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Organizational Structure

Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) is a department of the Government of Canada. WD is headed by the Minister of Western Economic Diversification Stephen Owen. The Deputy Minister is Oryssia Lennie.

The Department's Head Office is located in Edmonton, Alberta, co-located with the Regional Office for Alberta. There are Regional Offices located in each of the other western provinces, in Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Vancouver, and a Liaison Office located in Ottawa. Regional satellite offices have also been opened in Calgary and Regina. The Department's Deputy Minister resides in Edmonton, and Assistant Deputy Ministers are in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ottawa. Each western Assistant Deputy Minister has direct responsibility for managing one of the department's corporate business lines across western Canada, and for delivery of all departmental programs in their Region. The Ottawa based Assistant Deputy Minister plays the lead role in the department's advocacy activities. A Director General Operations reports to each ADM. WD has approximately 350 employees.