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Appendix K

Distribution of employees by gender in the federal public service for selected years, 1981 to 2005

Distribution of Employment Groups by Gender as of March 31 for respective year
		1981		1986
	Note: female dominated groups are shaded	Male	Female	Male	Female
	Employment Groups	%	%	%	%
AC	Actuarial Science	100%	0%	91%	9%
AG	Agriculture	96%	4%	86%	14%
AI	Air Traffic Control	98%	2%	96%	4%
AO	Aircraft Operations	99%	1%	96%	4%
AR	Architecture & Town Planning	93%	7%	87%	13%
AS	Administrative Services	63%	37%	53%	47%
AT	Administrative Trainee	55%	45%	33%	68%
AU	Auditing	95%	5%	91%	9%
BI	Biological Sciences	83%	17%	80%	20%
CA	CAP Program	na	na	na	na
CH	Chemistry	81%	19%	76%	24%
CM	Communications	58%	42%	62%	38%
CO	Commerce Officer	93%	7%	85%	15%
CR	Clerical & Regulatory	23%	77%	20%	80%
CS	Computer Systems Admin.	80%	20%	76%	24%
CX	Correctional Services	97%	3%	88%	12%
DA	Data Processing	20%	80%	22%	78%
DD	Drafting & Illustration	87%	13%	84%	16%
DE	Dentistry	100%	0%	92%	8%
DS	Defense Scientific Service	95%	5%	92%	8%
ED	Education	51%	49%	49%	51%
EG	Engineering & Scientific Support	84%	16%	83%	17%
EL	Electronics	99%	1%	98%	2%
EN	Engineering & Land Survey	99%	1%	96%	4%
ES	Economics, Sociology & Statistics	85%	15%	77%	23%
EU	Educational Support	26%	74%	29%	71%
EX	Executive Group	na	na	93%	7%
FI	Financial Administration	79%	21%	71%	29%
FO	Forestry	97%	3%	94%	6%
FR	Firefighters	100%	0%	99%	1%
FS	Foreign Services	92%	8%	83%	17%
GL	General Labour & Trades	98%	2%	98%	2%
GS	General Services	70%	30%	68%	32%
GT	General Technical	89%	11%	85%	15%
GX	General Executive Group	na	na	100%	0%
HE	Home Economics	2%	98%	0%	100%
HP	Heating Power and Stationary Plant Operation	100%	0%	99%	1%
HR	Historical Research	72%	28%	68%	32%
HS	Hospital Services	42%	58%	43%	57%
IS	Information Services	60%	40%	48%	52%
LA	Law	79%	21%	68%	32%
LI	Lightkeepers	98%	2%	97%	3%
LS	Library Science	35%	65%	33%	67%
MA	Mathematics	76%	24%	72%	28%
MD	Medicine	88%	12%	87%	13%
MM	Management Trainee Group	na	na	na	na
MT	Meteorology	96%	4%	92%	8%
ND	Nutrition & Dietetics	na	na	na	na
NU	Nursing	6%	94%	10%	90%
OE	Office Equipment	45%	55%	50%	50%
OM	Organization & Methods	84%	16%	73%	27%
OP	Occupations & Physical Therapy	8%	92%	3%	97%
PC	Physical Sciences	89%	11%	84%	16%
PE	Personnel Administration	64%	36%	51%	49%
PG	Purchasing & Supply	82%	18%	73%	27%
PH	Pharmacy	79%	21%	72%	28%
PI	Primary Products Inspection	95%	5%	92%	8%
PM	Program Administration	72%	28%	63%	37%
PR	Printing Operations	64%	36%	64%	36%
PS	Psychology	77%	23%	70%	30%
PY	Photography	92%	8%	87%	13%
RO	Radio Operations	96%	4%	93%	7%
SC	Ships Crew	98%	2%	97%	3%
SE	Scientific Research	97%	3%	95%	5%
SG	Patent Examination	91%	9%	83%	17%
SI	Social Science Support	55%	45%	49%	51%
SM	Senior Manager	na	na	90%	10%
SO	Ships Officers	97%	3%	95%	5%
SR	Ships Repair	100%	0%	100%	0%
ST	Secretarial, Stenographic, Typing	1%	99%	1%	99%
SW	Social Work	76%	24%	69%	31%
SX	Senior Manager	96%	4%	na	na
TE	RCMP Special Group	na	na	na	na
TI	Technical Inspection	99%	1%	98%	2%
TR	Translation	51%	49%	49%	51%
UT	University Teaching	97%	3%	95%	5%
VS	Veterinary Science	93%	7%	88%	12%
WP	Welfare Programs	76%	24%	67%	33%
	Grand Total	59%	41%	56%	44%

