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2022 Public Service Employee Survey results: Gender

About the data

Methodological notes

About the dashboards

The dashboards show the Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) results for specific demographic groups in comparison with the results for other employees.

About the data

Percentages reflect the total of different possible affirmative responses (in other words, “Strongly agree” and “Somewhat agree” responses; “Always/Almost always” and “Often” responses; “Very high” and “High” responses; “To a large extent” and “To a very large extent” responses; or the selected response from a list).

Percentages exclude the responses “Don’t know” and “Not applicable.”

Results by employment equity group are on the Open Government Portal, in the EEInfoDV dataset.

Results by gender and other identity factors

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Women

In the 2022 PSES, 109,150 respondents identified as women.

Question Result for women (2020) Result for women (2022) Result for all other employees (2022)
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 81% 81% 76%
Felt valued at work 73% 75% 71%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 73% 75% 70%
Felt they have opportunities to provide input 72% 72% 70%
Experienced “high” or “very high” levels of work-related‑ stress 18% 18% 19%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 33% 30% 26%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 70% 70% 67%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 83% 75% 71%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 11% 10% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 7% 7% 8%

Women with a disability

In the 2022 PSES, 14,590 respondents identified as women with a disability.

Question Result for women with a disability Result for women without a disability
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 77% 79%
Felt valued at work 68% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 70% 74%
Felt they have opportunities to provide input 65% 72%
Experienced “high” or “very high” levels of work-related‑ stress 28% 17%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 43% 26%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 60% 70%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 68% 74%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 19% 9%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 15% 6%

Indigenous women

In the 2022 PSES, 4,412 identified as Indigenous women.

Question Result for Indigenous women Result for non- Indigenous women
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 81% 79%
Felt valued at work 72% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 74% 73%
Felt they have opportunities to provide input 71% 71%
Experienced “high” or “very high” levels of work-related‑ stress 20% 18%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 33% 28%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 66% 69%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 72% 74%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 17% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 11% 7%

Racialized women

In the 2022 PSES, 22,878 identified as women in a racialized group (Black, East/Southeast Asian, Latino/Latina/Latinx, Middle Eastern, South Asian, or another racial group).

Question Result for racialized women Result for non- racialized women
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 82% 79%
Felt valued at work 78% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 76% 74%
Felt they have opportunities to provide input 73% 72%
Experienced “high” or “very high” levels of work-related‑ stress 16% 18%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 26% 27%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 74% 69%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 77% 74%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 9% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 8% 6%

Men

In the 2022 PSES, 69,785 respondents identified as men.

Question Result for men employees (2020) Result for men (2022) Result for all other employees (2022)
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 75% 76% 81%
Felt valued at work 70% 71% 75%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 69% 70% 75%
Felt they have opportunities to provide input 70% 70% 72%
Experienced “high” or “very high” levels of work-related‑ stress 18% 19% 18%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 29% 25% 30%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 66% 67% 70%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 78% 71% 75%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 10% 10% 11%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 7% 7% 7%

Another gender

In the 2022 PSES, 716 respondents identified as another gender.

Question Result for employees of another gender (2020) Result for employees of another gender (2022) Result for all other employees (2022)
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 64% 72% 79%
Felt valued at work 61% 72% 73%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 60% 69% 73%
Felt they have opportunities to provide input 58% 65% 71%
Experienced “high” or “very high” levels of work-related‑ stress 33% 28% 19%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 49% 42% 28%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 47% 55% 69%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 61% 52% 73%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 21% 23% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 20% 24% 7%

Comparative results by gender and other identity factors

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Figure 1: Results for women compared with results for all other employees
bar graph showing results for women compared with results for all other employees. Text version below:
Figure 1 - Text version
Question Result for women (2020) Result for women (2022) Result for all other employees (2022)
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 78% 82% 82%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 82% 85% 84%
Felt their organization implemented activities and practices that support a diverse workplace 80% 80% 79%
Were satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved 64% 68% 68%
Believed their organization does a good job of promoting work values and ethics 76% 74% 72%
Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development 64% 66% 61%
Believed they had opportunities for promotion within organization 57% 63% 59%
Figure 2: Results for women with a disability compared with results for women without a disability
bar graph showing results for women with a disability compared with results for women without a disability. Text version below:
Figure 2 - Text version
Question Result for women with a disability Result for women without a disability
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 76% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 79% 85%
Felt their organization implemented activities and practices that support a diverse workplace 74% 81%
Were satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved 61% 69%
Believed their organization does a good job of promoting work values and ethics 67% 74%
Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development 59% 65%
Believed they had opportunities for promotion within organization 54% 62%
Figure 3: Results for Indigenous women compared with results for non-Indigenous women
bar graph showing results for Indigenous women compared with results for non-Indigenous women. Text version below:
Figure 3 - Text version
Question Result for Indigenous women Result for non-Indigenous women
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 77% 82%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 80% 84%
Felt their organization implemented activities and practices that support a diverse workplace 77% 80%
Were satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved 64% 68%
Believed their organization does a good job of promoting work values and ethics 71% 73%
Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development 66% 64%
Believed they had opportunities for promotion within organization 61% 61%
Figure 4: Results for racialized women compared with results for non- racialized women
bar graph showing results for racialized women compared with results for non-racialized women. Text version below:
Figure 4 - Text version
Question Result for racialized women Result for non-racialized women
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 83% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 85% 85%
Felt their organization implemented activities and practices that support a diverse workplace 79% 81%
Were satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved 70% 68%
Believed their organization does a good job of promoting work values and ethics 76% 74%
Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development 69% 64%
Believed they had opportunities for promotion within organization 65% 61%
Figure 5: Results for men compared with results for all other employees
bar graph showing results for men compared with results for all other employees. Text version below:
Figure 5 - Text version
Question Result for men (2020) Result for men (2022) Result for all other employees (2022)
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 78% 82% 82%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 81% 84% 85%
Felt their organization implemented activities and practices that support a diverse workplace 77% 79% 80%
Were satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved 66% 68% 68%
Believed their organization does a good job of promoting work values and ethics 73% 72% 74%
Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development 59% 61% 66%
Believed they had opportunities for promotion within organization 53% 59% 63%
Figure 6: Results for employees of another gender compared with results for all other employees
bar graph showing results for employees of another gender compared with results for all other employees. Text version below:
Figure 6 - Text version
Question Result for employees of another gender (2020) Result for employees of another gender (2022) Result for all other employees (2022)
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 69% 77% 82%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 75% 83% 84%
Felt their organization implemented activities and practices that support a diverse workplace 56% 63% 80%
Were satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved 54% 64% 68%
Believed their organization does a good job of promoting work values and ethics 61% 59% 73%
Believed their organization does a good job of supporting employee career development 52% 60% 64%
Believed they had opportunities for promotion within organization 48% 59% 61%

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2024-01-29