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Employment of Aboriginal peoples in the Federal Public Service
Aboriginal peoples make up over 2.4 per cent of the Public Service workforce. As of
March 31, 1997,there were 4,551 employees who had self-identified as being Aboriginal.
Source: Employment Equity in the Public Service
Annual Report 1996-97
Note: Workforce availability estimates are based on information from the 1991 Census of
Canada. They include only those occupations that correspond to the occupational groups in
the Public Service.
The federal government — the country's largest employer is also the largest single
employer of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Aboriginal peoples represent a growing part of a shrinking Public Service
Over the past decade, the representation of Aboriginal peoples has increased from 1.7
to 2.4 per cent.
Source: Treasury Board Secretariat
Nearly two-thirds of Aboriginal employees work in five departments and one
agency: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; Human Resources Development Canada;
Revenue Canada; Correctional Service Canada; Health Canada; and National Defence.
Slightly more than two-thirds of Aboriginal employees in the federal Public Service are
below the age of 45.
Most Aboriginal persons in the Public Service are indeterminate employees
Aboriginal women represent 59.1 per cent of all Aboriginal employees.
Source: Employment in the Public Service
Annual Report 1996-97
Aboriginal peoples represent 2.3 per cent of all indeterminate employees in the Public
Service.
Aboriginal hirings and promotions are in line with availability estimates
Aboriginal peoples represented 2.6 per cent of all persons hired into the Public
Service in 1996-97, a rate equivalent to their workforce availability.
Source: Treasury Board Secretariat
Aboriginal employees received 2.9 per cent of all promotions within the Public Service,
a rate exceeding their overall representation of 2.4 per cent.
Aboriginal peoples accounted for 1.7 per cent of all separations from the Public
Service in 1996-97.
Aboriginal employees work throughout the Public Service in Canada
Aboriginal employees work in every region of Canada, although over one-quarter are in
the National Capital Region (NCR). Outside the NCR, the greatest number of Aboriginal
employees — 695 on March 31, 1997 — were employed in Ontario; the highest
proportion of Aboriginal employees were employed in the Northwest Territories — 21.2
per cent on March 31, 1997.
Although Aboriginal employees are represented in every occupational category, their
distribution differs from that of the Public Service as a whole.
Source: Employment Equity in the Public Service
Annual Report 1996-97
Source: Employment Equity in the Public Service
Annual Report 1996-97
Aboriginal workforce participation is part of the government's commitment to
employment equity
The Aboriginal Workforce Participation Initiative is being implemented in the Public
Service as part of the federal government's commitment to employment equity.
Under the Employment Equity Act , the Public Service must continue to:
- eliminate barriers to the employment and advancement of members of the designated
groups;
- establish policies and procedures supporting the equitable representation and
distribution of members of the designated groups in the Public Service; and
- prepare plans, including setting numerical goals and timetables, to indicate how under
representation will be addressed.
The ultimate objective for employment equity in the federal Public Service is to
establish a workforce that reflects the inherent diversity in Canadian society,
specifically, the workforce availability of the four designated groups: Aboriginal
peoples; persons in a visible minority; persons with disabilities; and women.
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