Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency with departmental workforce availability estimates

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.

2021 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2021) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2016 and 2017 Survey on Disability)

About the data

When reading the table below, the following information applies:

Source: Pay System as of March 31st of each year 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.
The estimates of workforce availability are based on information from the 2016 Census of Canada and the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability.
Workforce availability estimates include only Canadian citizens in those occupations in the Canadian workforce that correspond to occupations in the core public administration.

Department or agency	All employees	Women
Department or agency	All employees	Designated group members	Expected number^{table 1 note 6}	Gap^{table 1 note 7}	Representation	Workforce availability estimate (WFA)^{table 1 note 8}
Table 1 Notes Table 1 Note 1 National Defence includes civilian staff only (data for members of the Canadian Armed Forces are not included because Treasury Board is not the employer). Return to table 1 note 1 referrer Table 1 Note 2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada data include data for the Canadian Coast Guard. Return to table 1 note 2 referrer Table 1 Note 3 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 table 1 note 3 referrer Table 1 Note 4 Renamed the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Registry of Applied Titles on September 3, 2019 (formerly known as the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency). Return to table 1 note 4 referrer Table 1 Note 5 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 5 referrer Table 1 Note 6 The expected number is based on the population (all employees) and on the workforce availability estimate. Return to table 1 note 6 referrer Table 1 Note 7 The gap is the actual representation (designated group members) minus the expected number. Return to table 1 note 7 referrer Table 1 Note 8 Departmental and overall workforce availability (WFA) is updated annually and may not align with the static WFA published in the Employment Equity Annual Report. Return to table 1 note 8 referrer Table 1 Note * 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 table 1 note * referrer
Employment and Social Development Canada	30,711	20,750	18,853	1,897	67.6%	61.4%
National Defence^{table 1 note 1}	25,442	10,515	11,264	-749	41.3%	44.3%
Correctional Service Canada	17,489	8,739	9,325	-586	50.0%	53.3%
Public Services and Procurement Canada	16,253	9,700	9,686	14	59.7%	59.6%
Canada Border Services Agency	14,241	6,744	6,191	553	47.4%	43.5%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada^{table 1 note 2}	12,650	5,291	5,006	285	41.8%	39.6%
Health Canada^{table 1 note 3}	8,486	5,495	5,083	412	64.8%	59.9%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)	8,162	6,058	5,290	768	74.2%	64.8%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada	7,850	5,025	5,028	-3	64.0%	64.0%
Shared Services Canada	7,095	2,409	2,606	-197	34.0%	36.7%
Environment and Climate Change Canada	6,943	3,572	2,904	668	51.4%	41.8%
Global Affairs Canada	6,371	3,587	3,561	26	56.3%	55.9%
Indigenous Services Canada^{table 1 note 3}	6,273	4,299	4,141	158	68.5%	66.0%
Statistics Canada	5,946	3,077	2,764	313	51.7%	46.5%
Transport Canada	5,942	2,718	2,521	197	45.7%	42.4%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	5,231	2,662	2,584	78	50.9%	49.4%
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	4,882	2,536	2,455	81	51.9%	50.3%
