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2022 Public Service Employee Survey results: Racial group

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

In the dashboards, “employees” means employees who responded to the survey.

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 racial group

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All racialized employees

In the 2022 PSES, 40,915 employees identified as being in a racialized group (Black, East/Southeast Asian, Latino/Latina/Latinx, Middle Eastern, South Asian, or another racial group).

Question Result for all racialized employees Result for non-racialized (white) employees
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 81% 79%
Felt valued at work 76% 73%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 74% 73%
Felt supported to propose new ideas 66% 68%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 76% 73%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 73% 68%
Experienced "high" or "very high" levels of work-related stress 16% 19%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 24% 29%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 9% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 9% 6%

Black employees

In the 2022 PSES, 8,183 employees identified as a Black.

Question Result for Black employees Result for all other employees
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 81% 79%
Felt valued at work 75% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 71% 74%
Felt supported to propose new ideas 64% 67%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 79% 74%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 74% 69%
Experienced "high" or "very high" levels of work-related stress 13% 19%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 21% 28%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 11% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 11% 6%

East/Southeast Asian employees

In the 2022 PSES, 13,093 employees identified as East/Southeast Asian.

Question Result for East/Southeast Asian employees Result for all other employees
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 81% 79%
Felt valued at work 79% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 77% 73%
Felt supported to propose new ideas 67% 67%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 76% 74%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 75% 69%
Experienced "high" or "very high" levels of work-related stress 16% 19%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 24% 28%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 7% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 6% 7%

Latino/Latina/Latinx employees

In the 2022 PSES, 3,273 employees identified as Latino/Latina/Latinx.

Question Result for Latino/Latina/Latinx employees Result for all other employees
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 82% 79%
Felt valued at work 75% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 71% 74%
Felt supported to propose new ideas 65% 67%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 73% 74%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 72% 70%
Experienced "high" or "very high" levels of work-related stress 18% 18%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 24% 28%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 10% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 9% 7%

Middle Eastern employees

In the 2022 PSES, 4,910 employees identified as Middle Eastern.

Question Result for Middle Eastern employees Result for all other employees
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 80% 79%
Felt valued at work 76% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 75% 74%
Felt supported to propose new ideas 69% 67%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 75% 74%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 73% 70%
Experienced "high" or "very high" levels of work-related stress 20% 18%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 27% 28%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 10% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 10% 7%

South Asian employees

In the 2022 PSES, 6,546 employees identified as South Asian.

Question Result for South Asian employees Result for all other employees
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 82% 79%
Felt valued at work 78% 74%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 77% 73%
Felt supported to propose new ideas 68% 67%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 77% 74%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 75% 69%
Experienced "high" or "very high" levels of work-related stress 16% 18%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 24% 28%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 8% 10%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 7% 7%

White employees

In the 2022 PSES 124,382 employees identified as white.

Question Result for white employees Result for all other employees
Got a sense of satisfaction from their work 79% 81%
Felt valued at work 73% 76%
Felt encouraged to be innovative 73% 74%
Felt supported to propose new ideas 68% 66%
Felt their organization does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace 73% 76%
Felt their workplace is psychologically healthy 68% 73%
Experienced "high" or "very high" levels of work-related stress 19% 16%
Felt emotionally drained after their workday 29% 24%
Experienced harassment in the workplace in the last 12 months 10% 9%
Experienced discrimination in the workplace in the last 12 months 6% 9%

Comparative results by racial group

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Figure 1: Results for racialized employees compared with results for all other employees
bar graph showing results for racialized employees compared with results for all other employees. Text version below:
Figure 1 - Text version
Question Racialized employees Other employees
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 83% 82%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 85% 85%
Felt their organization treats them with respect 88% 85%
Felt individuals behave in a respectful manner in their work unit 89% 88%
Organization implemented anti-racism initiatives 66% 71%
Felt comfortable sharing concerns of racism with a person of authority 72% 84%
Figure 2: Results for Black employees compared with results for other employees
bar graph showing results for Black employees compared with results for other employees. Text version below:
Figure 2 - Text version
Question Black employees Employees from all other racialized groups All other employees
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 83% 83% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 83% 85% 85%
Felt their organization treats them with respect 87% 88% 85%
Felt individuals behave in a respectful manner in their work unit 89% 89% 88%
Organization implemented anti-racism initiatives 61% 67% 70%
Felt comfortable sharing concerns of racism with a person of authority 64% 74% 82%
Figure 3: Results for East/Southeast Asian employees compared with results for other employees
bar graph showing results for East/Southeast Asian employees compared with results for other employees. Text version below:
Figure 3 - Text version
Question East/Southeast Asian employees Employees from all other racialized groups All other employees
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 84% 83% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 87% 84% 85%
Felt their organization treats them with respect 88% 87% 85%
Felt individuals behave in a respectful manner in their work unit 90% 89% 88%
Organization implemented anti-racism initiatives 66% 66% 70%
Felt comfortable sharing concerns of racism with a person of authority 75% 70% 81%
Figure 4: Results for Latino/Latina/Latinx employees compared with results for other employees
bar graph showing results for Latino/Latina/Latinx employees compared with results for all other employees. Text version below:
Figure 4 - Text version
Question Latino/Latina/Latinx employees Employees from all other racialized groups All other employees
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 82% 83% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 84% 85% 85%
Felt their organization treats them with respect 89% 87% 85%
Felt individuals behave in a respectful manner in their work unit 89% 89% 88%
Organization implemented anti-racism initiatives 66% 66% 70%
Felt comfortable sharing concerns of racism with a person of authority 75% 71% 81%
Figure 5: Results for Middle Eastern employees compared with results for other employees
bar graph showing results for Middle Eastern employees compared with results for all other employees. Text version below:
Figure 5 - Text version
Question Middle Eastern employees Employees from all other racialized groups All other employees
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 84% 83% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 86% 85% 85%
Felt their organization treats them with respect 88% 87% 85%
Felt individuals behave in a respectful manner in their work unit 91% 89% 88%
Organization implemented anti-racism initiatives 71% 65% 69%
Felt comfortable sharing concerns of racism with a person of authority 76% 71% 81%
Figure 6: Results for South Asian employees compared with results for other employees
bar graph showing results for South Asian employees compared with results for all other employees. Text version below:
Figure 6 - Text version
Question South Asian employees Employees from all other racialized groups All other employees
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 83% 83% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 86% 85% 85%
Felt their organization treats them with respect 88% 87% 85%
Felt individuals behave in a respectful manner in their work unit 90% 89% 88%
Organization implemented anti-racism initiatives 69% 65% 70%
Felt comfortable sharing concerns of racism with a person of authority 74% 71% 81%
Figure 7: Results for white employees compared with results for employees from racialized groups
bar graph showing results for white employees compared with results for employees from racialized groups. Text version below:
Figure 7 - Text version
Question White employees Employees from racialized groups
Felt that every employee in their work unit is accepted as an equal member 82% 83%
Felt their ideas and opinions are valued 85% 85%
Felt their organization treats them with respect 85% 88%
Felt individuals behave in a respectful manner in their work unit 88% 89%
Organization implemented anti-racism initiatives 71% 66%
Felt comfortable sharing concerns of racism with a person of authority 84% 72%

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