Federal workforce in the Ottawa area continues to grow – CBC

Jan 05, 2024

More than 8,000 employees added in most recently completed fiscal year

The National Capital Region’s federal public service ranks grew by 8,360 people over the most recent fiscal year to sit at 130,611 workers as of the end of March 2023, according to an annual report.

The federal government is the top employer in the capital region, which has a population of about 1.5 million between Ottawa-Gatineau and other nearby communities such as Almonte, Chelsea, Pakenham and Val-des-Monts.

They’re 47.6 per cent of the country’s 274,219 workers covered by the Public Service Employment Act, including students and casual staff. That share of Ottawa-area workers has edged up four of the last five years.

Overall, the national civil servant workforce grew by more than 16,600 people in the 2022-23 fiscal year, according to the Public Service Commission of Canada’s report.