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2008-2009 Annual Report - Long Descriptions

Figure 1 – Public Service Employment Act population by tenure and year
  March 2006 (188 354) March 2007 (191 991) March 2008 (199 875) March 2009 (208 947)
Indeterminate 164140 167427 174577 183932
Specified term 13831 13559 13583 13171
Casual 6847 6946 7477 7162
Student 3536 4059 4238 4682

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Source: PSC population files

Figure 2 – Overall public service hiring and staffing activities
  Promotions Lateral and downward movements Acting Appointments Hiring Activities to the Public Service Indeterminate Specified period Casual Student
2008-2009 20.3%
(25 651)
21.9%
(27 722)
13.1%
(16 588)
44.8%
(56 690)
22.4%
(12 705)
19.5%
(11 039)
33.0%
(18 699)
25.1%
(14 247)
2007-2008 20.5%
(25 029)
21.3%
(25 961)
13.4%
(16 369)
44.8%
(54 734)
19.3%
(10 579)
20.6%
(11 259)
35.3%
(19 296)
24.8%
(13 600)

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Source: PSC hiring and staffing activities files
*Please see technical notes, Table 31 within Appendix 7.

Figure 3 – Hiring activity 2008-2009 and Population as of March 31, 2009
Region Hiring activity Population
Newfoundland & Labrador 836 3 552
Prince Edward Island 564 2 045
Nova Scotia 2 709 10 296
New Brunswick 2 282 7 145
Quebec (except NCR) 6 766 23 753
National Capital Region (NCR) 25 033 89 719
Ontario (except NCR) 6 839 26 832
Manitoba 1 930 7 921
Saskatchewan 1 517 5 257
Alberta 3 229 11 245
British Columbia 4 574 18 497
Yukon Territory 93 335
Northwest Territories 170 661
Nunavut Territory 66 201
Outside Canada* 82 1 488
Total* 56 690 208 947

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Source: PSC hiring and staffing activities files and population files
* Totals include indeterminate, specified term, casual and student hiring activity to the public service and population.

Figure 4 – Hiring activity within and outside the National Capital Region, compared to the number of employees as of March 31, 2009
Outside NCR Within NCR
2005-2006 61.3%
(27 384)
38.7%
(17 278)
2006-2007 60.1%
(29 395)
39.9%
(19 526)
2007-2008 57.3%
(31 382)
42.7%
(23 352)
2008-2009 55.8%
(31 657)
44.2%
(25 033)
March 2009 population (208 947) 57.1%
(119 228)
42.9%
(89 719)

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Source: PSC hiring and staffing activities files and population files
Note: Totals include indeterminate, specified term, casual and student hiring activity to the public service.

Figure 5 – Staffing activities to and within the Executive Group by fiscal year and level
2005-2006
Total 2 038
2006-2007
Total 2 265
2007-2008
Total 2 345
2008-2009
Total 2 490
EX-1 1031 1318 1280 1460
EX-2 523 522 576 532
EX-3 358 301 346 373
EX-4 83 80 109 80
EX-5 43 44 34 45

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Source: PSC hiring and staffing activities files

Figure 6 – Appointments to the public service by first official language group for bilingual imperative appointments only *
Anglophones Francophones
2005-2006 (3 721) 32.9% 67.2%
2006-2007 (4 538) 33.6% 66.4%
2007-2008 (5 482) 36.2% 63.8%
2008-2009 (6 393) 35.2% 64.8%

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Source: PSC hiring and staffing activities files
*Please see technical notes, Table 37 in Appendix 7.

Figure 7 – Number of non-compliant situations as of March 31st of each year
At March 31, 2005 At March 31, 2006 At March 31, 2007 At March 31, 2008 At March 31, 2009
Number of non-compliant situations 892 320 218 156 69

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Source: PSC files on official languages

Figure 8 – Overall assessment of key success factors and results areas across all departments and agencies
Strong Management Performance Acceptable Management Performance Opportunities for Improvement Requires Management Attention Ind. Not Applicable to Certain Departments
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2007-2008
0.1% 72.5% 22.6% 1.3% 3.5%
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2008-2009
0.8% 76.5% 13.3% 3.5% 5.9%

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Source: PSC 2007-2008 — 2008-2009 DSAR assessment results

Figure 9 – Human resources planning and staffing
Strong Management Performance Acceptable Management Performance Opportunities for Improvement Requires Management Attention
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2007-2008
0.0% 28.0% 69.3% 2.7%
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2008-2009
0.0% 60.5% 22.4% 17.1%

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Source: PSC 2007-2008 — 2008-2009 DSAR assessment results

Figure 10 – Human resources support systems
Strong Management Performance Acceptable Management Performance Opportunities for Improvement Requires Management Attention
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2007-2008
0.0% 36.0% 64.0% 0.0%
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2008-2009
0.0% 75.0% 25.0% 0.0%

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Source: 2007 PSC 2007-2008 — 2008-2009 DSAR assessment results

Figure 11 – Managerial accountability for results
Strong Management Performance Acceptable Management Performance Opportunities for Improvement Requires Management Attention
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2007-2008
0.0% 60.0% 29.3% 10.7%
Percent of Departments and Agencies
2008-2009
0.0% 48.7% 30.3% 21.1%

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Source: PSC 2007-2008 — 2008-2009 DSAR assessment results

Figure 13 – Proportion of casual employment spells with appointment under the Public Service Employment Act — Fiscal years 1995-1996 through 2004-2005
1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Percent of Subsequent Appointment 11.63 22.79 21.87 34.34 39.01 38.64 43.9 48.59 46.73 45.68

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Source: Job-based Analytical Information System (JAIS)
Note that four organizations included in the study, the Canada Border Services Agency, Public Safety Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canada School of Public Service, were established towards the end of the initial study period. Therefore, the full effect of the staffing activity in these organizations is not reflected in the results.

Figure 14 – Proportion of casual employment spells with appointment under the Public Service Employment Act — Fiscal years 2000-2001 through 2007-2008
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
Percent of Subsequent Appointment 38.64 43.9 48.59 46.73 45.68 42.47 50.2 53.84

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Source: Job-based Analytical Information System (JAIS), PSC

Figure 15 – Casuals with appointment to indeterminate position within two years — Fiscal years 2000-2001 through 2006-2007
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
Percent of Subsequent Appointment 14.16 17.58 16.43 13.09 17.26 21.72 26.79

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Source: Job-based Analytical Information System (JAIS)

Figure 16 – Overall public service hiring and staffing activities
2008-2009
Acting appointments Lateral and downward movements Promotions Hiring activities to the public service
13.1%
(16 588)
21.9%
(27 722)
21.9%
(27 722)
44.8%
(56 690)
Hiring activities to the public service
Indeterminate Specified term Casual Students
22.4%
(12 705)
19.5%
(11 039)
33.0%
(18 699)
25.1%
(14 247)

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Source: PSC hiring and staffing activities files

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Date Modified:
2009-10-09