2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

The results of the 2020 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented according to the numerical order of questions, grouped by section theme as they appeared in the questionnaire. Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Results have been adjusted for non-response to better represent the target population. Therefore, percentages should not be used to determine the number of respondents within a response category. The results for "Most positive or least negative answers" and "Least positive and most negative answers" are calculated by removing the "Don't know" and "Not applicable" responses from the total responses.

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My Job

Question 1. I have the tools, technology and equipment I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	22	52	2	20	3	74	24	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	52	5	17	5	73	21	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	47	5	12	2	81	14	562
2020	Administrative Support	54	34	2	7	3	89	10	61

Question 2. The material and tools provided for my work, including software and other automated tools, are available in the official language of my choice.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	72	24	1	3	0	0	0	96	3	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	78	15	4	0	1	1	0	95	2	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	74	18	3	2	1	0	1	93	3	562
2020	Administrative Support	73	22	0	0	5	0	0	95	5	60

Question 3. My physical environment (e.g., office, workspace) is suitable for my job requirements.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	47	6	13	6	0	75	19	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	28	40	9	17	5	0	69	22	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	36	8	10	3	1	79	13	562
2020	Administrative Support	49	34	8	5	3	0	84	8	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	32	8	18	8	0	66	26	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	32	8	13	9	0	70	22	759
2019	Administrative Support	43	25	10	16	6	0	68	22	69
2019	Other occupational category	42	39	3	13	3	0	81	16	65

Question 4. I get the training I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	48	9	9	3	0	79	12	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	42	14	15	5	1	65	20	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	36	11	11	4	1	73	16	558
2020	Administrative Support	41	44	7	7	0	2	87	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	40	14	17	7	0	62	24	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	37	14	14	5	0	66	20	762
2019	Administrative Support	33	35	12	17	3	0	68	20	69
2019	Other occupational category	28	41	8	16	7	0	69	23	65
2018	Executive	34	39	13	10	4	0	73	14	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	43	12	19	8	0	61	28	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	43	13	13	5	1	69	18	767
2018	Administrative Support	36	40	9	14	2	0	76	16	58
2018	Other occupational category	38	47	7	5	4	0	84	9	50

Question 5. I have the information, training and equipment I need to ensure my health and safety at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	41	36	11	9	2	0	0	77	11	87
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	42	13	8	3	0	1	76	11	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	35	8	7	1	0	1	84	8	562
2020	Administrative Support	47	37	5	12	0	0	0	83	12	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	36	14	11	6	0	0	69	17	367
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	35	14	8	5	0	0	73	14	759
2019	Administrative Support	45	30	12	12	1	0	0	75	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	44	30	8	12	3	2	2	76	16	64

Question 6. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	36	7	20	8	0	0	65	28	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	32	8	12	7	0	1	73	19	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	27	9	8	3	0	0	79	11	563
2020	Administrative Support	54	21	13	5	5	0	2	77	10	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	32	10	8	6	0	0	77	13	368
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	30	11	7	5	0	0	77	12	757
2019	Administrative Support	57	18	16	9	0	0	0	75	9	68
2019	Other occupational category	49	22	14	10	4	0	0	71	15	64
2018	Executive	23	35	14	13	14	0	0	58	27	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	33	8	13	7	0	0	72	20	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	34	9	7	6	0	0	78	13	761
2018	Administrative Support	55	29	7	5	2	0	2	85	7	56
2018	Other occupational category	55	28	9	2	4	2	0	84	6	50

Question 7. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	37	42	11	8	2	79	10	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	42	12	9	5	74	14	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	38	12	9	3	76	12	563
2020	Administrative Support	39	33	13	11	3	72	15	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	30	43	15	7	5	73	12	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	42	13	8	4	75	12	762
2019	Administrative Support	37	34	10	10	9	71	19	68
2019	Other occupational category	29	44	14	7	6	73	13	65
2018	Executive	45	35	12	3	5	81	8	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	40	12	8	9	71	17	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	43	12	10	4	75	14	763
2018	Administrative Support	30	46	16	5	4	75	9	57
2018	Other occupational category	32	42	15	5	6	74	11	50

Question 8. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	35	41	8	11	5	0	0	76	16	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	40	11	10	5	0	0	73	15	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	36	10	10	4	1	1	76	14	563
2020	Administrative Support	36	34	18	2	10	0	0	70	11	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	40	13	11	5	0	0	72	16	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	37	17	12	6	0	0	65	18	760
2019	Administrative Support	35	32	13	16	3	0	0	68	19	68
2019	Other occupational category	34	39	12	6	7	0	2	74	14	65
2018	Executive	25	29	17	12	16	1	0	55	28	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	37	14	11	12	0	0	63	23	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	32	17	11	10	0	0	62	21	764
2018	Administrative Support	32	46	12	7	4	0	0	77	11	57
2018	Other occupational category	45	34	9	3	7	2	0	81	10	49