Department of Justice Canada	4,832	3,303	2,753	550	68.4%	57.0%
Natural Resources Canada	4,296	2,019	1,774	245	47.0%	41.3%
Veterans Affairs Canada	3,622	2,642	2,595	47	72.9%	71.6%
Public Health Agency of Canada	2,713	1,883	1,732	151	69.4%	63.8%
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	2,215	1,343	1,169	174	60.6%	52.8%
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada^{table 1 note 3}	1,864	1,242	1,127	116	66.6%	60.4%
Canadian Heritage	1,776	1,200	974	226	67.6%	54.8%
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada	1,584	1,004	978	26	63.4%	61.8%
Public Safety Canada	1,130	668	696	-28	59.1%	61.6%
Public Prosecution Service of Canada	1,049	691	632	59	65.9%	60.3%
Privy Council Office	964	517	511	6	53.6%	53.1%
Library and Archives Canada	909	573	582	-9	63.0%	64.0%
Elections Canada	876	460	491	-31	52.5%	56.1%
Public Service Commission of Canada	840	549	536	13	65.4%	63.8%
Department of Finance Canada	817	385	406	-21	47.1%	49.6%
Courts Administration Service	718	469	479	-10	65.3%	66.7%
Canadian Space Agency	638	286	243	43	44.8%	38.1%
Infrastructure Canada	628	385	317	68	61.3%	50.5%
Canada School of Public Service	598	390	382	8	65.2%	63.8%
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	593	379	336	43	63.9%	56.7%
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission	512	277	263	14	54.1%	51.4%
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada	494	324	302	22	65.6%	61.0%
Canadian Grain Commission	433	209	200	9	48.3%	46.2%
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada^{table 1 note 4}	423	275	227	48	65.0%	53.7%
Parole Board of Canada	418	329	306	23	78.7%	73.3%
Western Economic Diversification Canada	350	194	180	14	55.4%	51.3%
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions	337	193	192	1	57.3%	56.8%
Canadian Transportation Agency	301	163	160	3	54.2%	53.2%
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada	297	173	157	16	58.2%	52.8%
Women and Gender Equality Canada	292	246	188	58	84.2%	64.5%
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario	272	170	163	7	62.5%	59.9%
Canadian Human Rights Commission	218	152	132	20	69.7%	60.5%
Transportation Safety Board of Canada	218	82	82	0	37.6%	37.5%
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada	209	130	131	-1	62.2%	62.8%
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages	153	99	89	10	64.7%	58.3%
Office of the Governor General's Secretary	141	84	79	5	59.6%	56.4%
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency	105	68	57	11	64.8%	54.7%
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada	74	37	43	-6	50.0%	58.6%
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP	74	44	40	4	59.5%	53.5%
Veterans Review and Appeal Board	70	47	54	-7	67.1%	77.5%
Canadian Dairy Commission	69	38	36	2	55.1%	51.5%
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada	58	40	35	5	69.0%	60.2%
Military Grievances External Review Committee	39	21	24	-3	53.8%	60.4%
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada	33	20	22	-2	60.6%	65.8%
International Joint Commission	26	13	14	-1	50.0%	53.6%
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada	23	12	12	0	52.2%	52.7%
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada	22	12	12	0	54.5%	54.0%
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat	20	9	12	-3	45.0%	62.0%
Copyright Board Canada	15	^{table 1 note *}	8	^{table 1 note *}	^{table 1 note *}	54.7%
RCMP External Review Committee	14	9	9	0	64.3%	61.1%
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians	6	^{table 1 note *}	3	^{table 1 note *}	^{table 1 note *}	42.2%
Total^{table 1 note 5}	228,345	127,043	121,206	5,837	55.6%	53.1%

