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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.
Question 38. Are you a supervisor?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Supervisor |
22.3% |
22.3% |
23.5% |
22.7% |
| Non-supervisor |
77.7% |
77.7% |
76.5% |
77.3% |
| Total responses |
174,097 |
181,107 |
198,589 |
164,150 |
Question 99. Are you currently a shift worker?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Shift worker |
9.3% |
9.8% |
11.0% |
8.9% |
| Non-shift worker |
90.7% |
90.2% |
89.0% |
91.1% |
| Total responses |
173,842 |
180,322 |
197,600 |
164,236 |
Question 100. Do you work full-time or part-time?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Full-time |
95.1% |
94.9% |
95.80% |
96.2% |
| Part-time |
4.9% |
5.1% |
4.20% |
3.8% |
| Total responses |
173,809 |
180,521 |
197,670 |
164,211 |
Question 101. Do you currently work according to any of the following flexible working arrangements?
a. Compressed workweek
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Compressed workweek - yes |
20.9% |
22.6% |
24.0% |
24.1% |
| Compressed workweek - no |
79.1% |
77.4% |
76.0% |
75.9% |
| Total responses |
172,742 |
178,822 |
192 278 |
161,952 |
b. Flexible work schedule (i.e., variable start and end times)
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Flexible work schedule - yes |
16.3% |
15.3% |
28.9% |
29.3% |
| Flexible work schedule - no |
83.7% |
84.7% |
71.1% |
70.7% |
| Total responses |
172,742 |
178,822 |
188,261 |
159,887 |
c. Telework
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Telework - yes |
8.0% |
4.3% |
6.20% |
5.9% |
| Telework - no |
92.0% |
95.7% |
93.80% |
94.1% |
| Total responses |
172,742 |
178,822 |
183,857 |
157,930 |
d. Job sharing
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Job sharing - yes |
0.1% |
0.1% |
1.1% |
1.2% |
| Job sharing - no |
99.9% |
99.9% |
98.9% |
98.8% |
| Total responses |
172,742 |
178,822 |
182,656 |
157,386 |
e. Income averaging
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Income averaging - yes |
2.5% |
3.3% |
5.5% |
5.1% |
| Income averaging - no |
97.5% |
96.7% |
94.5% |
94.9% |
| Total responses |
172,742 |
178,822 |
184,011 |
157,827 |
f. Pre-retirement transition leave
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Pre-retirement transition leave - yes |
0.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Pre-retirement transition leave - no |
99.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Total responses |
172,742 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
g. Flexible working arrangements
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Works according to a flexible working arrangement |
58.9% |
40.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Does not work according to a flexible working arrangement |
41.1% |
59.8% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Total responses |
172,742 |
178,822 |
n/a |
n/a |
Question 102. What is your current employee status?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Indeterminate (permanent) |
84.4% |
88.1% |
90.0% |
90.0% |
| Seasonal |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
| Term |
10.9% |
8.3% |
7.1% |
7.6% |
| Casual |
1.7% |
1.5% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
| Student |
2.4% |
1.4% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
| Governor in Council appointment |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
| Total responses |
173,608 |
180,368 |
197,137 |
164,192 |
Question 103. Please indicate your occupational group.
