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The following list outlines the structure of the federal government of Canada, the collective set of federal institutions which can be grouped into the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. In turn, these are further divided into departments, agencies, and other organizations which support the day-to-day function of the Canadian state.
The includes roughly 130 departments and other organizations, with nearly 300,000 employees, who collectively form the Public Service of Canada. Special Operating Agencies (which are departmental organizations), and non-departmental organizations such as Crown corporations, administrative tribunals, and oversight organizations are parts of the public service operating in areas seen as requiring a higher level of independence from it and the direct political control of ministers. Public servants are agents of the Crown and responsible to Parliament through their relevant minister.
This list is organized according to functional grouping and is further subdivided by category such as offices, departments, agencies, and Crown corporations:
Further information: Monarchy of Canada |
Main article: Public Service of Canada |
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 |
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Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | 1867 | Mona Fortier | Peter Wallace
Secretary of the Treasury Board |
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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] |
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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]
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs | 2019
1880 (historic) |
Marc Miller | Daniel Quan-Watson
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Crown corporations[edit]
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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 Sandra Hassan Deputy Minister of Labour Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development |
Agencies[edit]
Programs[edit]
Joint Program[edit]Crown Corporation[edit]Review Bodies[edit]
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Environment and Climate Change | 1971 | Steven Guibeault | Christine Hogan
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Enforcement Agency[edit]
Review body[edit]
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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] | |
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Fisheries and Oceans | 1868 | Joyce Murray | Timothy Sargent
Deputy Minister |
Enforcement Agency[edit]
Special Operating Agency[edit]Crown Corporation[edit]
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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 Leslie MacLean Deputy Minister of International Development |
Agencies[edit]Crown corporations[edit]Review body[edit]
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Health | 1993
1919 (historic) |
Jean-Yves Duclos | Stephen Lucas
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]Funding Agency[edit]Regulator[edit]Review Body[edit] |
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | 1994 | Sean Fraser | Catrina Tapley
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Programs[edit]Review Body[edit] |
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Indigenous Services | 2019 | Patty Hajdu | Christiane Fox
Deputy Minister |
Special Operating Agency[edit]
Review Body[edit]
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development | 1993 | François-Philippe Champagne | 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]
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Infrastructure | 2002 | Dominic Leblanc
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities |
Kelly Gillis
Deputy Minister |
Crown corporations[edit] |
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Justice | 1868 | David Lametti | François Daigle
Deputy Minister
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Agencies[edit]
Review body[edit]
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National Defence | 1923 | Anita Anand | Jody Thomas
Deputy Minister General Wayne Eyre Acting Chief of Defence Staff |
Agency[edit]Intelligence agency[edit]Special Operating Agencies[edit]Program[edit]
Review bodies[edit]
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Natural Resources | 1994 | Jonathan Wilkinson | Jean-François Tremblay
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]
Crown corporation[edit]Petroleum Boards[edit]
Regulators[edit] |
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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]
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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]
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Transport | 1935 | Omar Alghabra | Michael Keenan
Deputy Minister |
Crown corporations[edit]
Enforcement Agency[edit]
Funds[edit]
Review bodies[edit]
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Veterans Affairs | 1944 | Lawrence MacAulay | Peter Ledwell
Deputy Minister |
Agencies[edit]Review bodies[edit]
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Women and Gender Equality | 2018
1976 (historic) |
Marci Ien | Gina Wilson
Deputy Minister |
None |
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]
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Main article: Court system of Canada |