2020 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2020) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2016 and 2017 Survey on Disability)

About the data

When reading the table below, the following information applies:

Source: Pay System as of March 31st of each year 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.
The estimates of workforce availability are based on information from the 2016 Census of Canada and the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability.
Workforce availability estimates include only Canadian citizens in those occupations in the Canadian workforce that correspond to occupations in the core public administration.

Department or agency	All employees	Women
Department or agency	All employees	Designated group members	Expected number^{table 2 note 6}	Gap^{table 2 note 7}	Representation	Workforce availability estimate (WFA)^{table 2 note 8}
Table 2 Notes Table 2 Note 1 National Defence includes civilian staff only (data for members of the Canadian Armed Forces are not included because Treasury Board is not the employer). Return to table 2 note 1 referrer Table 2 Note 2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada data include data for the Canadian Coast Guard. Return to table 2 note 2 referrer Table 2 Note 3 Health Canada (HC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) have been impacted by the creation of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). Change in administrative systems have yet to occur so departmental statistics do not reflect this change. As a result, statistics related to HC and CIRNAC include employees that are now part of ISC. Statistics related to ISC are not yet available. Return to table 2 note 3 referrer Table 2 Note 4 Renamed the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Registry of Applied Titles on September 3, 2019 (formerly known as the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency). Return to table 2 note 4 referrer Table 2 Note 5 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 5 referrer Table 2 Note 6 The expected number is based on the population (all employees) and on the workforce availability estimate. Return to table 2 note 6 referrer Table 2 Note 7 The gap is the actual representation (designated group members) minus the expected number. Return to table 2 note 7 referrer Table 2 Note 8 Departmental and overall workforce availability (WFA) is updated annually and may not align with the static WFA published in the Employment Equity Annual Report. Return to table 2 note 8 referrer Table 2 Note * 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 table 2 note * referrer
Employment and Social Development Canada	25,553	17,283	15,661	1,622	67.6%	61.3%
National Defence^{table 2 note 1}	24,943	10,197	10,963	-766	40.9%	44.0%
Correctional Service Canada	17,253	8,530	9,139	-609	49.4%	53.0%
Public Services and Procurement Canada	15,940	9,512	9,593	-81	59.7%	60.2%
Canada Border Services Agency	13,666	6,411	5,981	430	46.9%	43.8%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada^{table 2 note 2}	11,909	4,852	4,650	202	40.7%	39.0%
Health Canada^{table 2 note 3}	10,553	7,115	6,695	420	67.4%	63.4%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)	7,740	5,769	5,064	705	74.5%	65.4%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada	7,452	4,790	4,797	-7	64.3%	64.4%
Environment and Climate Change Canada	6,849	3,471	2,879	592	50.7%	42.0%
Shared Services Canada	6,686	2,198	2,450	-252	32.9%	36.6%
Global Affairs Canada	6,180	3,453	3,480	-27	55.9%	56.3%
Transport Canada	5,443	2,413	2,277	136	44.3%	41.8%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	5,160	2,580	2,555	25	50.0%	49.5%