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
| AB (Indian Oil and Gas Canada) |
0.04% |
0.04% |
| AC (Actuarial Science at the National Research Council of Canada) |
0.01% |
0.03% |
| AD (Administrative and Foreign Services at National Film Board of Canada) |
0.04% |
n/a |
| AD (Administrative Support at National Research Council of Canada) |
0.10% |
n/a |
| AG (Agriculture; includes AG group at Canadian Food Inspection Agency) |
0.02% |
0.11% |
| AI (Air Traffic Control) |
0.01% |
0.01% |
| AO (Aircraft Operations; includes subgroups CAI, ETP, HPS) |
0.15% |
0.16% |
| AP-FIN (Audit Professional - Financial Audits at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada) |
0.09% |
0.08% |
| AP-VM (Audit Professional – Performance Audits at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada) |
0.05% |
0.05% |
| AR (Architecture and Town Planning) |
0.11% |
0.09% |
| AS (Administrative Services) |
12.56% |
12.48% |
| AS (Administrative Support at National Film Board of Canada) |
0.03% |
n/a |
| ASG-ITS-LA (Audit Services Group at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada) |
0.06% |
0.06% |
| AU (Auditing) |
2.67% |
2.75% |
| BI (Biological Sciences) |
1.11% |
1.26% |
| CH (Chemistry) |
0.23% |
0.27% |
| CIASC (CIASC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research) |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| CIEXC (EXC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research) |
0.01% |
0.00% |
| CIPTC (PTC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research) |
0.08% |
0.06% |
| CISPC (SPC group at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research) |
0.02% |
0.02% |
| CM (Communications) |
0.03% |
0.03% |
| CO (Commerce; does not include COOP students) |
1.25% |
1.33% |
| CR (Clerical and Regulatory) |
7.88% |
8.60% |
| CS (Computer Systems) |
6.84% |
7.31% |
| CX (Correctional Services) |
1.07% |
1.63% |
| DA (Data Processing; includes DAPRO and DACON) |
0.02% |
0.03% |
| DD (Drafting and Illustration) |
0.03% |
0.04% |
| DE (Dentistry) |
0.00% |
0.01% |
| DE (Executive at National Film Board of Canada) |
0.01% |
n/a |
| DM (Deputy Minister) |
0.01% |
0.01% |
| DS (Defense Scientific Service) |
0.19% |
0.20% |
| DX (Director (Office of the Auditor General of Canada) |
0.04% |
n/a |
| EC (Economics and Social Science Services) |
6.37% |
5.54% |
| EC-CRA (Executive at Canada Revenue Agency) |
n/a |
0.23% |
| ED (Education; includes subgroups EDS, LAT, EST) |
0.24% |
0.22% |
| EG (Engineering and Scientific Support) |
3.44% |
3.53% |
| EL (Electronics) |
0.42% |
0.45% |
| EN (Engineering and Scientific Support) |
1.34% |
1.28% |
| ES (ES group at Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Parks Canada, and Canada Revenue Agency) |
0.21% |
0.16% |
| EU (Educational Support; includes subgroups PEI, TEA) |
0.01% |
0.00% |
| EX (Executive) |
2.60% |
2.43% |
| EX-PCX (Executive at Parks Canada) |
0.04% |
0.03% |
| FB (Border Services) |
2.81% |
3.42% |
| FI (Financial Management) |
2.20% |
2.20% |
| FO (Forestry) |
0.03% |
0.04% |
| FR (Firefighters) |
0.09% |
0.09% |
| FS (Foreign Service) |
0.66% |
0.53% |
| FT (FT group at Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada) |
0.19% |
0.17% |
| GA (GA group at Statistics Canada) |
n/a |
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) |
1.27% |
1.39% |
| GR (GR group at Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) |
0.29% |
0.25% |
| GR-EX (Executive at Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) |
0.02% |
0.02% |
| GS (General Services; includes subgroups BUS, FOS, LAS, MES, MPS, PRC, STS, LE-GS) |
0.83% |
0.89% |
| GT (General Technical) |
1.08% |
1.06% |
| HP (Heating, Power and Stationary Plant Operation) |
0.10% |
0.12% |
| HR (Historical Research) |
0.08% |
0.07% |
| HR-RH-CRA (Human Resources at Canada Revenue Agency) |
0.31% |
0.30% |
| HS (Hospital Services) |
0.07% |
0.06% |
| IM (IM group at Parks Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency) |
0.04% |
0.04% |
| IN (IN group at Statistical Survey Operations) |
0.50% |
0.48% |
| IS (Information Services) |
1.59% |
1.54% |
| LA (Law) |
0.01% |
0.03% |
| LC (Law) |
0.12% |
0.14% |
| LI (Lightkeepers) |
0.02% |
0.03% |
| LIB (Library Science (National Research Council of Canada) |
