29.2
Total^{Footnote 3}	266,935	151,528	56.8	14,738	5.5	24,128	9.0	63,765	23.9
Footnote 1 “NCR” stands for National Capital Region and includes NCR (Quebec) and NCR (Ontario). Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 A portion of the geographic data is not available due to changes in the central data systems. Return to footnote 2 referrer Footnote 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. Return to footnote 3 referrer Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

Table 3.1 includes information (as of March 31, 2024) regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration). Classification is based on the effective classification, which includes acting assignments.

Table 3.1: Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and occupational groups in force
Occupational group in force	All employees	Women		Men		Indigenous Peoples		Persons with disabilities		Members of visible minorities
Occupational group in force	Number	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
AI: Air Traffic Control	11	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	0	0.0	0	0.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
AO: Aircraft Operations	360	42	11.7	318	88.3	17	4.7	8	2.2	16	4.4
AV: Commerce and Purchasing	7,812	4,193	53.7	3,619	46.3	346	4.4	663	8.5	1,799	23.0
CT: Comptrollership^{Footnote 1}	7,048	4,037	57.3	3,011	42.7	243	3.4	401	5.7	2,662	37.8
CX: Correctional Services	7,206	2,100	29.1	5,105	70.8	788	10.9	350	4.9	1,346	18.7
EB: Education and Library Science	1,304	880	67.5	424	32.5	133	10.2	92	7.1	267	20.5
EC: Economics and Social Science Services	26,649	16,085	60.4	10,561	39.6	1,211	4.5	3,031	11.4	7,945	29.8
EL: Electronics	1,112	80	7.2	1,032	92.8	46	4.1	69	6.2	134	12.1
EX: Executive	7,539	4,169	55.3	3,370	44.7	420	5.6	798	10.6	1,275	16.9
FB: Border Services	10,696	4,346	40.6	6,350	59.4	540	5.0	878	8.2	2,323	21.7
FS: Foreign Service	2,013	1,132	56.2	880	43.7	104	5.2	116	5.8	547	27.2
HM: Human Resources Management	5,186	4,278	82.5	907	17.5	266	5.1	816	15.7	1,183	22.8
IT: Information Technology	21,589	4,902	22.7	16,685	77.3	799	3.7	1,824	8.4	6,407	29.7
LC: Law Management	387	263	68.0	124	32.0	25	6.5	64	16.5	96	24.8
LP: Law Practitioner	3,706	2,227	60.1	1,479	39.9	156	4.2	610	16.5	910	24.6
NR: Architecture, Engineering and Land Survey	4,929	1,299	26.4	3,630	73.6	110	2.2	277	5.6	1,423	28.9
PA: Program and Administrative Services	115,828	83,777	72.3	32,034	27.7	7,348	6.3	11,436	9.9	28,421	24.5
PM-MCO: Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation Officer	56	32	57.1	24	42.9	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
PO: Police Operations Support	626	442	70.6	183	29.2	31	5.0	20	3.2	79	12.6
PR: Non-Supervisory Printing Services	2	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
RE: Research	2,642	931	35.2	1,711	64.8	35	1.3	146	5.5	663	25.1
RO: Radio Operations	286	91	31.8	195	68.2	27	9.4	18	6.3	10	3.5
SH: Health Services	3,957	3,273	82.7	681	17.2	269	6.8	191	4.8	641	16.2
SO: Ships’ Officers	1,411	234	16.6	1,177	83.4	155	11.0	154	10.9	176	12.5
SP: Applied Science and Patent Examination	10,532	5,862	55.7	4,670	44.3	264	2.5	751	7.1	2,860	27.2
SR(C): Ship Repair Chargehands and Production Supervisors – East	67	6	9.0	61	91.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	6	9.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}
SR(E): Ship Repair – East	671	70	10.4	601	89.6	27	4.0	35	5.2	22	3.3
SR(W): Ship Repair – West	706	42	5.9	664	94.1	22	3.1	14	2.0	19	2.7
SV: Operational Services	10,242	2,220	21.7	8,018	78.3	752	7.3	570	5.6	844	8.2
TC: Technical Services	11,345	3,834	33.8	7,511	66.2	590	5.2	758	6.7	1,581	13.9
TR: Translation	812	624	76.8	188	23.2	8	1.0	25	3.1	62	7.6
UT: University Teaching	200	53	26.5	147	73.5	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	46	23.0
Unknown	5	2	40.0	3	60.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Total^{Footnote 2} ^{Footnote 3}	266,935	151,528	56.8	115,374	43.2	14,738	5.5	24,128	9.0	63,765	23.9
Footnote * Information for small numbers has been suppressed (counts of 1 to 5). Additionally, to avoid residual disclosure, other data points may also be suppressed. Return to footnote * referrer Footnote 1 As of March 2024, the CT – Comptrollership group was created and includes three new classification groups: CTIAU – Internal audit, CTFIN – Financial management and CTEAV – External audit. All members of the previous AU – Auditing classification group became CTEAV and all members of the previous FI – Financial management classification group became CTFIN. Only some members of the AS – Administrative services classification group became CTIAU. All data prior to 2024 reflects the former classification groups. Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 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 footnote 2 referrer Footnote 3 Data for those with unknown sex data are not included in the table, so the sum of women and men may not match the “all employees” value. Return to footnote 3 referrer Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