Statistics Canada	5,071	2,527	2,177	350	49.8%	42.9%
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada^{table 2 note 3}	4,879	3,151	2,928	223	64.6%	60.0%
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	4,810	2,503	2,425	78	52.0%	50.4%
Department of Justice Canada	4,670	3,198	2,684	514	68.5%	57.5%
Natural Resources Canada	4,188	1,970	1,745	225	47.0%	41.7%
Veterans Affairs Canada	3,136	2,278	2,238	40	72.6%	71.4%
Public Health Agency of Canada	2,142	1,474	1,335	139	68.8%	62.3%
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	2,085	1,256	1,108	148	60.2%	53.2%
Canadian Heritage	1,709	1,163	943	220	68.1%	55.2%
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada	1,402	888	872	16	63.3%	62.2%
Public Safety Canada	1,157	688	704	-16	59.5%	60.9%
Public Prosecution Service of Canada	987	652	600	52	66.1%	60.8%
Library and Archives Canada	963	597	611	-14	62.0%	63.5%
Privy Council Office	910	496	481	15	54.5%	52.9%
Public Service Commission of Canada	863	556	547	9	64.4%	63.3%
Department of Finance Canada	792	369	395	-26	46.6%	49.9%
Courts Administration Service	719	472	485	-13	65.6%	67.5%
Elections Canada	713	365	388	-23	51.2%	54.4%
Canada School of Public Service	607	398	389	9	65.6%	64.0%
Canadian Space Agency	606	274	234	40	45.2%	38.6%
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	566	362	323	39	64.0%	57.1%
Infrastructure Canada	539	337	276	61	62.5%	51.2%
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission	493	265	250	15	53.8%	50.7%
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada	438	282	270	12	64.4%	61.7%
Parole Board of Canada	425	339	311	28	79.8%	73.3%
Canadian Grain Commission	418	200	194	6	47.8%	46.3%
lmpact Assessment Agency of Canada^{table 2 note 4}	389	261	209	52	67.1%	53.7%
Western Economic Diversification Canada	319	177	167	10	55.5%	52.4%
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions	303	168	173	-5	55.4%	56.9%
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada	263	161	142	19	61.2%	53.9%
Canadian Transportation Agency	260	143	139	4	55.0%	53.4%
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario	237	152	145	7	64.1%	61.0%
Women and Gender Equality Canada	226	192	147	45	85.0%	65.2%
Transportation Safety Board of Canada	211	75	80	-5	35.5%	37.8%
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada	205	124	129	-5	60.5%	62.8%
Canadian Human Rights Commission	204	144	124	20	70.6%	60.6%
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages	147	94	86	8	63.9%	58.2%
Office of the Governor General's Secretary	139	85	80	5	61.2%	57.6%
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency	94	62	53	9	66.0%	56.7%
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada	75	37	45	-8	49.3%	60.4%
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP	68	39	36	3	57.4%	53.6%
Canadian Dairy Commission	64	36	33	3	56.3%	52.0%
Veterans Review and Appeal Board	62	43	49	-6	69.4%	79.7%
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada	55	36	32	4	65.5%	57.3%
Military Grievances External Review Committee	36	21	22	-1	58.3%	60.9%
International Joint Commission	28	14	15	-1	50.0%	54.7%
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada	26	14	16	-2	53.8%	62.3%
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada	23	9	11	-2	39.1%	49.1%
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada	20	13	11	2	65.0%	55.9%
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat	19	10	12	-2	52.6%	64.5%
Copyright Board Canada	14	7	8	-1	50.0%	55.1%
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians	9	^{table 2 note *}	5	^{table 2 note *}	^{table 2 note *}	51.9%
RCMP External Review Committee	9	^{table 2 note *}	6	^{table 2 note *}	^{table 2 note *}	63.6%
Total^{table 2 note 5}	214,120	117,760	113,073	4,687	55.0%	52.8%

