Student Experience Survey
The Student Experience Survey (SES) is led by the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS). The SES is a public service-wide summer experience survey aimed at student employees and supports the advancement of government priorities related to student recruitment.
Organizations can use the results to inform the development of targeted student recruitment and retention strategies and provide insights into students’ opinions about onboarding, workplace experience, future employment in the federal public service and well-being in the workplace.
The 2025 SES was administered from to , with a total of 3,466 student respondents from across 64 participating departments and agencies.
Results
Results by theme
Public service results by theme, such as recruitment and onboarding, work experience, well-being, future employment
Demographic responses
Distribution of respondents by demographic characteristics
Open datasets
Open datasets of results by year, for public service and organizations, by demographics
Survey information
About the 2025 survey
Goal, themes, timing, administrator, eligibility, and confidentiality
Survey questions
List of the 2025 survey questions
Participating organizations
List of departments and agencies taking part in the survey
Question order of past surveys
Comparison of question order between previous year’s surveys