Table 3.2 includes information (as of March 31, 2025) regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration). Classification is based on the effective classification, which includes acting assignments.

Table 3.2: Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and (outdated) occupational category
Occupational category (outdated)	All employees	Women		Indigenous Peoples		Persons with disabilities		Members of visible minorities
Occupational category (outdated)	Number	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Executives	7,926	4,432	55.9	445	5.6	862	10.9	1,371	17.3
EX (Executive)	7,539	4,169	55.3	420	5.6	798	10.6	1,275	16.9
LC (Law Management)^{Footnote 1}	387	263	68.0	25	6.5	64	16.5	96	24.8
Scientific and Professional	53,880	30,577	56.8	2,157	4.0	5,102	9.5	14,750	27.4
Administrative and Foreign Service	141,687	89,170	62.9	7,903	5.6	13,408	9.5	36,474	25.7
Technical	14,568	4,318	29.6	857	5.9	1,007	6.9	1,923	13.2
Administrative Support	18,658	13,805	74.0	1,213	6.5	1,876	10.1	4,612	24.7
Operational	30,216	9,226	30.5	2,163	7.2	1,873	6.2	4,635	15.3
Undetermined	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Total^{Footnote 2}	266,935	151,528	56.8	14,738	5.5	24,128	9.0	63,765	23.9
Footnote 1 LCs have been included in the Executive group since the 2011–12 fiscal year. Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 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. Return to footnote 2 referrer Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

Table 4 includes information (as of March 31, 2025) regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration).