2019 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2019) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2016 and 2017 Survey on Disability)

About the data

When reading the table below, the following information applies:

Source: Pay System as of March 31st of each year 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.
The estimates of workforce availability are based on information from the 2016 Census of Canada and the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability.
Workforce availability estimates include only Canadian citizens in those occupations in the Canadian workforce that correspond to occupations in the core public administration.

Department or agency	All employees	Women
Department or agency	All employees	Designated group members	Expected number^{table 3 note 6}	Gap^{table 3 note 7}	Representation	Workforce availability estimate (WFA)^{table 3 note 8}
table 3 notes table 3 note 1 National Defence includes civilian staff only (data for members of the Canadian Armed Forces are not included because Treasury Board is not the employer). Return to table 3 note 1 referrer table 3 note 2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada data include data for the Canadian Coast Guard. Return to table 3 note 2 referrer table 3 note 3 Health Canada (HC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) have been impacted by the creation of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). Change in administrative systems have yet to occur so departmental statistics do not reflect this change. As a result, statistics related to HC and CIRNAC include employees that are now part of ISC. Statistics related to ISC are not yet available. Return to table 3 note 3 referrer table 3 note 4 Renamed the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Registry of Applied Titles on September 3, 2019 (formerly known as the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency). Return to table 3 note 4 referrer table 3 note 5 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 5 referrer table 3 note 6 The expected number is based on the population (all employees) and on the workforce availability estimate. Return to table 3 note 6 referrer table 3 note 7 The gap is the actual representation (designated group members) minus the expected number. Return to table 3 note 7 referrer table 3 note 8 Departmental and overall workforce availability (WFA) is updated annually and may not align with the static WFA published in the Employment Equity Annual Report. Return to table 3 note 8 referrer table 3 note * 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 table 3 note * referrer
Employment and Social Development Canada	24,142	16,378	14,917	1,461	67.8%	61.8%
National Defence^{table 3 note 1}	23,996	9,685	10,378	-693	40.4%	43.2%
Correctional Service Canada	17,071	8,313	8,972	-659	48.7%	52.6%
Public Services and Procurement Canada	14,549	8,678	8,761	-83	59.6%	60.2%
Canada Border Services Agency	13,246	6,176	5,723	453	46.6%	43.2%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada^{table 3 note 2}	11,211	4,497	4,308	189	40.1%	38.4%
Health Canada^{table 3 note 3}	10,122	6,767	6,427	340	66.9%	63.5%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)	7,271	5,527	4,887	640	76.0%	67.2%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada	6,896	4,476	4,463	13	64.9%	64.7%
Environment and Climate Change Canada	6,436	3,224	2,705	519	50.1%	42.0%
Shared Services Canada	6,071	1,933	2,195	-262	31.8%	36.2%
Global Affairs Canada	5,873	3,259	3,303	-44	55.5%	56.2%
Transport Canada	5,299	2,353	2,224	129	44.4%	42.0%
Statistics Canada	5,008	2,493	2,147	346	49.8%	42.9%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	4,986	2,536	2,478	58	50.9%	49.7%
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	4,636	2,399	2,338	61	51.7%	50.4%
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs^{table 3 note 3}	4,551	2,959	2,751	208	65.0%	60.4%
Department of Justice Canada	4,433	3,054	2,578	476	68.9%	58.2%
Natural Resources Canada	4,095	1,904	1,710	194	46.5%	41.8%