0.02% |
n/a |
| LP (Law) |
1.07% |
0.98% |
| LS (Library Sciences) |
0.11% |
0.12% |
| MA (Mathematics) |
0.21% |
0.21% |
| MD (Medicine; includes subgroups MOF and MSP) |
0.08% |
0.11% |
| MDMDG (MDMDG group at Canada Revenue Agency) |
1.72% |
0.00% |
| MG (MG group at Canada Revenue Agency and National Research Council of Canada) |
0.03% |
1.85% |
| MGT (Director at Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) |
0.05% |
0.02% |
| MT (Meteorology) |
0.19% |
0.20% |
| NB (All employees at National Energy Board) |
0.10% |
0.11% |
| ND (Nutrition and Dietetics; includes subgroups ADV,DIT,HME) |
0.02% |
0.02% |
| NU (Nursing; includes subgroups EMA, CHN and HOS) |
0.61% |
0.63% |
| OE (Office Equipment; includes subgroups DEO, MEO) |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| OM (Organization and Methods) |
0.02% |
0.02% |
| OP (Occupational and Physical Therapy) |
0.02% |
0.02% |
| OP (Operational (National Film Board of Canada) |
0.01% |
n/a |
| OP (Operational group at National Research Council of Canada) (includes sub-groups BLDG, CONT, ELEC, HP, HVAR, LSA, MECH, MECL, PLA, PR, PSF, RAC) |
0.01% |
n/a |
| PC (Physical Sciences) |
1.25% |
1.09% |
| PE (Personnel Administration) |
1.93% |
1.87% |
| PG (Purchasing and Supply) |
1.28% |
1.29% |
| PH (Pharmacy) |
0.03% |
0.03% |
| PI (Primary Product Inspection at Canadian Grain Commission; includes PICGC) |
0.06% |
0.05% |
| PL (Leadership Programs Group) |
n/a |
0.01% |
| PM (Programme Administration) |
10.11% |
9.24% |
| PM-MCO (Mediation and Conciliation) |
0.04% |
0.05% |
| PO-IMA (Intercept Monitor Analyst at Royal Canadian Mounted Police) |
0.02% |
0.01% |
| PO-TCO (Telecommunication Operators at Royal Canadian Mounted Police) |
0.02% |
0.02% |
| PR (Printing Operations; includes subgroups BIN, COM, OFO, PRC) |
0.01% |
0.02% |
| PS (Psychology) |
0.19% |
0.19% |
| PX (Principal/Assistant Auditor General/Auditor General) |
0.02% |
n/a |
| PY (Photography) |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| RCO (Research Council Officer (National Research Council of Canada) |
0.26% |
n/a |
| RE (All employees at Financial Consumer Agency of Canada) |
0.05% |
0.18% |
| REG (All employees at Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) |
0.36% |
0.28% |
| REX (Executive at Financial Consumer Agency of Canada) |
0.00% |
n/a |
| RLE (Executive at Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) |
0.03% |
0.03% |
| RO (Radio Operations) |
0.07% |
0.07% |
| RO (Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada) |
0.28% |
n/a |
| SC (Ships’ Crews; includes subgroups DED, ERD, SPT, STD) |
0.05% |
0.19% |
| SE (Scientific Research; includes subgroups REM, RES) |
0.43% |
0.42% |
| SG (Scientific Regulation; includes subgroups PAT, SRE) |
0.55% |
0.51% |
| SI (SI group at Canada Revenue Agency) |
0.05% |
0.03% |
| SO (Ships’ Officers; includes subgroups FLP, INS, MAO, RAD) |
0.11% |
0.19% |
| SP-CRA (SP group at Canada Revenue Agency) |
9.95% |
10.79% |
| SP (Scientific and Professional at National Film Board of Canada) |
0.02% |
n/a |
SR (Ship Repair; includes subgroups APC, APD, APP, BOB, CPS,
DNT, EEW, ELE, EME, INM, MAC, MAM, MDO, MGT, PIP, PLE, PRW, QCW, SMW, SPS, WOW) |
0.18% |
0.24% |
| ST (Secretarial, Stenographic and Typing; includes subgroups OCE, SCY) |
0.09% |
0.13% |
| SW (Social Work; includes subgroups CHA, SCW) |
0.06% |
0.07% |
| TC (Technical at National Film Board of Canada) |
0.02% |
|
| TI (Technical Inspection) |
0.72% |
0.60% |
| TO (Technical Officer at National Research Council of Canada) |
0.34% |
|
| TR (Translation) |
0.30% |
0.34% |
UNI (Includes employees at Communications
Security Establishment) |
0.54% |
0.57% |
| UT (University Teaching) |
0.01% |
0.02% |
| VM (Veterinary Medicine) |
0.26% |
0.27% |
| WP (Welfare Programs) |
1.37% |
1.34% |
| Student |
2.49% |
1.45% |
| Governor in Council appointee |
0.09% |
0.14% |
| Other |
0.37% |
0.57% |
| Total responses |
165,412 |
175,212 |
Question 103.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 103)
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Executive (CI-EXC, DM, EC(CRA), EX, EXPCX, GR-EX, LC, MGT, PL, RLE) |
2.9% |