Distribution of Employment Groups by Gender as of March 31 for respective year
		1991		1996
	Note: female dominated groups are shaded	Male	Female	Male	Female
	Employment Groups	%	%	%	%
AC	Actuarial Science	100%	0%	75%	25%
AG	Agriculture	76%	24%	73%	27%
AI	Air Traffic Control	95%	5%	93%	7%
AO	Aircraft Operations	95%	5%	94%	6%
AR	Architecture & Town Planning	83%	17%	82%	18%
AS	Administrative Services	46%	54%	39%	61%
AT	Administrative Trainee	53%	47%	na	na
AU	Auditing	81%	19%	76%	24%
BI	Biological Sciences	74%	26%	67%	33%
CA	CAP Program	na	na	na	na
CH	Chemistry	72%	28%	68%	32%
CM	Communications	68%	32%	68%	32%
CO	Commerce Officer	78%	22%	72%	28%
CR	Clerical & Regulatory	19%	81%	17%	83%
CS	Computer Systems Admin.	74%	26%	72%	28%
CX	Correctional Services	86%	14%	82%	18%
DA	Data Processing	21%	79%	18%	82%
DD	Drafting & Illustration	81%	19%	74%	26%
DE	Dentistry	96%	4%	100%	0%
DS	Defense Scientific Service	91%	9%	91%	9%
ED	Education	50%	50%	48%	52%
EG	Engineering & Scientific Support	81%	19%	77%	23%
EL	Electronics	98%	2%	97%	3%
EN	Engineering & Land Survey	94%	6%	91%	9%
ES	Economics, Sociology & Statistics	72%	28%	67%	33%
EU	Educational Support	37%	63%	100%	0%
EX	Executive Group	86%	14%	79%	21%
FI	Financial Administration	65%	35%	61%	39%
FO	Forestry	91%	9%	88%	12%
FR	Firefighters	98%	2%	99%	1%
FS	Foreign Services	79%	21%	73%	27%
GL	General Labour & Trades	97%	3%	96%	4%
GS	General Services	66%	34%	68%	32%
GT	General Technical	80%	20%	75%	25%
GX	General Executive Group	100%	0%	100%	0%
HE	Home Economics	0%	100%	0%	100%
HP	Heating Power and Stationary Plant Operation	99%	1%	98%	2%
HR	Historical Research	67%	33%	63%	37%
HS	Hospital Services	45%	55%	48%	52%
IS	Information Services	42%	58%	39%	61%
LA	Law	62%	38%	56%	44%
LI	Lightkeepers	98%	2%	98%	2%
LS	Library Science	30%	70%	27%	73%
MA	Mathematics	67%	33%	64%	36%
MD	Medicine	79%	21%	75%	25%
MM	Management Trainee Group	na	na	46%	54%
MT	Management Trainee Group	89%	11%	87%	13%
ND	Nutrition & Dietetics	na	na	na	na
NU	Nursing	12%	88%	14%	86%
OE	Office Equipment	47%	53%	45%	55%
OM	Organization & Methods	64%	37%	54%	46%
OP	Occupations & Physical Therapy	5%	95%	11%	89%
PC	Physical Sciences	79%	21%	73%	27%
PE	Personnel Administration	40%	60%	34%	66%
PG	Purchasing & Supply	63%	37%	55%	45%
PH	Pharmacy	57%	43%	39%	61%
PI	Primary Products Inspection	88%	12%	85%	15%
PM	Program Administration	55%	45%	48%	52%
PR	Printing Operations	62%	38%	50%	50%
PS	Psychology	65%	35%	62%	38%
PY	Photography	88%	12%	90%	10%
RO	Radio Operations	90%	10%	87%	13%
SC	Ships Crew	96%	4%	96%	4%
SE	Scientific Research	91%	9%	88%	12%
SG	Patent Examination	68%	32%	65%	35%
SI	Social Science Support	45%	55%	43%	57%
SM	Senior Manager	82%	18%	na	na
SO	Ships Officers	96%	4%	96%	4%
SR	Ships Repair	99%	1%	98%	2%
ST	Secretarial, Stenographic, Typing	2%	98%	1%	99%
SW	Social Work	62%	38%	57%	43%
SX	Senior Manager	na	na	na	na
TE	RCMP Special Group	na	na	na	na
TI	Technical Inspection	96%	4%	94%	6%
TR	Translation	44%	56%	43%	57%
UT	University Teaching	97%	3%	95%	5%
VS	Veterinary Science	83%	17%	79%	21%
WP	Welfare Programs	59%	41%	55%	45%
	Grand Total	53%	47%	52%	48%

