Figure 10: Share of Key Occupations in the Core Public Administration (CPA) Population – Selected Years, 1983 to 2011

Occupational Group 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2011

Source: Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat.

Notes:Data based on Core Public Administration only. This includes all tenures and excludes employees on Leave Without Pay.

To provide a true picture of growth and share of occupations historically, this analysis excludes the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The CRA was a part of the Core Public Administration until 1999, after which it became a separate employer. The CBSA was created in 2003 as part of the Core Public Administration; a majority of its employees were moved from the CRA.

The occupational groups are: Administrative Services (AS); Programme Administration (PM); Computer Systems (CS); Economics & Social Science Services (EC); and Executive (EX).

Please note that the data for 2011 presented in this figure reflects the conversion of the Economics, Sociology & Statistics (ES) and the Social Science Support (SI) occupational groups to the EC occupational group. The official conversion took place on June 22, 2009. For consistency, historical EC numbers combine ES and SI occupational groups together.

AS (Administrative Services) 4.5% 5.0% 7.1% 8.5% 11.7% 13.6% 15.0%
PM (Program Administration) 7.3% 7.1% 8.7% 10.1% 9.9% 11.5% 11.4%
CS (Computer Systems Administration) 1.2% 1.6% 2.6% 4.4% 6.5% 6.6% 6.7%
EC (Economics & Social Science Services) 2.0% 2.2% 2.6% 3.9% 5.2% 6.2% 6.6%
EX (Executive Group) 0.9% 1.1% 1.9% 2.0% 2.4% 2.5% 2.6%

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