Veterans Affairs Canada	2,883	2,106	2,056	50	73.0%	71.3%
Public Health Agency of Canada	2,112	1,443	1,318	125	68.3%	62.4%
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	1,941	1,165	1,035	130	60.0%	53.3%
Canadian Heritage	1,700	1,137	941	196	66.9%	55.4%
Public Safety Canada	1,150	678	702	-24	59.0%	61.0%
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada	1,083	679	682	-3	62.7%	62.9%
Public Prosecution Service of Canada	970	642	594	48	66.2%	61.3%
Privy Council Office	962	546	524	22	56.8%	54.4%
Library and Archives Canada	897	557	570	-13	62.1%	63.5%
Public Service Commission of Canada	799	530	504	26	66.3%	63.1%
Department of Finance Canada	764	349	376	-27	45.7%	49.2%
Courts Administration Service	638	414	439	-25	64.9%	68.7%
Canadian Space Agency	605	269	231	38	44.5%	38.2%
Elections Canada	598	317	320	-3	53.0%	53.6%
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	551	357	317	40	64.8%	57.5%
Canada School of Public Service	530	356	342	14	67.2%	64.6%
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission	446	245	233	12	54.9%	52.3%
Infrastructure Canada	442	282	224	58	63.8%	50.6%
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada	435	281	269	12	64.6%	61.8%
Canadian Grain Commission	418	202	192	10	48.3%	46.0%
Parole Board of Canada	388	312	287	25	80.4%	74.1%
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada^{table 3 note 4}	295	191	160	31	64.7%	54.2%
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions	293	163	164	-1	55.6%	55.8%
Western Economic Diversification Canada	281	167	150	17	59.4%	53.5%
Canadian Transportation Agency	243	139	130	9	57.2%	53.6%
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada	223	137	117	20	61.4%	52.6%
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario	208	137	126	11	65.9%	60.8%
Transportation Safety Board of Canada	199	73	86	-13	36.7%	43.0%
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada	189	114	119	-5	60.3%	62.8%
Canadian Human Rights Commission	184	129	112	17	70.1%	60.6%
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages	153	102	91	11	66.7%	59.7%
Office of the Governor General's Secretary	123	80	70	10	65.0%	57.1%
Women and Gender Equality Canada	117	103	75	28	88.0%	63.8%
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency	68	43	39	4	63.2%	57.3%
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada	68	35	40	-5	51.5%	58.7%
Veterans Review and Appeal Board	65	49	51	-2	75.4%	78.2%
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP	65	33	35	-2	50.8%	53.6%
Canadian Dairy Commission	63	35	32	3	55.6%	51.2%
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada	54	36	33	3	66.7%	60.4%
Military Grievances External Review Committee	32	18	19	-1	56.3%	59.3%
International Joint Commission	27	13	15	-2	48.1%	55.7%
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada	23	11	15	-4	47.8%	63.1%
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada	23	9	13	-4	39.1%	55.0%
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada	22	14	12	2	63.6%	56.5%
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat	20	13	13	0	65.0%	64.9%
Copyright Board Canada	14	6	8	-2	42.9%	55.2%
RCMP External Review Committee	7	^{table 3 note *}	4	^{table 3 note *}	^{table 3 note *}	54.1%
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians	5	^{table 3 note *}	2	^{table 3 note *}	^{table 3 note *}	56.5%
Total^{table 3 note 5}	203,268	111,332	107,150	4,182	54.8%	52.7%

2018 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2018) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2011 and 2012 Survey on Disability)

About the data

When reading the table below, the following information applies:

Source: Pay System as of March 31st of each year 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.
The estimates of workforce availability are based on information from the 2011 Census of Canada and the 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability.
Workforce availability estimates include only Canadian citizens in those occupations in the Canadian workforce that correspond to occupations in the core public administration.