Distribution of Employment Groups by Gender as of March 31 for respective year
		2001		2002
	Note: female dominated groups are shaded	Male	Female	Male	Female
	Employment Groups	%	%	%	%
AC	Actuarial Science	100%	0%	75%	25%
AG	Agriculture	89%	11%	88%	13%
AI	Air Traffic Control	100%	0%	92%	8%
AO	Aircraft Operations	92%	8%	92%	8%
AR	Architecture & Town Planning	75%	25%	73%	27%
AS	Administrative Services	29%	71%	27%	73%
AT	Administrative Trainee	na	na	na	na
AU	Auditing	73%	27%	71%	29%
BI	Biological Sciences	60%	40%	59%	41%
CA	CAP Program	38%	62%	38%	62%
CH	Chemistry	61%	39%	61%	39%
CM	Communications	70%	30%	65%	35%
CO	Commerce Officer	62%	38%	60%	40%
CR	Clerical & Regulatory	17%	83%	18%	82%
CS	Computer Systems Admin.	70%	30%	70%	30%
CX	Correctional Services	78%	22%	78%	22%
DA	Data Processing	38%	62%	38%	62%
DD	Drafting & Illustration	64%	36%	62%	38%
DE	Dentistry	100%	0%	100%	0%
DS	Defense Scientific Service	85%	15%	86%	14%
ED	Education	44%	56%	41%	59%
EG	Engineering & Scientific Support	71%	29%	71%	29%
EL	Electronics	97%	3%	97%	3%
EN	Engineering & Land Survey	89%	11%	87%	13%
ES	Economics, Sociology & Statistics	58%	42%	57%	43%
EU	Educational Support	100%	0%	100%	0%
EX	Executive Group	70%	30%	68%	32%
FI	Financial Administration	52%	48%	51%	49%
FO	Forestry	83%	17%	83%	17%
FR	Firefighters	98%	2%	98%	2%
FS	Foreign Services	67%	33%	65%	35%
GL	General Labour & Trades	94%	6%	95%	5%
GS	General Services	66%	34%	66%	34%
GT	General Technical	72%	28%	73%	27%
GX	General Executive Group	83%	17%	100%	0%
HE	Home Economics	na	na	na	na
HP	Heating Power and Stationary Plant Operation	99%	1%	99%	1%
HR	Historical Research	62%	38%	59%	41%
HS	Hospital Services	42%	58%	41%	59%
IS	Information Services	33%	67%	32%	68%
LA	Law	50%	50%	50%	50%
LI	Lightkeepers	96%	4%	97%	3%
LS	Library Science	27%	73%	28%	72%
MA	Mathematics	64%	36%	65%	35%
MD	Medicine	72%	28%	69%	31%
MM	Management Trainee Group	45%	55%	44%	56%
MT	Management Trainee Group	85%	15%	85%	15%
ND	Nutrition & Dietetics	0%	100%	0%	100%
NU	Nursing	16%	84%	16%	84%
OE	Office Equipment	48%	52%	27%	73%
OM	Organization & Methods	44%	56%	41%	59%
OP	Occupations & Physical Therapy	20%	80%	20%	80%
PC	Physical Sciences	66%	34%	65%	35%
PE	Personnel Administration	28%	72%	28%	72%
PG	Purchasing & Supply	51%	49%	50%	50%
PH	Pharmacy	33%	67%	33%	67%
PI	Primary Products Inspection	83%	17%	82%	18%
PM	Program Administration	38%	62%	37%	63%
PR	Printing Operations	53%	47%	54%	46%
PS	Psychology	53%	47%	52%	48%
PY	Photography	78%	22%	79%	21%
RO	Radio Operations	82%	18%	82%	18%
SC	Ships Crew	95%	5%	95%	5%
SE	Scientific Research	84%	16%	84%	16%
SG	Patent Examination	57%	43%	56%	44%
SI	Social Science Support	38%	62%	37%	63%
SM	Senior Manager	na	na	na	na
SO	Ships Officers	94%	6%	94%	6%
SR	Ships Repair	98%	2%	98%	2%
ST	Secretarial, Stenographic, Typing	2%	98%	2%	98%
SW	Social Work	34%	66%	27%	73%
SX	Senior Manager	na	na	na	na
TE	RCMP Special Group	47%	53%	49%	51%
TI	Technical Inspection	91%	9%	91%	9%
TR	Translation	37%	63%	34%	66%
UT	University Teaching	92%	8%	85%	15%
VS	Veterinary Science	63%	37%	na	na
WP	Welfare Programs	47%	53%	46%	54%
	Grand Total	48%	52%	47%	53%