Table 4: Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and salary range
Salary range ($)	All employees		Women			Indigenous Peoples			Persons with disabilities			Members of visible minorities
Salary range ($)	Number	% of all employees	Number	% of salary range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group	Number	% of salary range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group	Number	% of salary range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group	Number	% of salary range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group
Under 50,000	3,030	1.1	2,077	68.5	1.4	168	5.5	1.1	282	9.3	1.2	595	19.6	0.9
50,000 to 54,999	2,380	0.9	1,509	63.4	1.0	94	3.9	0.6	162	6.8	0.7	616	25.9	1.0
55,000 to 59,999	4,939	1.9	3,265	66.1	2.2	353	7.1	2.4	489	9.9	2.0	1,182	23.9	1.9
60,000 to 64,999	16,840	6.3	11,834	70.3	7.8	979	5.8	6.6	1,660	9.9	6.9	4,595	27.3	7.2
65,000 to 69,999	26,281	9.8	17,342	66.0	11.4	1,592	6.1	10.8	2,396	9.1	9.9	7,507	28.6	11.8
70,000 to 74,999	24,013	9.0	15,825	65.9	10.4	1,420	5.9	9.6	2,322	9.7	9.6	6,374	26.5	10.0
75,000 to 79,999	21,450	8.0	13,859	64.6	9.1	1,198	5.6	8.1	1,872	8.7	7.8	5,365	25.0	8.4
80,000 to 84,999	13,992	5.2	7,113	50.8	4.7	896	6.4	6.1	1,155	8.3	4.8	3,195	22.8	5.0
85,000 to 89,999	21,082	7.9	10,812	51.3	7.1	1,456	6.9	9.9	1,877	8.9	7.8	4,595	21.8	7.2
90,000 to 94,999	7,519	2.8	3,986	53.0	2.6	351	4.7	2.4	632	8.4	2.6	2,264	30.1	3.6
95,000 to 99,999	14,607	5.5	7,826	53.6	5.2	787	5.4	5.3	1,288	8.8	5.3	3,399	23.3	5.3
100,000 to 104,999	27,637	10.4	14,144	51.2	9.3	1,687	6.1	11.4	2,468	8.9	10.2	5,991	21.7	9.4
105,000 to 109,999	10,066	3.8	5,200	51.7	3.4	529	5.3	3.6	863	8.6	3.6	2,237	22.2	3.5
110,000 to 114,999	9,428	3.5	5,181	55.0	3.4	436	4.6	3.0	825	8.8	3.4	2,481	26.3	3.9
115,000 to 119,999	11,641	4.4	6,129	52.7	4.0	598	5.1	4.1	1,041	8.9	4.3	2,303	19.8	3.6
120,000 to 124,999	5,833	2.2	3,224	55.3	2.1	272	4.7	1.8	524	9.0	2.2	1,383	23.7	2.2
125,000 to 149,999	33,372	12.5	15,841	47.5	10.5	1,364	4.1	9.3	2,899	8.7	12.0	7,317	21.9	11.5
150,000 and over	12,825	4.8	6,361	49.6	4.2	558	4.4	3.8	1,373	10.7	5.7	2,366	18.4	3.7
Total^{Footnote 2}	266,935	100.0	151,528	56.8	100.0	14,738	5.5	100.0	24,128	9.0	100.0	63,765	23.9	100.0
Footnote 1 EE: employment equity Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 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. Return to footnote 2 referrer Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

Table 5 includes information (as of fiscal year 2024–25) regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration).

Table 5: Hires into, promotions within and separations from the public service of Canada by designated group
Action type	All employees	Women		Indigenous Peoples		Persons with disabilities		Members of visible minorities
Action type	Number	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Hires	19,720	11,280	57.2	876	4.4	1,698	8.6	5,355	27.2
Promotions	25,449	15,919	62.6	1,486	5.8	2,366	9.3	6,452	25.4
Separations	15,472	8,900	57.5	910	5.9	1,347	8.7	2,574	16.6
Notes The sum of designated groups does not equal the total (“all employees”) because employees may have voluntarily chosen to self-identify in more than one designated group. “Hires” refers to employees who were added to the public service of Canada payroll between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. Data on promotions are obtained from the Public Service Commission of Canada and include information from departments and agencies that fall under both the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV, and the Public Service Employment Act. “Separations” refers to employees who left the public service of Canada payroll between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. Percentages are that designated group’s share of all actions of the given type. Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

Table 6 includes information (as of March 31, 2025) regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration).

