Public Service Employee Survey

The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring that ongoing workplace improvement is based on evidence, such as that collected through the Public Service Employee Survey. The Public Service Employee Survey allows the federal public service to identify what it is doing well and what it could be doing better to ensure the continuous improvement of people management practices in government. Better people management practices lead to better results for the public service, and in turn, better results for Canadians.

2017 Public Service Employee Survey

The 2017 Public Service Employee Survey was conducted from to . The Public Service Employee Survey was led by the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, in collaboration with Statistics Canada. This comprehensive survey measured federal government employees' opinions about their engagement, leadership, workforce, workplace, workplace well-being and compensation.

A total of 174,544 employees in 86 federal departments and agencies responded to the survey, for a response rate of 61.3%.

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