Structure of the Canadian federal government
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The following list outlines the structure of the federal government of Canada (the collective set of federal institutions such as the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, including both military and civil service organizations).
The civil service includes roughly 75 different departments and other organizations with over 200,000 employees. Special Operating Agencies (which are departmental organizations), and non-departmental organizations such as Crown corporations, administrative tribunals, and oversight organizations are all also part of the civil service, however, are structured to operate in areas seen as requiring a higher level of independence from the broader civil service and the direct political control of ministers. Civil servants are agents of the Crown and responsible to Parliament through their relevant minister.[1]
This list is organized according to functional grouping and is further subdivided by category such as offices, departments, agencies, and Crown corporations.
The Crown[edit]
Regal and vice-regal offices[edit]
The Queen's Privy Council[edit]
- Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Cabinet of Canada
- Privy Council Office
- Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat
- Office of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Executive power[edit]
Public Service[edit]
Central agencies[edit]
Logo | Agency | Established | Minister responsible | Deputy head | Associated entities |
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Privy Council Office | 1867 | Justin Trudeau
President of the Privy Council |
Janice Charette
Interim Clerk of the Privy Council |
| |
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | 1867 | Mona Fortier
President of the Treasury Board
|
Peter Wallace
Secretary of the Treasury Board |
|
Ministerial departments[edit]
Logo | Department | Established | Minister responsible | Deputy head | Associated entities |
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Agriculture and Agri-food | 1868 | Marie-Claude Bibeau | Chris Forbes |
Agencies[edit]Special Operating Agency[edit]Crown corporations[edit]Review Body[edit] | |
Canadian Heritage | 1993 | Pablo Rodriguez Minister of Canadian Heritage | Isabelle Mondou
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Special Operating Agencies[edit]Crown corporations[edit]
Regulator[edit]Review Body[edit]
| |
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs | 2019
|
Marc Miller | Daniel Quan-Watson
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Crown corporations[edit]
| |
Employment and Social Development | 2003 | Karina Gould
Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
|
Graham Flack
Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development
Deputy Minister of Labour |
Agencies[edit]
Programs[edit]
Joint Program[edit]Crown Corporation[edit]Review Bodies[edit]
| |
Environment and Climate Change | 1971 | Steven Guibeault | Christine Hogan
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Review body[edit]
| |
Finance | 1867 | Chrystia Freeland
|
Michael Sabia
Deputy Minister |
Central bank[edit]Intelligence agency[edit]Crown corporations[edit]
Non-profit organization[edit]Regulators[edit]Review body[edit] | |
Fisheries and Oceans | 1868 | Joyce Murray | Timothy Sargent
Deputy Minister |
Special Operating Agency[edit]Crown Corporation[edit]
| |
Global Affairs | 1909 | Mélanie Joly
Minister of International Development Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion, and International Trade |
Marta Morgan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
John Hannaford Deputy Minister of International Trade
Deputy Minister of International Development |
Agencies[edit]Crown corporations[edit]Review body[edit]
| |
Health | 1993
|
Jean-Yves Duclos | Stephen Lucas
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]Funding Agency[edit]Regulator[edit]Review Body[edit] | |
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | 1994 | Sean Fraser | Catrina Tapley
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Programs[edit]Review Body[edit] | |
Indigenous Services | 2019 | Patty Hadju | Christiane Fox
Deputy Minister |
Special Operating Agency[edit]
Review Body[edit]
| |
Innovation, Science and Economic Development | 1993 | François-Philippe Champagne
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry
|
Paul Thomson
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Funding agencies[edit]
Regional Economic Development Agencies[edit]
Enforcement agency[edit]Special Operating Agencies[edit]
Crown corporations[edit]Non-profit organizations[edit]Regulator[edit]Review Body[edit]
| |
Infrastructure | 2002 | Dominic Leblanc
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities |
Kelly Gillis
Deputy Minister |
Crown corporations[edit] | |
Justice | 1868 | David Lametti | François Daigle
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Review body[edit]
| |
National Defence | 1923 | Anita Anand | Jody Thomas
Deputy Minister
Acting Chief of Defence Staff |
Agency[edit]Intelligence agency[edit]Special Operating Agencies[edit]Program[edit]Review bodies[edit]
| |
Natural Resources | 1994 | Jonathan Wilkinson | Jean-François Tremblay