2.9% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Scientific and Professional (AC, AG, AR, AP-AA, AP-PA, ASG-ITS-LA, AU, BI, CH, CI-SPC, DE, DS, EC, ED, EN, ES, FO, HR, LA, LP, LS, MA, MD, MT, ND, NU, OP, PC, PH, PM-MCO, PS, SE, SG,SI, SW, UT, VM) |
18.8% |
17.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Administration and Foreign Services (AS, CO, CS, FI, FS, HR(CRA), IS, OM, PE, PG, PM, TR, WP) |
50.1% |
39.8% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Technical (AI, AO,CIPTC, DD, EG, EL, EU, GT, PI, PY, RO, SO, TI) |
6.5% |
6.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Administrative Support (CIASC, CM, CR, DA, OE, ST) |
8.1% |
8.8% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Operational (CX, FB, FR, GA, GL, GS, HP, HS, IN, LI, PO-IMA, PO-TCO, PR, SC, SR) |
7.0% |
8.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Other (AB, CIVIL, FT, Governor in Council, GR, IM, MDMDG, MG, NB, RE, REG, RM, SP(CRA), Student, UNI, Other) |
6.6% |
16.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Total responses |
166,597 |
175,245 |
n/a |
n/a |
Question 104. With which of the following communities do you most closely identify in relation to your current job?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Client contact centre |
5.9% |
6.1% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Health care practitioners |
1.3% |
1.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Federal regulators |
2.4% |
2.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Compliance, inspection and enforcement |
9.6% |
10.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Communications or public affairs |
2.5% |
2.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Access to information and privacy |
0.7% |
0.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Security |
2.9% |
3.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Science and technology |
6.5% |
6.1% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Library services |
0.3% |
0.3% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Legal services |
2.0% |
2.0% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Administration and operations |
15.2% |
16.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Human resources |
4.9% |
4.9% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Financial management |
4.0% |
4.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Procurement |
1.6% |
1.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Real property |
1.7% |
1.9% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Material management |
0.9% |
1.1% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Information management |
2.2% |
2.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Information technology |
6.8% |
7.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Internal audit |
0.6% |
0.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Evaluation |
0.8% |
0.9% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Data sciences |
1.3% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Policy |
4.8% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Project management |
4.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Other services to the public |
4.8% |
6.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
| None of the above |
12.3% |
15.0% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Total responses |
171,162 |
178,067 |
n/a |
n/a |
Question 105. In total, how many years have you been working in the federal public service?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Less than 3 years in the federal public service |
15.3% |
8.2% |
12.7% |
16.7% |
| 3 to 10 years in the federal public service |
32.5% |
38.6% |
39.8% |
35.9% |
| 11 to 20 years in the federal public service |
33.6% |
30.4% |
23.6% |
22.6% |
| More than 20 years in the federal public service |
18.7% |
22.8% |
24.0% |
24.8% |
| Total responses |
171,539 |
177,807 |
196,159 |
162,622 |
Question 106. In total, how many years have you been working in your current department or agency?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Less than 3 years in current department or agency |
26.1% |
18.1% |
n/a |
26.8% |
| 3 to 10 years in current department or agency |
37.3% |
45.1% |
n/a |
37.1% |
| 11 to 20 years in current department or agency |
24.8% |