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	41	36	9	8	6	0	77	14	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	45	10	14	6	0	70	20	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	40	11	10	3	0	76	13	560
2020	Administrative Support	38	41	13	5	3	0	79	8	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	42	11	16	9	0	64	25	366
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	40	13	15	7	0	66	21	757
2019	Administrative Support	35	38	7	12	7	0	74	19	68
2019	Other occupational category	24	42	16	13	3	2	67	17	65
2018	Executive	26	39	9	19	6	0	65	26	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	41	13	19	10	0	58	29	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	37	17	14	6	0	63	20	764
2018	Administrative Support	46	28	14	11	2	0	74	12	57
2018	Other occupational category	25	34	21	13	7	0	59	20	50

Question 10. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department's or agency's goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	63	27	2	6	2	0	90	8	86
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	40	7	8	2	0	83	10	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	38	7	4	2	0	87	6	560
2020	Administrative Support	46	38	11	3	2	0	84	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	41	8	8	4	1	80	12	368
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	37	42	13	5	3	0	80	8	757
2019	Administrative Support	43	29	15	9	3	1	73	12	68
2019	Other occupational category	42	39	14	3	3	0	81	5	65
2018	Executive	55	31	8	3	4	0	86	6	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	42	7	7	3	0	83	10	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	39	11	5	2	0	82	7	761
2018	Administrative Support	43	43	9	5	0	0	86	5	58
2018	Other occupational category	48	39	2	11	0	0	87	11	49

Question 11. Overall, I feel valued at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	32	8	11	5	0	76	16	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	38	14	9	5	0	72	14	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	37	11	8	5	0	76	13	562
2020	Administrative Support	31	36	16	8	8	0	67	16	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	40	10	12	5	0	73	17	367
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	41	16	8	6	0	70	14	758
2019	Administrative Support	37	26	13	15	6	3	65	21	68
2019	Other occupational category	34	42	9	8	6	0	76	15	65
2018	Executive	34	38	9	8	12	0	71	19	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	40	12	11	11	0	66	22	417
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	37	15	10	7	0	68	17	760
2018	Administrative Support	26	41	17	12	3	0	67	16	58
2018	Other occupational category	39	40	7	6	7	0	79	13	49

Question 12. I am proud of the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	62	29	5	3	0	1	92	3	87
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	36	13	6	2	0	79	8	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	32	11	4	1	0	84	5	562
2020	Administrative Support	45	37	15	2	2	0	82	3	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	41	12	6	3	0	79	9	366
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	38	10	4	2	0	83	6	760
2019	Administrative Support	53	28	10	6	3	0	81	9	68
2019	Other occupational category	39	35	22	1	3	0	74	4	64
2018	Executive	56	36	5	0	3	0	92	3	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	40	9	7	4	0	80	11	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	37	10	5	1	0	83	6	754
2018	Administrative Support	53	23	21	4	0	0	75	4	57
2018	Other occupational category	37	35	18	11	0	0	72	11	49

Question 13. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	53	36	1	5	5	0	0	90	9	86
2020	Scientific and Professional	29	45	9	12	5	0	0	75	17	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	40	12	9	4	0	0	76	12	558
2020	Administrative Support	21	39	21	10	5	2	2	63	15	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	30	39	15	10	6	1	0	70	15	368
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	41	13	12	7	0	0	69	18	759
2019	Administrative Support	29	28	22	15	4	1	0	58	19	68
2019	Other occupational category	34	36	15	15	0	0	0	70	15	65
2018	Executive	44	32	8	8	8	0	0	77	16	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	45	10	12	11	0	0	66	23	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	15	12	8	0	0	66	19	756
2018	Administrative Support	19	41	24	9	5	0	2	61	14	58
2018	Other occupational category	28	45	5	11	7	0	4	76	18	49

Question 14. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	43	6	3	3	0	88	7	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	41	14	8	3	0	75	11	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	34	13	7	3	0	77	10	562
2020	Administrative Support	36	34	16	8	3	2	72	12	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	29	38	16	11	6	0	67	17	368
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	37	15	9	6	0	70	15	760
2019	Administrative Support	35	26	19	9	9	1	63	18	68
2019	Other occupational category	34	33	20	6	5	2	69	11	65
2018	Executive	43	26	12	8	11	0	70	18	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	41	12	11	11	0	67	21	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	15	11	6	0	67	17	755
2018	Administrative Support	34	40	14	9	3	0	74	12	58
2018	Other occupational category	36	36	13	14	1	0	72	15	47

