Public Service Hiring and Staffing Activities under the Public Service Employment Act
Hiring activities refers to indeterminate and term appointments to the public service, the hiring of casuals as per subsection 50(1) of the *Public Service Employment Act* (PSEA) and the hiring of students under the Student Employment Programs Participants Exclusion Approval Order. Indeterminate and term appointments to the public service include appointments from the general public, including former casuals, students and employees of government organizations that are not subject to the PSEA. Staffing activities to and within the public service include appointments to the public service as well as promotions, lateral and downward movements and acting appointments of indeterminate and term employees. Deployments of employees within or between organizations that are subject to the PSEA are counted in lateral and downward movements. Hiring and staffing activities data are derived from information received from the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Incumbent File. This file is extracted from the Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) pay system. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has developed a series of algorithms that are used to produce the PSC’s official record of hiring…
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- Public Service Commission of Canada
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- Updated
- 2026-02-19
Resources
- Appointments to the public service, Post-secondary Recruitment Program, by geographic area CSV
- Appointments under the Public Service Employment Act of new indeterminate employees, by fiscal year CSV
- Estimates of percentage of appointments under the Public Service Employment Act to and within the public service, by appointment type, process and fiscal year CSV
- Hiring activities and population under the Public Service Employment Act, by geographic area CSV
- Hiring activities under the Public Service Employment Act, by tenure and fiscal year CSV
- Hiring and staffing activities, Recruitment of Policy Leaders CSV
- Indeterminate and term appointments to the public service under the Public Service Employment Act, by first official language group and fiscal year within and outside the National Capital Region CSV
- Indeterminate staffing activities to the public service under the Public Service Employment Act, contributing to movement of indeterminate employees, by fiscal year CSV
- Internal staffing activities of indeterminate employees under the Public Service Employment Act, by type and fiscal year CSV
- Overall hiring and staffing activities to and within the public service, by tenure, previous employment status and geographic area CSV
- Overall hiring and staffing activities to and within the public service, by type, tenure and geographic area CSV
- Post-Secondary Recruitment program highlights, by fiscal year CSV