Population of the federal public service by province or territory of work
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About the data
When reading the table below, the following information applies:
- Source of information: Pay System as of March 31 of each year.
- The federal public service consists of 2 population segments: the core public administration and separate agencies.
- Departments and agencies in the core public administration are named in schedules I and IV of the Financial Administration Act. The Treasury Board is the employer of this segment of the federal public service.
- Separate agencies are named in Schedule V of the Act. Separate agencies conduct their own negotiations or set their own classification levels for their employees.
- Included in this information are:
- active employees of all employment tenures (indeterminate, term, casual and student)
- Governor in Council appointees
- deputy ministers
- federal judges
- Excluded from this information are:
- inactive employees (i.e., employees on leave without pay)
- ministers’ exempt staff
- employees locally engaged outside of Canada
- RCMP Regular Force members
- RCMP Civilian members
- Canadian Armed Forces members
- Population counts for the following separate agencies are not included because their employee information is not available in the Pay System:
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- National Capital Commission
- Canada Investment and Savings
- Canadian Forces Non-Public Funds
- Security Intelligence Review Committee (before 2010)
| Province or territory of work | Year | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
| Core public administration | ||||||||||||||||
| Alberta | 9,824 | 10,164 | 10,211 | 10,310 | 10,651 | 11,139 | 11,908 | 12,295 | 13,057 | 13,853 | 13,677 | |||||
| British Columbia | 17,038 | 17,019 | 16,727 | 16,985 | 17,791 | 18,476 | 19,871 | 19,970 | 21,210 | 22,175 | 22,103 | |||||
| Manitoba | 6,907 | 6,831 | 6,633 | 6,733 | 6,955 | 7,253 | 7,635 | 7,840 | 8,366 | 8,974 | 8,844 | |||||
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 86,653 | 86,487 | 88,738 | 93,990 | 101,734 | 106,857 | 113,701 | 119,331 | 127,440 | 129,861 | 129,495 | |||||
| New Brunswick | 7,188 | 7,238 | 7,256 | 7,918 | 8,498 | 8,932 | 9,523 | 9,978 | 10,690 | 11,713 | 11,619 | |||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,029 | 3,015 | 3,082 | 3,305 | 3,461 | 3,713 | 4,346 | 4,355 | 4,388 | 4,450 | 4,379 | |||||
| Northwest Territories | 401 | 405 | 407 | 408 | 422 | 422 | 465 | 465 | 479 | 499 | 497 | |||||
| Nova Scotia | 9,063 | 8,903 | 8,578 | 8,697 | 9,303 | 9,516 | 10,037 | 10,311 | 11,102 | 11,692 | 11,440 | |||||
| Nunavut | 255 | 238 | 237 | 240 | 242 | 257 | 273 | 287 | 295 | 298 | 304 | |||||
| Ontario (minus the NCR) | 25,183 | 25,330 | 24,764 | 25,148 | 25,607 | 27,016 | 28,689 | 29,502 | 32,037 | 34,484 | 34,467 | |||||
| Outside of Canada | 1,476 | 1,447 | 1,341 | 1,367 | 1,413 | 1,492 | 1,323 | 1,478 | 1,540 | 1,571 | 1,584 | |||||
| Prince Edward Island | 1,711 | 1,757 | 1,804 | 1,817 | 2,046 | 2,158 | 2,347 | 2,301 | 2,544 | 2,611 | 2,600 | |||||
| Quebec (minus the NCR) | 21,767 | 21,906 | 20,987 | 21,728 | 22,776 | 23,525 | 25,209 | 26,202 | 28,309 | 29,788 | 29,887 | |||||
| Saskatchewan | 4,775 | 4,821 | 4,760 | 4,746 | 4,823 | 4,987 | 5,165 | 5,185 | 5,436 | 5,708 | 5,623 | |||||
| Unknown | 0 | 1,506 | 3,888 | 4,607 | 4,274 | 5,092 | 4,897 | 4,465 | 3,523 | 4,077 | 2,487 | |||||
| Yukon | 295 | 287 | 278 | 313 | 319 | 341 | 350 | 344 | 382 | 398 | 390 | |||||
| Total | 195,565 | 197,354 | 199,691 | 208,312 | 220,315 | 231,176 | 245,739 | 254,309 | 270,798 | 282,152 | 279,396 | |||||
| Separate agencies | ||||||||||||||||
| Alberta | 4,604 | 4,639 | 4,701 | 4,806 | 4,908 | 4,949 | 5,603 | 6,129 | 6,422 | 5,749 | 5,203 | |||||
| British Columbia | 5,885 | 5,805 | 5,656 | 5,926 | 6,099 | 6,274 | 6,593 | 7,671 | 8,047 | 7,706 | 6,798 | |||||
| Manitoba | 3,181 | 3,188 | 3,452 | 4,121 | 4,411 | 4,372 | 4,521 | 5,225 | 5,037 | 5,021 | 4,391 | |||||
