2014 Public Service Employee Survey Respondent Distribution by Demographic Characteristics
Note
Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Total responses reflect the number of respondents who answered the demographic question and have not been adjusted for non-response. The distribution of respondents by demographic characteristics is shown for reference purposes only and should never be used to determine the demographic composition of the federal public service.
Notice of correction: Percentages for 2011 have been revised and updated on .
Note:
Question 37. Are you a supervisor?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Supervisor
22.3%
23.5%
22.7%
Non-supervisor
77.7%
76.5%
77.3%
Total responses
181,107
198,589
164,150
Question 86. Are you currently a shift worker?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Shift worker
9.8%
11.1%
8.9%
Non-shift worker
90.2%
89.0%
91.1%
Total responses
180,322
197,600
164,236
Question 87. Do you work full-time or part-time?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Full-time
94.9%
95.8%
96.2%
Part-time
5.1%
4.2%
3.8%
Total responses
180,521
197,670
164,211
Question 88. Do you currently work according to any of the following flexible working arrangements?
a. Compressed workweek
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Compressed workweek - yes
22.6%
24.0%
24.1%
Compressed workweek - no
77.4%
76.0%
75.9%
Total responses
178,822
192,278
161,952
b. Flexible work schedule (i.e., variable start and end times)
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Flexible work schedule - yes
15.3%
28.9%
29.3
Flexible work schedule - no
84.7%
71.1%
70.7%
Total responses
178,822
188,261
159,887
c. Telework
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Telework - yes
4.3%
6.2%
5.9%
Telework - no
95.7%
93.8%
94.1%
Total responses
178,822
183,857
157,930
d. Job sharing
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Job sharing - yes
0.1%
1.1%
1.2%
Job sharing - no
99.9%
98.9%
98.8%
Total responses
178,822
182,656
157,386
e. Income averaging
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Income averaging - yes
3.3%
5.5%
5.1%
Income averaging - no
96.7%
94.5%
94.9%
Total responses
178,822
184,011
157,827
f. Flexible working arrangements
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Works according to a flexible working arrangement
40.2%
n/a
n/a
Does not work according to a flexible working arrangement
59.8%
n/a
n/a
Total responses
178,822
n/a
n/a
Question 89. What is your current employee status?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Indeterminate (permanent)
88.1%
90.0%
90.0%
Seasonal
0.5%
0.5%
0.2%
Term
8.3%
7.2%
7.6%
Casual
1.5%
1.0%
0.9%
Student
1.4%
1.2%
1.1%
Governor in Council appointment
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Total responses
180,368
197,137
164,192
Question 90. Please indicate your occupational group.
Demographic
2014
AB (Indian Oil and Gas Canada)
0.04%
AC (Actuarial Science at the National Research Council of Canada)
0.03%
AG (Agriculture; includes AG group at Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
0.11%
AI (Air Traffic Control)
0.01%
AO (Aircraft Operations; includes subgroups CAI, ETP, HPS)
0.16%
AP-AA (Audit Professional - Financial Audits at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada)
0.08%
AP-PA (Audit Professional – Performance Audits at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada)
0.05%
AR (Architecture and Town Planning)
0.09%
AS (Administrative Services)
12.48%
ASG-ITS-LA (Audit Services Group at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada)
0.06%
AU (Auditing)
2.75%
BI (Biological Sciences)
1.26%
CH (Chemistry)
0.27%
CIASC (CIASC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
0.00%
CIEXC (EXC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
0.00%
CIPTC (PTC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
0.06%
CISPC (SPC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
0.02%
CM (Communications)
0.03%
CO (Commerce; does not include COOP students)
1.33%
CR (Clerical and Regulatory)
8.60%
CS (Computer Systems)
7.31%
CX (Correctional Services)
1.63%
DA (Data Processing; includes DAPRO and DACON)