Distribution of Employment Groups by Gender as of March 31 for respective year
		2003		2004
	Note: female dominated groups are shaded	Male	Female	Male	Female
	Employment Groups	%	%	%	%
AC	Actuarial Science	75%	25%	80%	20%
AG	Agriculture	86%	14%	86%	14%
AI	Air Traffic Control	92%	8%	92%	8%
AO	Aircraft Operations	92%	8%	92%	8%
AR	Architecture & Town Planning	74%	26%	71%	29%
AS	Administrative Services	26%	74%	25%	75%
AT	Administrative Trainee	na	na	na	na
AU	Auditing	69%	31%	69%	31%
BI	Biological Sciences	58%	42%	57%	43%
CA	CAP Program	44%	56%	46%	54%
CH	Chemistry	61%	39%	59%	41%
CM	Communications	68%	32%	75%	25%
CO	Commerce Officer	59%	41%	59%	41%
CR	Clerical & Regulatory	18%	82%	18%	82%
CS	Computer Systems Admin.	70%	30%	70%	30%
CX	Correctional Services	77%	23%	76%	24%
DA	Data Processing	38%	62%	39%	61%
DD	Drafting & Illustration	62%	38%	62%	38%
DE	Dentistry	100%	0%	100%	0%
DS	Defense Scientific Service	84%	16%	84%	16%
ED	Education	40%	60%	38%	62%
EG	Engineering & Scientific Support	71%	29%	70%	30%
EL	Electronics	96%	4%	96%	4%
EN	Engineering & Land Survey	86%	14%	86%	14%
ES	Economics, Sociology & Statistics	55%	45%	54%	46%
EU	Educational Support	12%	88%	13%	88%
EX	Executive Group	66%	34%	65%	35%
FI	Financial Administration	50%	50%	49%	51%
FO	Forestry	80%	20%	84%	16%
FR	Firefighters	98%	2%	98%	2%
FS	Foreign Services	64%	36%	63%	37%
GL	General Labour & Trades	95%	5%	95%	5%
GS	General Services	64%	36%	63%	37%
GT	General Technical	71%	29%	72%	28%
GX	General Executive Group	100%	0%	86%	14%
HE	Home Economics	na	na	na	na
HP	Heating Power and Stationary Plant Operation	99%	1%	99%	1%
HR	Historical Research	60%	40%	61%	39%
HS	Hospital Services	42%	58%	41%	59%
IS	Information Services	32%	68%	32%	68%
LA	Law	49%	51%	49%	51%
LI	Lightkeepers	95%	5%	93%	7%
LS	Library Science	27%	73%	25%	75%
MA	Mathematics	63%	37%	64%	36%
MD	Medicine	67%	33%	65%	35%
MM	Management Trainee Group	38%	62%	37%	63%
MT	Management Trainee Group	83%	17%	83%	17%
ND	Nutrition & Dietetics	0%	100%	0%	100%
NU	Nursing	15%	85%	15%	85%
OE	Office Equipment	42%	58%	31%	69%
OM	Organization & Methods	39%	61%	40%	60%
OP	Occupations & Physical Therapy	20%	80%	24%	76%
PC	Physical Sciences	63%	37%	62%	38%
PE	Personnel Administration	27%	73%	26%	74%
PG	Purchasing & Supply	50%	50%	48%	52%
PH	Pharmacy	33%	67%	30%	70%
PI	Primary Products Inspection	79%	21%	79%	21%
PM	Program Administration	36%	64%	35%	65%
PR	Printing Operations	74%	26%	70%	30%
PS	Psychology	51%	49%	50%	50%
PY	Photography	79%	21%	82%	18%
RO	Radio Operations	82%	18%	81%	19%
SC	Ships Crew	94%	6%	94%	6%
SE	Scientific Research	84%	16%	83%	17%
SG	Patent Examination	52%	48%	51%	49%
SI	Social Science Support	37%	63%	37%	63%
SM	Senior Manager	na	na	na	na
SO	Ships Officers	94%	6%	93%	7%
SR	Ships Repair	97%	3%	97%	3%
ST	Secretarial, Stenographic, Typing	2%	98%	2%	98%
SW	Social Work	26%	74%	22%	78%
SX	Senior Manager	na	na	na	na
TE	RCMP Special Group	43%	57%	46%	54%
TI	Technical Inspection	90%	10%	89%	11%
TR	Translation	33%	67%	32%	68%
UT	University Teaching	86%	14%	84%	16%
VS	Veterinary Science	49%	51%	46%	54%
WP	Welfare Programs	46%	54%	46%	54%
	Grand Total	47%	53%	47%	53%