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Crown corporation[edit]Petroleum Boards[edit]
Regulators[edit] | |
Public Safety | 2003 | Marco Mendicino
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister for Emergency Preparedness |
Rob Stewart
Deputy Minister |
Agency[edit]Enforcement agencies[edit]Intelligence agency[edit]Review bodies[edit]
| |
Public Services and Procurement | 1996 | Filomena Tassi | Bill Matthews
Deputy Minister Deputy Receiver-General |
Agency[edit]Special Operating Agency[edit]
Crown corporations[edit]Review Body[edit]
| |
Transport | 1935 | Omar Alghabra | Michael Keenan
Deputy Minister |
Crown corporations[edit]
Funds[edit]
Review bodies[edit]
| |
Veterans Affairs | 1944 | Lawrence MacAulay | Peter Ledwell
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]Review bodies[edit]
| |
Women and Gender Equality | 2018
|
Marci Ien | Gina Wilson
Deputy Minister |
None |
Separate agency with direct ministerial oversight[edit]
Logo | Agency | Established | Minister responsible | Deputy head | Associated entity |
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Canada Revenue Agency | 2003
1867 (historic) |
Diane Lebouthillier | Bob Hamilton
Commissioner of Revenue |
Review body[edit]
|
Independent agencies and offices[edit]
- Canadian Judicial Council
- National Judicial Institute
- National Security and Intelligence Review Agency
- Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
- Office of the Chief Military Judge
- Public Service Commission of Canada
- Transportation Safety Board
Independent review bodies[edit]
- Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board[2]
- Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Armed Forces[edit]
Parliament[edit]
Senate of Canada[edit]
Procedural officers[edit]
- Speaker of the Senate
- Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments
- Usher of the Black Rod of the Senate of Canada
Standing committees[edit]
- Aboriginal Peoples
- Agriculture and Forestry
- Banking, Trade, and Commerce
- Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators
- Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Human Rights
- Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration
- Diversity subcommittee
- Human Resources subcommittee
- Senate Estimates subcommittee
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs
- National Finance
- National Security and Defence
- Official Languages
- Rules, Procedure and the Rights of Parliament
- Selection Committee
- Social Affairs, Science and Technology
- Transport and Communication
House of Commons of Canada[edit]
Procedural officers[edit]
- Speaker of the House of Commons
- Clerk of the House of Commons
- Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons
- Clerk Assistant
- Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel
- Sergeant-at-Arms
Standing committees[edit]
- Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
- Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Canadian Heritage
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Finance
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Foreign Affairs and International Development
- Government Operations and Estimates
- Health
- Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and
the Status of Persons with Disabilities - Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Industry, Science and Technology
- International Trade
- Justice and Human Rights
- National Defence
- Natural Resources
- Official Languages
- Procedure and House Affairs
- Public Accounts
- Public Safety and National Security
- Status of Women
- Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
- Veterans Affairs
Joint Standing Committees[edit]
Officers of Parliament[edit]
- Auditor General of Canada
- Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada
- Information Commissioner of Canada
- Intelligence Commissioner of Canada
- Elections Canada
- Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada
- Parliamentary Budget Officer
Agencies[edit]
Review bodies[edit]
Courts[edit]
See also[edit]
Canadian Provincial equivalents[edit]
- Executive Council of Alberta
- Executive Council of British Columbia
- Executive Council of Manitoba
- Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Executive Council of New Brunswick
- Executive Council of Nova Scotia
- Executive Council of Ontario
- Executive Council of Prince Edward Island
- Executive Council of Quebec
- Executive Council of Saskatchewan
- Executive Council of the Northwest Territories
- Executive Council of Nunavut
- Executive Council of Yukon
- Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Government of New Brunswick
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Government of Ontario
- Government of Prince Edward Island
- Government of Quebec
Notes[edit]
- ^ The Canadian Armed Forces is a separate and distinct entity from that of the Department of National Defence. The Department is a civilian organization, and is part of the Public Service of Canada, while the Canadian Forces are a military organization and are not part of the Public Service. However, the minister of national defence is responsible for its direction as part of the Defence portfolio.
References[edit]
- ^ "Public Service". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ https://www.fpslreb-crtespf.gc.ca/about/mandate_e.asp