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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 list includes roughly 130 departments and other organizations, with nearly 300,000 employees, who collectively form the
Public Service of Canada The Public Service of Canada (known as the Civil Service of Canada prior to 1967) is the civilian workforce of the Government of Canada's departments, agencies, and other public bodies. While the Government of Canada has employed civil servants ...
. 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:


The Crown


Regal and vice-regal offices

* King of Canada ** Canadian Secretary to the King **
Governor General of Canada The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm ...
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Secretary to the Governor General of Canada The Secretary to the Governor General () is the administrative head of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG)—the government department that supports the work of the Governor General of Canada—and is based at Rideau Hall in ...
*** Canadian Heraldic Authority


King's Privy Council

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King's Privy Council for Canada The 's Privy Council for Canada (french: Conseil privé du Roi pour le Canada),) during the reign of a queen. sometimes called Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or simply the Privy Council (PC), is the full group of personal consultants to the ...
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Cabinet of Canada The Cabinet of Canada (french: Cabinet du Canada) is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada. Chaired by the prime minister, the ...
*** Treasury Board of Canada **** Canada School of Public Service **** Treasury Board Secretariat ** Privy Council Office *** Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat *** Office of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons


Executive


Public Service


Central agencies


Ministerial departments


Separate agency with direct ministerial oversight


Independent agencies and offices

* Canadian Judicial Council * National Judicial Institute *
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA; french: Office de surveillance des activités en matière de sécurité nationale et de renseignement, OSSNR) is an independent government agency organized to review all national security ...
* 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

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Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB; , LCRTESPF) is an independent quasi-judicial tribunal that administers the collective bargaining and "grievance adjudication systems" in Canada's federal public service and ...
https://www.fpslreb-crtespf.gc.ca/about/mandate_e.asp * Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal * Canadian Human Rights Commission *
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (french: Tribunal canadien des droits de la personne, link=no) is an administrative tribunal established in 1977 through the ''Canadian Human Rights Act''. It is directly funded by the Parliament of Canada and i ...


Canadian Armed Forces


Parliament


Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the ...


Procedural officers

* Speaker of the Senate *
Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments The Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk and senior administrative officer of the Senate of Canada. List of Clerks * 1867–1871 John Fennings Taylor Sr. * 1871–1883 Robert Le Moine * 1883–1900 Edouard-Joseph ...
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Usher of the Black Rod of the Senate of Canada The Usher of the Black Rod (french: Huissier du bâton noir), often shortened to Black Rod is the most senior protocol position in the Parliament of Canada. Black Rod leads the Speaker's Parade at the beginning of each sitting of the Senate and o ...


Standing committees

* 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 An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...
* Rules, Procedure and the Rights of Parliament * Selection Committee * Social Affairs, Science and Technology * Transport and Communication


House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commo ...


Procedural officers

* Speaker of the House of Commons *
Clerk of the House of Commons The Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 of the House of Commons of England. The formal name for the position held by the Clerk of the House of C ...
* Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons * Clerk Assistant * Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel *
Sergeant-at-Arms A serjeant-at-arms, or sergeant-at-arms, is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word "serjeant" is derived from the Latin ''serviens'', which means "servant". Historically, ...


Standing committees

* Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics * Agriculture and Agri-Food *
Canadian Heritage The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage (french: Patrimoine canadien), is the department of the Government of Canada that has roles and responsibilities related to initiatives that promote and support "Canadian identity ...
* Citizenship and Immigration * Environment and Sustainable Development *
Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...
* Fisheries and Oceans * Foreign Affairs and International Development * Government Operations and Estimates *
Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organ ...
* Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and
the Status of Persons with Disabilities * Indigenous and Northern Affairs * Industry, Science and Technology *
International Trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (see: World economy) In most countries, such trade represents a significa ...
* Justice and Human Rights *
National Defence National security, or national defence, is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government. Originally conceived as protection against military attac ...
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Natural Resources Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest and cultural value. ...
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Official Languages An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...
* Procedure and House Affairs * Public Accounts * Public Safety and National Security *
Status of Women Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...
* Transport, Infrastructure and Communities *
Veterans Affairs Veterans' affairs is an area of public policy concerned with relations between a government and its communities of military veterans. Some jurisdictions have a designated government agency or department, a Department of Veterans' Affairs, Minist ...


Joint Standing Committees

* Library of Parliament * Scrutiny of Regulations


Officers of Parliament

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Auditor General of Canada The Auditor General of Canada is an officer of the Parliament of Canada to aid accountability and oversight by conducting independent financial audits of federal government operations. These audits provide members of parliament with objective e ...
* Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada * Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada * Information Commissioner of Canada *
Intelligence Commissioner of Canada The intelligence commissioner of Canada () is an independent officer of the Government of Canada charged with quasi-judicial review of the two most biggest intelligence agencies, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communica ...
* Elections Canada *
Privacy Commissioner of Canada The privacy commissioner of Canada (french: Commissaire à la protection de la vie privée du Canada) is a non-partisan ombudsman and officer of the Parliament of Canada. The commissioner investigates complaints regarding violations of the fed ...
* Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada * Parliamentary Budget Officer


Agencies

* Parliamentary Protective Service


Review bodies

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National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP; ; ) is a body composed of members of the House of Commons and Senate which reviews the activities of the Government of Canada's national security and intelligence age ...


Courts

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Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the Supreme court, highest court in the Court system of Canada, judicial system of Canada. It comprises List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, nine justices, wh ...
* Federal Court of Appeal * Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada * Federal Court of Canada *
Tax Court of Canada The Tax Court of Canada (TCC; french: Cour canadienne de l'impôt), established in 1983 by the '' Tax Court of Canada Act'', is a federal superior court which deals with matters involving companies or individuals and tax issues with the Govern ...


See also

* '' Civil Service Act, 1918'' *
Special Operating Agency A special operating agency is a designation given to a government organization within a department or agency of the Government of Canada that has some management flexibility, independence, and separate accountability. They function, without legisla ...
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State-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...
** Canadian Crown Corporation *
Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA; , ''GCAC'') is a Canada-wide volunteer marine association dedicated to marine search and rescue (SAR) and the promotion of boating safety, through association with the Canadian Coast Guard under the ausp ...
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Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) is a volunteer marine rescue service that saves lives and promotes public recreational boating safety throughout the coastal and some inland waters of the province of British Columbia and is assoc ...
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PPP Canada PPP Canada (Public-Private Partnerships Canada) (french: Partenariats Public-Privés Canada) was a Crown Corporation responsible for promoting and facilitating Public-private partnerships (PPP, P3), operating under Infrastructure Canada. It was ...


Canadian Provincial equivalents

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Executive Council of Alberta The Executive Council of Alberta (the Cabinet) is a body of ministers of the Crown in right of Alberta, who along with the lieutenant governor, exercises the powers of the Government of Alberta. Ministers are selected by the premier and typic ...
* 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 The Executive Council of Nunavut or cabinet includes a Premier and eight Ministers and is elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly from among the Assembly members. The cabinet members provide the political direction and accountability ...
* Executive Council of Yukon * Government of Newfoundland and Labrador *
Government of New Brunswick The Government of New Brunswick (french: Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick) refers to the provincial government of the province of New Brunswick. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867. The Province of New Brunswick is ...
* Government of Nova Scotia *
Government of Ontario The government of Ontario (french: Gouvernement de l'Ontario) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Ontario. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown—represented in the province by the lieutenant governorâ ...
* Government of Prince Edward Island *
Government of Quebec A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...


Notes


References


List of Government of Canada departments and agencies
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