23.0% |
n/a |
20.0% |
| More than 20 years in current department or agency |
11.8% |
13.8% |
n/a |
16.1% |
| Total responses |
171,077 |
178,432 |
n/a |
160,925 |
Question 107. What is your first official language?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| English |
68.7% |
68.5% |
68.4% |
68.6% |
| French |
31.3% |
31.5% |
31.6% |
31.4% |
| Total responses |
173,866 |
180,208 |
197,559 |
163,935 |
108. What are the language requirements of your position?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Bilingual |
42.9% |
42.7% |
42.1% |
41.6% |
| Unilingual English |
40.7% |
41.4% |
41.7% |
43.4% |
| Unilingual French |
2.9% |
3.2% |
3.3% |
3.2% |
| Either English or French |
13.5% |
12.7% |
12.9% |
11.9% |
| Total responses |
173,868 |
180,041 |
197,370 |
163,702 |
Question 109. Do you occupy a position in which you provide services directly to the public as a regular part of your job?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Provides services to the public |
34.4% |
34.8% |
36.6% |
39.2% |
| Does not provide services to the public |
65.6% |
65.2% |
63.4% |
60.8% |
| Total responses |
173,898 |
180,154 |
197,621 |
164,076 |
Question 110. In what official language(s) do you provide services to the public?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| English only |
53.4% |
53.7% |
53.0% |
54.0% |
| French only |
3.0% |
2.9% |
3.0% |
2.9% |
| Both English and French |
43.7% |
43.4% |
44.1% |
43.1% |
| Total responses |
59,671 |
62,533 |
72,128 |
64,181 |
Question asked only to employees who responded “Yes” to question 109.
Question 111. In which province or territory do you work?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| National Capital Region |
43.8% |
43.6% |
42.0% |
41.5% |
| Ontario (excluding National Capital Region) |
14.0% |
14.4% |
14.8% |
14.9% |
| Quebec (excluding National Capital Region) |
10.9% |
10.7% |
11.0% |
10.9% |
| Northwest Territories |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
| Nunavut |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
| Yukon |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
| British Columbia |
8.3% |
8.3% |
9.0% |
8.9% |
| Alberta |
5.8% |
5.5% |
5.7% |
5.5% |
| Saskatchewan |
2.2% |
2.2% |
2.3% |
2.4% |
| Manitoba |
3.9% |
4.0% |
4.1% |
4.4% |
| New Brunswick |
3.3% |
3.2% |
3.0% |
3.1% |
| Nova Scotia |
3.6% |
3.8% |
4.0% |
3.8% |
| Prince Edward Island |
1.4% |
1.4% |
1.3% |
1.6% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
1.7% |
1.5% |
1.6% |
1.8% |
| Outside of Canada |
0.7% |
1.0% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
| Total responses |
173,836 |
180,002 |
197,816 |
163,857 |
Question 111.1. Region of work (variable derived from question 111)
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Atlantic |
10.0% |
9.8% |
9.9% |
10.3% |
| Quebec (excluding National Capital Region) |
10.9% |
10.7% |
11.0% |
10.9% |
| Ontario (excluding National Capital Region) |
14.0% |
14.4% |
14.8% |
14.9% |
| Prairies, Nunavut, NWT |
12.2% |
12.0% |
12.4% |
12.6% |
| British Columbia, Yukon |
8.5% |
8.5% |
9.3% |
9.1% |
| National Capital Region |
43.8% |
43.6% |
42.1% |
41.5% |
| Outside Canada |
0.7% |
1.0% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
| Total responses |
173,836 |
180,002 |
197,816 |
163,857 |
Question 112. Do you work in one of the following designated bilingual areas of Quebec or Ontario?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| The bilingual region of Montréal (the counties of Deux-Montagnes, Île-de-Montréal and Île-Jésus, La Prairie, and Vaudreuil) |
19.9% |
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) |
2.3% |
2.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
| The bilingual region of Eastern Ontario (the counties of Glengarry, Prescott, Russell and Stormont) |
1.4% |
1.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
| The bilingual region of Northern Ontario (the counties of Algoma, Cochrane, Nipissing, Sudbury and Timiskaming) |
6.0% |
5.3% |
n/a |
n/a |
| I do not work in one of these areas |
70.4% |
71.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
| Total responses |
43,024 |
44,892 |
n/a |
n/a |
Question asked only to employees who responded that they live in Ontario or Quebec for Q111.