0.03%
DD (Drafting and Illustration)
0.04%
DE (Dentistry)
0.01%
DM (Deputy Minister)
0.01%
DS (Defense Scientific Service)
0.20%
EC (Economics and Social Science Services)
5.54%
EC-CRA (Executive at Canada Revenue Agency)
0.23%
ED (Education; includes subgroups EDS, LAT, EST)
0.22%
EG (Engineering and Scientific Support)
3.53%
EL (Electronics)
0.45%
EN (Engineering and Scientific Support)
1.28%
ES (ES group at Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Parks Canada, and Canada Revenue Agency)
0.16%
EU (Educational Support; includes subgroups PEI, TEA)
0.00%
EX (Executive)
2.43%
EX-PCX (Executive at Parks Canada)
0.03%
FB (Border Services)
3.42%
FI (Financial Management)
2.20%
FO (Forestry)
0.04%
FR (Firefighters)
0.09%
FS (Foreign Service)
0.53%
FT (FT group at Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada)
0.17%
GA (GA group at Statistics Canada)
0.00%
GL (General Labour and Trades; includes subgroups AIM, COI, EIM, ELE, GHW, INM, MAM, MAN, MDO, MOC, MST, PCF, PIP, PRW, SMW, VHE, WOW)
1.39%
GR (GR group at Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)
0.25%
GR-EX (Executive at Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)
Other (AB, CIVIL, FT, Governor in Council, GR, IM, MDMDG, MG, NB, RE, REG, RM, SP(CRA), Student, UNI, Other)
16.4%
n/a
n/a
Total responses
175,245
n/a
n/a
Question 92. With which of the following communities do you most closely identify in relation to your current job?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Client contact centre
6.1%
n/a
n/a
Health care practitioners
1.4%
n/a
n/a
Federal regulators
2.7%
n/a
n/a
Compliance, inspection and enforcement
10.7%
n/a
n/a
Communications or public affairs
2.6%
n/a
n/a
Access to information and privacy
0.7%
n/a
n/a
Security
3.6%
n/a
n/a
Science and technology
6.1%
n/a
n/a
Library services
0.3%
n/a
n/a
Legal services
2.0%
n/a
n/a
Administration and operations
16.4%
n/a
n/a
Human resources
4.9%
n/a
n/a
Financial management
4.2%
n/a
n/a
Procurement
1.7%
n/a
n/a
Real property
1.9%
n/a
n/a
Material management
1.1%
n/a
n/a
Information management
2.6%
n/a
n/a
Information technology
7.6%
n/a
n/a
Internal audit
0.6%
n/a
n/a
Evaluation
0.9%
n/a
n/a
Other services to the public
6.6%
n/a
n/a
None of the above
15.0%
n/a
n/a
Total responses
178,067
n/a
n/a
Question 93. In total, how many years have you been working in the federal public service?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Less than 3 years in the federal public service
8.2%
12.7%
16.7%
3 to 10 years in the federal public service
38.6%
39.8%
35.9%
11 to 20 years in the federal public service
30.4%
23.6%
22.6%
More than 20 years in the federal public service
22.8%
24.0%
24.8%
Total responses
177,807
196,159
162,622
Question 94. How many years have you been working in your current department or agency?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Less than 3 years in current department or agency
18.1%
n/a
26.8%
3 to 10 years in current department or agency
45.1%
n/a
37.1%
11 to 20 years in current department or agency
23.0%
n/a
20.0%
More than 20 years in current department or agency
13.8%
n/a
16.1%
Total responses
178,432
n/a
160,925
Question 95. What is your first official language?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
English
68.5%
68.4%
68.6%
French
31.5%
31.6%
31.4%
Total responses
180,208
197,559
163,935
Question 96. What are the language requirements of your position?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Bilingual
42.7%
42.1%
41.6%
Unilingual English
41.4%
41.7%
43.4%
Unilingual French
3.2%
3.3%
3.2%
Either English or French
12.7%
12.9%
11.9%
Total responses
180,041
197,370
163,702
Question 97. Do you occupy a position in which you provide services directly to the public as a regular part of your job?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Provides services to the public
34.8%
36.6%
39.2%
Does not provide services to the public
65.2%
63.4%
60.8%
Total responses
180,154
197,621
164,076
Question 98. In what official language do you provide services to the public?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Question asked only to employees who responded “Yes” to question 97.
