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Public sector employees: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Public sector employees. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Self-employment and public sector jobs by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 21.6 (Canada).

Lowest: 18.5 to 20.8 %
Group 2: 20.8 to 25.4 %
Group 3: 25.4 to 28 %
Group 4: 28 to 29.6 %
Highest: 29.6 to 30.5 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Newfoundland and Labrador	30.5
2	Prince Edward Island	29.6
3	New Brunswick	28
3	Saskatchewan	28
5	Nova Scotia	26.7
6	Manitoba	25.4
7	Quebec	24.1
8	British Columbia	20.8
9	Ontario	19.7
10	Alberta	18.5

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01: Employment by class of worker, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by public sector employees (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-public-sector-employees/

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