Question 15. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	31	42	9	14	3	0	1	74	17	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	43	13	12	5	1	1	69	17	513
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	36	9	11	3	1	0	78	13	554
2020	Administrative Support	32	43	12	7	5	0	2	76	12	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	41	16	11	6	1	2	66	17	363
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	43	13	13	5	0	0	69	18	745
2019	Administrative Support	46	25	13	10	3	1	0	73	14	67
2019	Other occupational category	37	39	15	5	4	0	0	76	9	65
2018	Executive	29	32	12	14	11	0	3	62	26	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	36	13	14	11	1	1	61	25	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	36	15	13	6	0	0	66	19	757
2018	Administrative Support	38	33	16	9	5	0	0	71	14	58
2018	Other occupational category	39	36	8	9	5	2	0	78	15	46

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	37	45	8	7	3	82	10	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	41	11	8	4	77	12	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	36	11	6	2	81	8	560
2020	Administrative Support	45	40	10	3	2	85	5	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	42	13	8	4	75	12	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	40	12	5	3	79	8	761
2019	Administrative Support	46	29	14	7	3	75	10	69
2019	Other occupational category	40	39	11	7	3	79	10	65
2018	Executive	43	32	11	11	4	75	14	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	40	13	9	6	72	15	417
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	44	12	7	2	79	9	760
2018	Administrative Support	45	31	17	3	3	76	7	58
2018	Other occupational category	33	49	7	7	4	82	11	48

Question 17. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	21	20	25	28	1	0	26	53	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	35	21	11	6	0	0	62	17	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	30	18	13	8	0	0	61	21	557
2020	Administrative Support	36	41	18	3	2	0	0	77	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	36	18	8	5	1	0	69	13	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	33	17	10	6	0	0	66	17	756
2019	Administrative Support	59	25	12	1	1	0	1	85	3	69
2019	Other occupational category	64	28	6	1	1	0	0	92	2	65
2018	Executive	9	13	31	21	26	0	0	22	47	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	33	19	11	7	0	0	63	18	417
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	31	20	8	8	0	1	64	16	766
2018	Administrative Support	52	30	11	0	4	0	4	85	4	56
2018	Other occupational category	65	25	8	0	0	2	0	92	0	50

Question 18a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	18	22	42	13	3	0	1	17	41	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	11	22	39	21	6	0	0	27	34	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	24	39	21	7	1	0	29	32	563
2020	Administrative Support	5	22	40	15	13	5	0	30	28	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	33	32	17	4	0	0	21	47	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	30	33	15	5	1	1	20	47	756
2019	Administrative Support	4	25	22	31	15	1	1	47	30	68
2019	Other occupational category	2	14	37	25	17	2	5	44	16	65
2018	Executive	18	29	27	19	6	0	0	26	47	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	31	35	15	5	0	0	20	45	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	31	32	14	3	1	1	18	50	762
2018	Administrative Support	7	24	33	14	21	0	2	35	32	58
2018	Other occupational category	11	21	29	21	15	0	2	37	33	49

Question 18b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	7	18	42	26	7	0	1	33	25	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	14	30	34	11	2	1	47	22	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	18	26	28	16	3	1	45	28	559
2020	Administrative Support	5	16	14	31	28	5	2	63	22	58
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	26	31	18	7	0	1	25	43	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	28	26	17	7	2	1	24	49	757
2019	Administrative Support	9	18	25	29	13	3	3	45	28	68
2019	Other occupational category	9	15	19	24	21	5	8	51	27	65
2018	Executive	21	21	37	14	5	0	1	20	43	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	27	29	16	6	1	1	23	48	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	30	28	13	5	2	1	19	52	761
2018	Administrative Support	11	21	18	18	23	11	0	45	35	57
2018	Other occupational category	9	22	26	25	15	2	2	41	32	50