Department or agency	All employees	Women
Department or agency	All employees	Designated group members	Expected number^{table 4 note 5}	Gap^{table 4 note 6}	Representation	Workforce availability estimate (WFA)^{table 4 note 7}
Employment and Social Development Canada	23,355	15,963	14,732	1,231	68.3%	63.1%
National Defence^{table 4 note 1}	22,644	9,004	9,351	-347	39.8%	41.3%
Correctional Service Canada	16,770	8,121	8,444	-323	48.4%	50.4%
Canada Border Services Agency	13,107	6,182	5,679	503	47.2%	43.3%
Public Services and Procurement Canada	12,854	7,655	7,438	217	59.6%	57.9%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada^{table 4 note 2}	10,347	4,111	3,674	437	39.7%	35.5%
Health Canada^{table 4 note 3}	9,180	6,127	5,730	397	66.7%	62.4%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)	6,986	5,374	4,771	603	76.9%	68.3%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada	6,146	4,036	3,983	53	65.7%	64.8%
Environment and Climate Change Canada	6,131	2,999	2,543	456	48.9%	41.5%
Global Affairs Canada	5,724	3,185	3,266	-81	55.6%	57.1%
Shared Services Canada	5,334	1,699	1,937	-238	31.9%	36.3%
Transport Canada	4,956	2,218	2,008	210	44.8%	40.5%
Statistics Canada	4,852	2,433	2,078	355	50.1%	42.8%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	4,798	2,473	2,353	120	51.5%	49.1%
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	4,614	2,353	2,272	81	51.0%	49.2%
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs^{table 4 note 3}	4,423	2,869	2,713	156	64.9%	61.3%
Department of Justice Canada	4,367	3,007	2,470	537	68.9%	56.6%
Natural Resources Canada	3,916	1,801	1,586	215	46.0%	40.5%
Veterans Affairs Canada	2,617	1,931	1,816	115	73.8%	69.4%
Public Health Agency of Canada	1,966	1,336	1,202	134	68.0%	61.2%
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	1,790	1,082	952	130	60.4%	53.2%
Canadian Heritage	1,661	1,100	919	181	66.2%	55.3%
Public Safety Canada	1,036	625	628	-3	60.3%	60.7%
Public Prosecution Service of Canada	987	664	594	70	67.3%	60.2%
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada	897	559	557	2	62.3%	62.0%
Privy Council Office	874	506	464	42	57.9%	53.1%
Library and Archives Canada	871	540	544	-4	62.0%	62.4%
Department of Finance Canada	753	354	364	-10	47.0%	48.3%
Public Service Commission of Canada	738	498	467	31	67.5%	63.2%
Courts Administration Service	600	398	418	-20	66.3%	69.6%
Elections Canada	596	321	320	1	53.9%	53.7%
Canadian Space Agency	588	256	222	34	43.5%	37.7%
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	556	355	312	43	63.8%	56.1%
Canada School of Public Service	511	345	330	15	67.5%	64.5%
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada	425	278	263	15	65.4%	61.9%
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission	417	229	216	13	54.9%	51.8%
Canadian Grain Commission	415	198	198	0	47.7%	47.7%
Parole Board of Canada	372	292	274	18	78.5%	73.6%
Infrastructure Canada	355	219	182	37	61.7%	51.2%
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions	290	166	166	0	57.2%	57.2%
Western Economic Diversification Canada	268	156	144	12	58.2%	53.6%
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency	258	168	134	34	65.1%	52.0%
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada	234	140	126	14	59.8%	54.0%
Canadian Transportation Agency	209	120	113	7	57.4%	53.9%
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario	206	132	124	8	64.1%	60.1%
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada	204	123	126	-3	60.3%	61.6%
Transportation Safety Board of Canada	190	64	72	-8	33.7%	38.0%
Canadian Human Rights Commission	180	128	111	17	71.1%	61.7%
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages	150	100	91	9	66.7%	60.6%
Office of the Governor General's Secretary	127	77	69	8	60.6%	54.2%
Women and Gender Equality Canada	91	80	60	20	87.9%	66.4%
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency	76	43	43	0	56.6%	56.9%
Veterans Review and Appeal Board	70	52	51	1	74.3%	73.5%
Canadian Dairy Commission	66	39	35	4	59.1%	53.2%
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada	61	44	37	7	72.1%	60.6%
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada	57	32	33	-1	56.1%	57.6%
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP	54	30	31	-1	55.6%	56.8%
Military Grievances External Review Committee	29	18	17	1	62.1%	58.3%
International Joint Commission	24	11	11	0	45.8%	47.9%
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada	22	8	12	-4	36.4%	55.4%
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada	20	11	13	-2	55.0%	67.1%
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat	16	8	11	-3	50.0%	67.5%
Copyright Board Canada	15	^{table 4 note *}	9	^{table 4 note *}	^{table 4 note *}	56.7%
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada	15	11	8	3	73.3%	55.5%
RCMP External Review Committee	6	^{table 4 note *}	3	^{table 4 note *}	^{table 4 note *}	56.8%
Total^{table 4 note 4}	192,467	105,465	99,919	5,546	54.8%	51.9%
table 4 notes table 4 note 1 National Defence includes civilian staff only (data for members of the Canadian Armed Forces are not included because Treasury Board is not the employer). Return to table 4 note 1 referrer table 4 note 2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada data include data for the Canadian Coast Guard. Return to table 4 note 2 referrer table 4 note 3 Health Canada (HC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) have been impacted by the creation of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). Change in administrative systems have yet to occur so departmental statistics do not reflect this change. As a result, statistics related to HC and CIRNAC include employees that are now part of ISC. Statistics related to ISC are not yet available. Return to table 4 note 3 referrer table 4 note 4 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 4 note 4 referrer table 4 note 5 The expected number is based on the population (all employees) and on the workforce availability estimate. Return to table 4 note 5 referrer table 4 note 6 The gap is the actual representation (designated group members) minus the expected number. Return to table 4 note 6 referrer table 4 note 7 Departmental and overall workforce availability (WFA) is updated annually and may not align with the static WFA published in the Employment Equity Annual Report. Return to table 4 note 7 referrer table 4 note * 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 table 4 note * referrer