Distribution of Employment Groups by Gender as of March 31 for respective year
		2005
	Note: female dominated groups are shaded	Male	Female
	Employment Groups	%	%
AC	Actuarial Science	75%	25%
AG	Agriculture	89%	11%
AI	Air Traffic Control	93%	7%
AO	Aircraft Operations	91%	9%
AR	Architecture & Town Planning	71%	29%
AS	Administrative Services	24%	76%
AT	Administrative Trainee	na	na
AU	Auditing	67%	33%
BI	Biological Sciences	56%	44%
CA	CAP Program	50%	50%
CH	Chemistry	58%	42%
CM	Communications	76%	24%
CO	Commerce Officer	59%	41%
CR	Clerical & Regulatory	18%	82%
CS	Computer Systems Admin.	71%	29%
CX	Correctional Services	75%	25%
DA	Data Processing	44%	56%
DD	Drafting & Illustration	64%	36%
DE	Dentistry	100%	0%
DS	Defense Scientific Service	83%	17%
ED	Education	34%	66%
EG	Engineering & Scientific Support	70%	30%
EL	Electronics	96%	4%
EN	Engineering & Land Survey	85%	15%
ES	Economics, Sociology & Statistics	53%	47%
EU	Educational Support	13%	88%
EX	Executive Group	63%	37%
FI	Financial Administration	48%	52%
FO	Forestry	82%	18%
FR	Firefighters	98%	2%
FS	Foreign Services	62%	38%
GL	General Labour & Trades	95%	5%
GS	General Services	62%	38%
GT	General Technical	73%	27%
GX	General Executive Group	100%	0%
HE	Home Economics	na	na
HP	Heating Power and Stationary Plant Operation	99%	1%
HR	Historical Research	58%	42%
HS	Hospital Services	42%	58%
IS	Information Services	32%	68%
LA	Law	48%	52%
LI	Lightkeepers	87%	13%
LS	Library Science	26%	74%
MA	Mathematics	61%	39%
MD	Medicine	64%	36%
MM	Management Trainee Group	42%	58%
MT	Management Trainee Group	82%	18%
ND	Nutrition & Dietetics	2%	98%
NU	Nursing	15%	85%
OE	Office Equipment	31%	69%
OM	Organization & Methods	41%	59%
OP	Occupations & Physical Therapy	27%	73%
PC	Physical Sciences	61%	39%
PE	Personnel Administration	25%	75%
PG	Purchasing & Supply	47%	53%
PH	Pharmacy	29%	71%
PI	Primary Products Inspection	78%	22%
PM	Program Administration	39%	61%
PR	Printing Operations	73%	27%
PS	Psychology	50%	50%
PY	Photography	91%	9%
RO	Radio Operations	80%	20%
SC	Ships Crew	93%	7%
SE	Scientific Research	83%	17%
SG	Patent Examination	49%	51%
SI	Social Science Support	37%	63%
SM	Senior Manager	na	na
SO	Ships Officers	93%	7%
SR	Ships Repair	97%	3%
ST	Secretarial, Stenographic, Typing	2%	98%
SW	Social Work	24%	76%
SX	Senior Manager	na	na
TE	RCMP Special Group	47%	53%
TI	Technical Inspection	89%	11%
TR	Translation	31%	69%
UT	University Teaching	88%	12%
VS	Veterinary Science	45%	55%
WP	Welfare Programs	44%	56%
	Grand Total	46%	54%

Source: Incumbent database.

Definition of female dominated group based on Cdn. Human Rights Commission equal pay guidelines

Total population of group	% of females
> 500	55%
100 - 499	60%
< 100	70%