Question 18c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	15	29	36	15	4	0	1	19	44	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	16	28	32	17	6	2	0	23	45	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	23	36	17	6	2	1	23	40	559
2020	Administrative Support	5	20	24	20	22	7	2	46	28	59
2019	Scientific and Professional	28	28	27	12	4	1	1	16	57	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	29	26	12	4	2	2	17	56	758
2019	Administrative Support	6	25	26	18	16	3	6	37	34	68
2019	Other occupational category	14	28	28	9	9	3	9	21	48	65
2018	Executive	21	32	30	10	6	0	0	17	53	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	29	29	10	3	0	0	13	58	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	30	10	4	1	1	14	56	762
2018	Administrative Support	14	24	21	19	9	10	3	32	44	58
2018	Other occupational category	13	30	24	15	15	2	2	30	45	50

Question 18d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	36	25	9	1	0	1	10	65	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	25	36	20	7	0	0	27	37	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	19	35	24	8	1	1	32	33	559
2020	Administrative Support	7	15	23	34	21	0	0	56	21	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	20	33	24	8	1	0	32	35	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	23	33	19	8	1	2	28	39	758
2019	Administrative Support	6	12	16	32	29	1	3	65	18	68
2019	Other occupational category	2	6	19	32	30	3	8	70	8	64
2018	Executive	23	40	21	12	4	0	0	16	64	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	25	33	19	6	0	1	25	42	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	25	33	20	4	1	1	24	42	759
2018	Administrative Support	7	5	28	26	28	2	5	57	13	58
2018	Other occupational category	4	7	18	37	30	2	2	70	12	49

Question 18e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	24	28	30	12	3	0	2	16	53	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	18	24	26	23	7	2	1	31	43	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	23	28	20	10	1	1	32	40	559
2020	Administrative Support	7	11	16	28	33	3	2	64	19	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	25	29	16	8	2	1	25	45	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	26	22	17	7	1	2	25	52	761
2019	Administrative Support	7	10	18	27	27	6	4	60	20	67
2019	Other occupational category	7	11	18	33	24	0	6	61	19	65
2018	Executive	35	29	23	8	5	0	0	13	64	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	27	27	12	6	1	2	19	53	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	24	26	16	5	1	2	22	52	762
2018	Administrative Support	11	11	30	23	23	0	4	47	22	57
2018	Other occupational category	7	13	17	29	23	4	6	58	22	50

Question 18f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	7	17	36	33	6	0	1	39	24	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	8	18	30	31	9	3	1	42	26	512
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	27	23	16	3	2	40	32	559
2020	Administrative Support	8	13	23	23	28	5	0	53	22	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	22	31	21	7	2	2	29	39	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	23	27	19	8	2	2	29	44	759
2019	Administrative Support	9	12	24	26	18	6	5	49	24	66
2019	Other occupational category	2	15	17	15	32	6	14	58	20	65
2018	Executive	13	21	37	24	5	0	0	29	34	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	24	31	19	7	1	1	26	43	411
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	25	29	16	5	2	2	22	48	755
2018	Administrative Support	10	22	22	22	12	5	5	38	37	58
2018	Other occupational category	3	22	15	19	23	15	4	51	31	50

Question 18g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	17	35	33	9	3	1	1	13	54	86
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	27	33	15	6	2	1	21	45	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	20	36	16	9	3	0	26	37	562
2020	Administrative Support	5	18	31	15	30	2	0	45	23	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	28	29	30	10	2	2	1	12	58	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	26	31	13	6	2	1	19	48	761
2019	Administrative Support	9	18	25	16	22	6	4	43	30	68
2019	Other occupational category	9	26	21	19	14	1	9	37	40	65
2018	Executive	22	29	34	12	4	0	0	16	51	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	32	26	12	3	0	1	15	58	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	28	30	13	5	1	1	19	51	761
2018	Administrative Support	9	18	26	14	18	9	7	38	31	57
2018	Other occupational category	6	27	27	25	10	2	2	37	35	50

Question 18h. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreliable technology.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	12	22	44	18	2	0	1	20	35	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	26	39	18	5	0	0	23	37	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	26	35	22	9	0	0	30	35	564
2020	Administrative Support	2	32	27	15	23	2	0	39	34	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	26	31	15	6	0	1	22	46	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	21	30	19	9	1	1	28	40	761
2019	Administrative Support	13	19	25	18	24	0	1	42	33	68
2019	Other occupational category	15	21	30	14	14	1	5	30	38	65

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My Work Unit

Question 19. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	35	38	13	6	3	1	5	77	10	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	34	17	10	6	7	4	63	18	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	31	15	6	4	7	3	72	12	562
2020	Administrative Support	33	26	20	7	5	3	7	65	13	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	31	17	13	8	7	4	57	24	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	31	17	9	7	5	3	64	17	761
2019	Administrative Support	19	36	14	10	9	4	7	62	21	69
2019	Other occupational category	33	33	5	7	6	11	5	78	16	65
2018	Executive	33	39	11	5	9	1	1	74	15	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	30	15	14	12	6	3	54	29	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	35	18	10	8	5	4	61	20	761
2018	Administrative Support	14	43	9	7	4	13	11	74	14	56
2018	Other occupational category	27	24	13	10	5	19	2	64	19	50