Question 113. What is your age group?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| 24 years and under |
4.1% |
2.4% |
2.8% |
3.2% |
| 25 - 29 years |
6.9% |
6.3% |
8.5% |
8.7% |
| 30 - 34 years |
10.0% |
11.3% |
12.1% |
11.7% |
| 35 - 39 years |
13.9% |
14.3% |
13.2% |
12.7% |
| 40 - 44 years |
15.3% |
14.9% |
14.0% |
14.5% |
| 45 - 49 years |
15.0% |
15.6% |
16.4% |
17.7% |
| 50 - 54 years |
15.9% |
17.8% |
17.2% |
17.3% |
| 55 - 59 years |
12.0% |
11.4% |
10.7% |
10.2% |
| 60 years and over |
6.9% |
5.9% |
5.1% |
4.1% |
| Total responses |
172,143 |
178,312 |
196,757 |
162,974 |
Question 114. What is your gender?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Male |
41.8% |
42.6% |
42.5% |
41.5% |
| Female |
58.0% |
57.4% |
57.5% |
58.5% |
| Other |
0.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Total responses |
171,869 |
178,618 |
187,188 |
161,527 |
Question 115. What is the highest level of education you have ever completed?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Secondary or high school graduation certificate or equivalent or less |
14.0% |
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 |
25.2% |
27.0% |
27.7% |
27.6% |
| University certificate or diploma below the bachelor’s level |
4.8% |
5.0% |
5.3% |
5.3% |
| Bachelor’s degree |
33.0% |
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 |
23.0% |
21.3% |
18.9% |
18.0% |
| Total responses |
173,351 |
179,455 |
196,791 |
163,610 |
Question 116. Are you an Aboriginal person?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Aboriginal |
4.4% |
4.4% |
4.3% |
4.2% |
| Non-Aboriginal |
95.6% |
95.6% |
95.7% |
95.8% |
| Total responses |
173,158 |
179,610 |
196,799 |
163,759 |
Question 117. Are you a person with a disability?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Person with a disability |
6.9% |
6.3% |
5.7% |
5.8% |
| Not a person with a disability |
93.1% |
93.7% |
94.3% |
94.2% |
| Total responses |
173,023 |
179,552 |
196,352 |
163,861 |
Question 118. Are you a member of a visible minority group?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Member of a visible minority group |
17.5% |
15.7% |
14.4% |
12.9% |
| Not a member of a visible minority group |
82.5% |
84.3% |
85.6% |
87.1% |
| Total responses |
172,527 |
179,077 |
196,708 |
163,405 |
Question 119. Have you ever served in the Canadian Military?
| Demographic |
2017 |
2014 |
2011 |
2008 |
| Have served in the Canadian Military |
5.8% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Have not served in the Canadian Military |
94.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Total responses |
173,432 |
179,077 |
196,708 |
163,405 |