English only
53.7%
53.0%
54.0%
French only
2.9%
3.0%
2.9%
Both English and French
43.4%
44.1%
43.1%
Total responses
62,533
72,128
64,181
Question 99. In which province or territory do you work?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
National Capital Region
43.6%
42.0%
41.5%
Ontario (excluding National Capital Region)
14.4%
14.8%
14.9%
Quebec (excluding National Capital Region)
10.7%
11.0%
10.9%
Northwest Territories
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
Nunavut
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Yukon
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
British Columbia
8.3%
9.0%
8.9%
Alberta
5.5%
5.7%
5.5%
Saskatchewan
2.2%
2.3%
2.4%
Manitoba
4.0%
4.1%
4.4%
New Brunswick
3.2%
3.0%
3.1%
Nova Scotia
3.8%
4.0%
3.8%
Prince Edward Island
1.4%
1.3%
1.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador
1.5%
1.6%
1.8%
Outside of Canada
1.0%
0.6%
0.7%
Total responses
180,002
197,816
163,857
Question 99.1. Region of work (variable derived from question 99)
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Atlantic
9.8%
9.9%
10.3%
Quebec (Excluding National Capital Region)
10.7%
11.0%
10.9%
Ontario (Excluding National Capital Region)
14.4%
14.8%
14.9%
Prairies, Nunavut, NWT
12.0%
12.4%
12.6%
British Columbia, Yukon
8.5%
9.3%
9.1%
National Capital Region
43.6%
41.1%
41.5%
Outside Canada
1.0%
0.6%
0.7%
Total responses
180,002
197,816
163,857
Question 100. Do you work in one of the following designated bilingual areas of Quebec or Ontario?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Question asked only to employees who responded that they live in Ontario or Quebec for Q99.
The bilingual region of Montréal (the counties of Deux-Montagnes, Île-de-Montréal and Île-Jésus, La Prairie, and Vaudreuil)
19.4%
n/a
n/a
The bilingual regions of other parts of Quebec (the counties of Bonaventure, Gaspé-Est, Brome, Compton, Huntingdon, Missisquoi, Richmond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Argenteuil and Pontiac)
2.4%
n/a
n/a
The bilingual region of Eastern Ontario (the counties of Glengarry, Prescott, Russell and Stormont)
1.2%
n/a
n/a
The bilingual region of Northern Ontario (the counties of Algoma, Cochrane, Nipissing, Sudbury and Timiskaming)
5.3%
n/a
n/a
I do not work in one of these areas
71.7%
n/a
n/a
Total responses
44,892
n/a
n/a
Question 101. What is your age group?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
24 years and under
2.4%
2.8%
3.2%
25 - 29 years
6.3%
8.5%
8.7%
30 - 34 years
11.3%
12.1%
11.7%
35 - 39 years
14.3%
13.2%
12.7%
40 - 44 years
14.9%
14.0%
14.5%
45 - 49 years
15.6%
16.4%
17.7%
50 - 54 years
17.8%
17.2%
17.3%
55 - 59 years
11.4%
10.7%
10.2%
60 years and over
5.9%
5.1%
4.1%
Total responses
178,312
196,757
162,974
Question 102. What is your gender?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Male
42.6%
42.5%
41.5%
Female
57.4%
57.5%
58.5%
Total responses
178,618
187,188
161,527
Question 103. What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Secondary or high school graduation certificate or equivalent or less
15.5%
17.4%
19.2%
Diploma or certificate from a community college, CEGEP, institute of technology, nursing school, etc., or a trades certificate or diploma
27.0%
27.7%
27.6%
University certificate or diploma below the bachelor’s level
5.0%
5.3%
5.3%
Bachelor’s degree
31.3%
30.7%
29.8%
University certificate or diploma above the bachelor’s level including a master’s degree, a professional degree or an earned doctorate
21.3%
18.9%
18.0%
Total responses
179,455
196,791
163,610
Question 104. Are you an Aboriginal person?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Aboriginal
4.4%
4.3%
4.2%
Non-Aboriginal
95.6%
95.7%
95.8%
Total responses
179,610
196,799
163,759
Question 105. Are you a person with a disability?
Demographic
2014
2011
2008
Person with a disability
6.3%
5.7%
5.8%
Not a person with a disability
93.7%
94.3%
94.2%
Total responses
179,552
196,352
163,861
Question 106. Are you a member of a visible minority group?