Table 6: Distribution of public service of Canada employees by designated group and age range
Age range (years)	All employees		Women			Indigenous Peoples			Persons with disabilities			Members of visible minorities
Age range (years)	Number	% of all employees	Number	% of age range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group	Number	% of age range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group	Number	% of age range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group	Number	% of age range	% of EE^{Footnote 1} group
Under 20	120	0.0	61	50.8	0.0	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	7	5.8	0.0
20 to 24	5,906	2.2	3,477	58.9	2.3	340	5.8	2.3	547	9.3	2.3	1,657	28.1	2.6
25 to 29	25,844	9.7	15,633	60.5	10.3	1,273	4.9	8.6	2,385	9.2	9.9	8,216	31.8	12.9
30 to 34	33,561	12.6	19,460	58.0	12.8	1,727	5.1	11.7	2,895	8.6	12.0	9,532	28.4	14.9
35 to 39	34,790	13.0	20,041	57.6	13.2	1,816	5.2	12.3	2,783	8.0	11.5	9,005	25.9	14.1
40 to 44	40,211	15.1	23,548	58.6	15.5	2,126	5.3	14.4	3,406	8.5	14.1	9,742	24.2	15.3
45 to 49	41,342	15.5	24,091	58.3	15.9	2,284	5.5	15.5	3,706	9.0	15.4	9,188	22.2	14.4
50 to 54	36,058	13.5	20,339	56.4	13.4	2,239	6.2	15.2	3,457	9.6	14.3	7,130	19.8	11.2
55 to 59	26,728	10.0	14,227	53.2	9.4	1,701	6.4	11.5	2,641	9.9	10.9	5,068	19.0	7.9
60 to 64	15,446	5.8	7,516	48.7	5.0	881	5.7	6.0	1,569	10.2	6.5	2,794	18.1	4.4
65 to 69	5,255	2.0	2,428	46.2	1.6	294	5.6	2.0	570	10.8	2.4	1,088	20.7	1.7
70+	1,674	0.6	707	42.2	0.5	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	^{Footnote *}	338	20.2	0.5
Total^{Footnote 2}	266,935	100.0	151,528	56.8	100.0	14,738	5.5	100.0	24,128	9.0	100.0	63,765	23.9	100.0
Footnote * Information for small numbers has been suppressed (counts of 1 to 5). Additionally, to avoid residual disclosure, other data points may also be suppressed. Return to footnote * referrer Footnote 1 EE: employment equity Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 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. Return to footnote 2 referrer Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

Table 7 includes information as of March 31 regarding indeterminate employees, terms of three months or more, and seasonal employees of organizations captured under the Financial Administration Act, Schedules I and IV (core public administration).