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 20,635 | 20,888 | 19,239 | 19,038 | 19,496 | 20,235 | 21,116 | 22,416 | 24,496 | 25,644 | 24,484 | |||||
| New Brunswick | 1,093 | 1,090 | 1,096 | 1,114 | 1,140 | 1,197 | 1,358 | 1,742 | 1,741 | 1,697 | 1,489 | |||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,682 | 1,547 | 1,701 | 2,043 | 1,977 | 2,017 | 2,506 | 3,390 | 3,464 | 3,156 | 2,616 | |||||
| Northwest Territories | 71 | 86 | 89 | 75 | 84 | 93 | 106 | 110 | 117 | 102 | 94 | |||||
| Nova Scotia | 1,486 | 1,533 | 1,522 | 1,547 | 1,577 | 1,632 | 1,769 | 1,870 | 1,903 | 1,754 | 1,527 | |||||
| Nunavut | 31 | 43 | 48 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 71 | 98 | 104 | |||||
| Ontario (minus the NCR) | 12,608 | 12,576 | 12,655 | 13,235 | 14,012 | 14,076 | 14,814 | 15,546 | 16,712 | 16,407 | 14,419 | |||||
| Outside of Canada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Prince Edward Island | 1,404 | 1,378 | 1,342 | 1,384 | 1,534 | 1,509 | 1,541 | 1,709 | 1,748 | 1,731 | 1,530 | |||||
| Quebec (minus the NCR) | 7,607 | 7,642 | 7,733 | 7,991 | 8,051 | 8,242 | 8,772 | 10,096 | 10,601 | 10,138 | 8,985 | |||||
| Saskatchewan | 1,109 | 1,081 | 1,054 | 1,050 | 1,098 | 1,101 | 1,077 | 1,143 | 1,161 | 1,095 | 1,017 | |||||
| Unknown | 0 | 35 | 2,649 | 2,809 | 3,148 | 3,438 | 3,948 | 4,446 | 4,834 | 5,239 | 5,828 | |||||
| Yukon | 72 | 91 | 68 | 72 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 89 | 95 | 83 | 84 | |||||
| Total | 61,469 | 61,625 | 63,005 | 65,259 | 67,668 | 69,274 | 73,862 | 81,648 | 86,449 | 85,620 | 78,569 | |||||
| Federal public service | ||||||||||||||||
| Alberta | 14,428 | 14,803 | 14,912 | 15,116 | 15,559 | 16,088 | 17,511 | 18,424 | 19,479 | 19,602 | 18,880 | |||||
| British Columbia | 22,923 | 22,824 | 22,383 | 22,911 | 23,890 | 24,750 | 26,464 | 27,641 | 29,257 | 29,881 | 28,901 | |||||
| Manitoba | 10,088 | 10,019 | 10,085 | 10,854 | 11,366 | 11,625 | 12,156 | 13,065 | 13,403 | 13,995 | 13,235 | |||||
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 107,288 | 107,375 | 107,977 | 113,028 | 121,230 | 127,092 | 134,817 | 141,747 | 151,936 | 155,505 | 153,979 | |||||
| New Brunswick | 8,281 | 8,328 | 8,352 | 9,032 | 9,638 | 10,129 | 10,881 | 11,720 | 12,431 | 13,410 | 13,108 | |||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 4,711 | 4,562 | 4,783 | 5,348 | 5,438 | 5,730 | 6,852 | 7,745 | 7,852 | 7,606 | 6,995 | |||||
| Northwest Territories | 472 | 491 | 496 | 483 | 506 | 515 | 571 | 575 | 596 | 601 | 591 | |||||
| Nova Scotia | 10,549 | 10,436 | 10,100 | 10,244 | 10,880 | 11,148 | 11,806 | 12,181 | 13,005 | 13,446 | 12,967 | |||||
| Nunavut | 286 | 281 | 285 | 288 | 296 | 317 | 334 | 353 | 366 | 396 | 408 | |||||
| Ontario (minus the NCR) | 37,791 | 37,906 | 37,419 | 38,383 | 39,619 | 41,092 | 43,503 | 45,048 | 48,749 | 50,891 | 48,886 | |||||
| Outside of Canada | 1,477 | 1,450 | 1,341 | 1,367 | 1,413 | 1,492 | 1,323 | 1,478 | 1,540 | 1,571 | 1,584 | |||||
| Prince Edward Island | 3,115 | 3,135 | 3,146 | 3,201 | 3,580 | 3,667 | 3,888 | 4,010 | 4,292 | 4,342 | 4,130 | |||||
| Quebec (minus the NCR) | 29,374 | 29,548 | 28,720 | 29,719 | 30,827 | 31,767 | 33,981 | 36,298 | 38,910 | 39,926 | 38,872 | |||||
| Saskatchewan | 5,884 | 5,902 | 5,814 | 5,796 | 5,921 | 6,088 | 6,242 | 6,328 | 6,597 | 6,803 | 6,640 | |||||
| Unknown | 0 | 1,541 | 6,537 | 7,416 | 7,422 | 8,530 | 8,845 | 8,911 | 8,357 | 9,316 | 8,315 | |||||
| Yukon | 367 | 378 | 346 | 385 | 398 | 420 | 427 | 433 | 477 | 481 | 474 | |||||
| Total | 257,034 | 258,979 | 262,696 | 273,571 | 287,983 | 300,450 | 319,601 | 335,957 | 357,247 | 367,772 | 357,965 | |||||
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| Data file | Description |
|---|---|
| Population of the federal public service by province or territory of work | These data present population counts by province or territory of work for the federal public service (all departments and agencies governed by the Financial Administration Act (FAA) Schedules I, IV and V) from to . |
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