2017 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2017) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2011 and 2012 Survey on Disability)

About the data

When reading the table below, the following information applies:

Source: Pay System as of March 31st of each year 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.
The estimates of workforce availability are based on information from the 2011 Census of Canada and the 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability.
Workforce availability estimates include only Canadian citizens in those occupations in the Canadian workforce that correspond to occupations in the core public administration.

Department or agency	All employees	Women
Department or agency	All employees	Designated group members	Expected number^{table 5 note 4}	Gap^{table 5 note 5}	Representation	Workforce availability estimate (WFA)^{table 5 note 6}
Employment and Social Development Canada	22,525	15,466	14,165	1,301	68.7%	62.9%
National Defence^{table 5 note 1}	22,060	8,732	9,056	-324	39.6%	41.1%
Correctional Service Canada	16,780	8,014	8,392	-378	47.8%	50.0%
Canada Border Services Agency	13,148	6,277	5,687	590	47.7%	43.3%
Public Services and Procurement Canada	11,790	6,913	6,669	244	58.6%	56.6%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada^{table 5 note 2}	9,479	3,601	3,249	352	38.0%	34.3%
Health Canada	8,856	5,912	5,528	384	66.8%	62.4%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)	6,561	5,098	4,548	550	77.7%	69.3%
Environment and Climate Change Canada	5,983	2,894	2,387	507	48.4%	39.9%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada	5,647	3,712	3,627	85	65.7%	64.2%
Global Affairs Canada	5,596	3,117	3,181	-64	55.7%	56.8%
Shared Services Canada	4,901	1,550	1,741	-191	31.6%	35.5%
Statistics Canada	4,807	2,434	2,085	349	50.6%	43.4%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	4,629	2,357	2,252	105	50.9%	48.6%
Transport Canada	4,585	1,988	1,813	175	43.4%	39.5%
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	4,516	2,254	2,216	38	49.9%	49.1%
Department of Justice Canada	4,280	2,934	2,414	520	68.6%	56.4%
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs	4,144	2,682	2,548	134	64.7%	61.5%
Natural Resources Canada	3,894	1,777	1,594	183	45.6%	40.9%
Veterans Affairs Canada	2,559	1,881	1,767	114	73.5%	69.1%
Public Health Agency of Canada	2,014	1,390	1,242	148	69.0%	61.7%
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	1,702	1,045	905	140	61.4%	53.2%
Canadian Heritage	1,603	1,058	890	168	66.0%	55.5%
Public Safety Canada	989	596	591	5	60.3%	59.8%
Public Prosecution Service of Canada	970	645	587	58	66.5%	60.5%
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada	875	547	538	9	62.5%	61.4%
Library and Archives Canada	803	490	498	-8	61.0%	62.1%
Public Service Commission of Canada	724	483	462	21	66.7%	63.8%
Department of Finance Canada	715	333	349	-16	46.6%	48.8%
Privy Council Office	705	406	378	28	57.6%	53.6%
Courts Administration Service	601	402	417	-15	66.9%	69.3%
Canadian Space Agency	569	238	212	26	41.8%	37.2%
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	560	362	315	47	64.6%	56.2%
Canada School of Public Service	540	359	350	9	66.5%	64.8%
Elections Canada	531	276	281	-5	52.0%	53.0%
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission	435	235	227	8	54.0%	52.3%
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada	425	274	261	13	64.5%	61.5%
Canadian Grain Commission	420	188	197	-9	44.8%	46.9%
Parole Board of Canada	381	305	282	24	80.1%	73.9%
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions	298	176	171	6	59.1%	57.2%
Infrastructure Canada	289	164	144	20	56.7%	50.0%
Western Economic Diversification Canada	258	152	138	14	58.9%	53.5%
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency	255	167	132	35	65.5%	51.8%
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada	235	140	127	13	59.6%	54.0%
Transportation Safety Board of Canada	197	61	74	-13	31.0%	37.8%
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada	196	121	121	0	61.7%	61.5%
Canadian Transportation Agency	190	116	102	14	61.1%	53.8%
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario	188	115	109	6	61.2%	57.8%
Canadian Human Rights Commission	163	116	102	14	71.2%	62.8%
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages	149	95	89	6	63.8%	60.0%
Office of the Governor General's Secretary	135	84	76	8	62.2%	56.6%
Women and Gender Equality Canada	83	74	54	20	89.2%	65.3%
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency	72	42	42	0	58.3%	58.2%
Veterans Review and Appeal Board	71	54	52	2	76.1%	72.6%
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada	67	39	39	0	58.2%	58.6%
Canadian Dairy Commission	57	33	31	2	57.9%	55.0%
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada	56	39	36	3	69.6%	64.0%
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP	55	30	31	-1	54.5%	56.5%
Military Grievances External Review Committee	39	26	22	4	66.7%	57.3%
International Joint Commission	25	12	12	0	48.0%	48.4%
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada	23	10	13	-3	43.5%	57.3%
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada	22	17	14	3	77.3%	63.2%
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada	22	15	15	0	68.2%	66.2%
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat	20	8	13	-5	40.0%	63.5%
Copyright Board Canada	12	^{table 5 note *}	7	^{table 5 note *}	^{table 5 note *}	54.8%
RCMP External Review Committee	5	^{table 5 note *}	3	^{table 5 note *}	^{table 5 note *}	56.6%
Total^{table 5 note 3}	185,484	101,136	95,669	5,467	54.5%	51.6%
table 5 notes table 5 note 1 National Defence includes civilian staff only (data for members of the Canadian Armed Forces are not included because Treasury Board is not the employer). Return to table 5 note 1 referrer table 5 note 2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada data include data for the Canadian Coast Guard. Return to table 5 note 2 referrer table 5 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 5 note 3 referrer table 5 note 4 The expected number is based on the population (all employees) and on the workforce availability estimate. Return to table 5 note 4 referrer table 5 note 5 The gap is the actual representation (designated group members) minus the expected number. Return to table 5 note 5 referrer table 5 note 6 Departmental and overall workforce availability (WFA) is updated annually and may not align with the static WFA published in the Employment Equity Annual Report. Return to table 5 note 6 referrer table 5 note * 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 table 5 note * referrer

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2021 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2021) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2016 and 2017 Survey on Disability)

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2020 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2020) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2016 and 2017 Survey on Disability)

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2019 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2019) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2016 and 2017 Survey on Disability)

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2018 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2018) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2011 and 2012 Survey on Disability)

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2017 dataset: Employment equity public service representation for women by department / agency (as of March 31, 2017) with departmental workforce availability estimates (Census 2011 and 2012 Survey on Disability)

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