Table 7: Representation in the public service of Canada by designated group and year
Public service representation	All employees	Women		Indigenous Peoples		Persons with disabilities		Members of visible minorities
Public service representation	Number	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
As of March 31, 2025	266,935	151,528	56.8	14,738	5.5	24,128	9.0	63,765	23.9
As of March 31, 2024	266,433	151,607	56.9	14,152	5.3	21,089	7.9	61,015	22.9
As of March 31, 2023	253,411	143,406	56.6	13,363	5.3	17,410	6.9	55,034	21.7
As of March 31, 2022	236,133	132,299	56.0	12,336	5.2	14,573	6.2	47,728	20.2
As of March 31, 2021	228,345	127,043	55.6	11,977	5.2	12,893	5.6	43,122	18.9
As of March 31, 2020	214,120	117,760	55.0	10,888	5.1	11,087	5.2	38,145	17.8
As of March 31, 2019	203,268	111,332	54.8	10,435	5.1	10,622	5.2	34,004	16.7
As of March 31, 2018	192,467	105,465	54.8	9,876	5.1	10,181	5.3	30,273	15.7
As of March 31, 2017	185,484	101,136	54.5	9,726	5.2	10,259	5.5	28,058	15.1
As of March 31, 2016	181,674	98,846	54.4	9,358	5.2	10,092	5.6	26,336	14.5
As of March 31, 2015	180,681	98,051	54.3	9,232	5.1	10,204	5.6	24,849	13.8
As of March 31, 2014	181,356	98,078	54.1	9,239	5.1	10,390	5.7	23,919	13.2
As of March 31, 2013	188,342	102,124	54.2	9,491	5.0	10,871	5.8	23,812	12.6
As of March 31, 2012	198,793	108,620	54.6	9,785	4.9	11,418	5.7	23,978	12.1
As of March 31, 2011	202,631	111,051	54.8	9,486	4.7	11,388	5.6	22,998	11.3
As of March 31, 2010	202,386	110,867	54.8	9,307	4.6	11,620	5.7	21,567	10.7
As of March 31, 2009	195,667	107,089	54.7	8,892	4.5	11,468	5.9	19,264	9.8
As of March 31, 2008	186,754	101,589	54.4	8,190	4.4	11,001	5.9	17,207	9.2
As of March 31, 2007	179,540	96,816	53.9	7,610	4.2	10,192	5.7	15,787	8.8
As of March 31, 2006	176,630	95,013	53.8	7,381	4.2	10,169	5.8	15,112	8.6
As of March 31, 2005	165,856	88,702	53.5	6,886	4.2	9,626	5.8	13,498	8.1
As of March 31, 2004	165,976	88,175	53.1	6,723	4.1	9,452	5.7	13,001	7.8
As of March 31, 2003	163,314	86,162	52.8	6,426	3.9	9,155	5.6	12,058	7.4
As of March 31, 2002	157,510	82,663	52.5	5,980	3.8	8,331	5.3	10,772	6.8
As of March 31, 2001	149,339	77,785	52.1	5,316	3.6	7,621	5.1	9,143	6.1
As of March 31, 2000^{Footnote *} (Revenue Canada excluded)	141,253	72,549	51.4	4,639	3.3	6,687	4.7	7,764	5.5
As of March 31, 1999 (Revenue Canada included)	178,340	91,856	51.5	5,124	2.9	8,137	4.6	10,557	5.9
As of March 31, 1998	179,831	90,801	50.5	4,770	2.7	6,943	3.9	9,260	5.1
Footnote * Revenue Canada became a separate employer, the new Canada Customs and Revenue Agency on November 1, 1999. Return to footnote * referrer

Workforce availability	All employees	Women		Indigenous Peoples		Persons with disabilities		Members of visible minorities
Workforce availability	Number	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2021 Census and 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (based on Canadian citizens and permanent residents) – based on population data as of March 31, 2025	n/a	n/a	54.9	n/a	4.0	n/a	12.0	n/a	22.7
2021 Census and 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (based on Canadian citizens and permanent residents) – based on population data as of March 31, 2024	n/a	n/a	55.3	n/a	4.1	n/a	12.0	n/a	22.7
2016 Census and 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (based on Canadian citizens and permanent residents) – based on population data as of March 31, 2023	n/a	n/a	53.7	n/a	3.8	n/a	9.2	n/a	17.3
2016 Census and 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (based on Canadian citizens and permanent residents) – based on population data as of March 31, 2022	n/a	n/a	53.3	n/a	3.8	n/a	9.1	n/a	17.2
2016 Census and 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (based on Canadian citizens only)	n/a	n/a	52.7	n/a	4.0	n/a	9.0	n/a	15.3
2011 National Household Survey and 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability	n/a	n/a	52.5	n/a	3.4	n/a	4.4	n/a	13.0
2006 Census and Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS)	n/a	n/a	52.3	n/a	3.0	n/a	4.0	n/a	12.4
2001 Census and PALS	n/a	n/a	52.2	n/a	2.5	n/a	3.6	n/a	10.4
1996 Census and 1991 Health and Activity Limitation Survey (HALS)	n/a	n/a	48.7	n/a	1.7	n/a	4.8	n/a	8.7
1991 Census and HALS	n/a	n/a	47.3	n/a	2.6	n/a	4.8	n/a	9.0
n/a: not applicable Notes The data in this and other tables in this report cover employees identified for the purpose of employment equity in the Employment Equity Regulations and the Employment Equity Act. Source: The source of the representation data is the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Employment Equity Data Bank, which is populated with self-identification information provided by employees.

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