Question 20. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	67	16	6	9	2	0	0	83	11	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	29	9	11	5	1	0	75	16	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	26	9	5	3	1	0	82	8	562
2020	Administrative Support	49	26	10	11	2	2	0	77	13	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	31	8	11	7	2	0	74	18	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	28	10	9	5	1	0	76	14	759
2019	Administrative Support	39	26	12	10	6	4	3	70	17	69
2019	Other occupational category	52	21	16	9	2	0	0	73	11	65
2018	Executive	62	21	8	0	9	0	0	83	9	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	29	11	12	12	1	0	64	25	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	10	11	6	1	0	73	17	757
2018	Administrative Support	46	30	9	11	4	2	0	77	14	57
2018	Other occupational category	47	33	3	8	5	4	0	83	14	50

Question 21. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	30	6	5	2	0	0	88	7	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	30	5	5	3	0	0	86	8	514
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	25	8	4	1	1	0	86	6	562
2020	Administrative Support	60	27	8	2	2	0	2	88	3	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	32	9	9	2	0	0	79	12	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	34	7	6	3	0	0	84	9	754
2019	Administrative Support	51	35	9	4	1	0	0	86	6	69
2019	Other occupational category	58	26	9	3	3	0	0	85	6	65
2018	Executive	54	32	7	4	4	0	0	86	8	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	33	8	11	6	0	0	75	17	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	38	9	7	3	0	0	82	9	756
2018	Administrative Support	59	26	5	9	0	2	0	86	9	58
2018	Other occupational category	74	17	5	2	0	2	0	93	2	49

Question 22. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	59	33	6	1	1	0	0	92	2	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	34	9	4	2	1	0	84	6	513
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	32	11	4	1	1	0	84	5	560
2020	Administrative Support	38	38	10	3	8	2	2	78	12	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	33	12	5	2	1	0	81	7	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	34	13	3	3	1	0	81	6	760
2019	Administrative Support	26	35	23	4	4	6	1	66	9	69
2019	Other occupational category	44	35	11	8	2	0	0	80	9	65
2018	Executive	57	26	9	3	5	0	0	83	8	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	39	8	7	6	1	0	79	12	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	43	12	5	3	1	0	80	8	758
2018	Administrative Support	35	33	25	4	0	2	2	71	4	57
2018	Other occupational category	51	29	6	7	6	0	0	81	13	50

Question 23. In my work unit, I would feel free to speak about racism in the workplace without fear of reprisal.

Racism refers to any individual action or institutional practice which treats people differently because of their colour or ethnicity.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	66	26	2	0	3	0	2	94	3	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	27	8	4	4	5	2	83	9	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	24	9	4	4	6	3	82	8	562
2020	Administrative Support	44	23	16	2	7	5	3	73	9	61

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My Immediate Supervisor

Question 24. My immediate supervisor encourages me to work collaboratively with others outside of my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	74	18	3	4	0	0	0	92	4	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	26	9	3	3	0	1	85	6	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	59	23	9	3	2	1	4	85	5	563
2020	Administrative Support	39	30	13	5	3	7	3	76	9	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	31	9	4	3	1	1	83	8	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	30	13	4	3	1	3	80	7	762
2019	Administrative Support	36	23	17	9	3	4	7	67	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	43	23	19	8	3	3	2	69	12	65

Question 25. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	47	28	11	8	6	0	0	75	13	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	36	9	10	4	1	1	76	15	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	24	10	7	5	1	1	78	11	564
2020	Administrative Support	46	31	13	3	3	2	2	80	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	31	11	11	6	1	0	71	18	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	32	13	7	5	1	1	74	13	761
2019	Administrative Support	41	22	17	12	9	0	0	62	20	69
2019	Other occupational category	40	35	8	8	6	3	0	78	14	65
2018	Executive	31	35	13	7	13	1	0	66	20	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	35	10	11	8	1	0	70	19	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	36	11	8	6	1	1	74	15	760
2018	Administrative Support	43	23	23	2	7	2	0	67	9	56
2018	Other occupational category	46	26	9	13	6	0	0	72	19	50

Question 26. I feel that my immediate supervisor supports my career goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	18	16	5	5	0	0	75	9	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	52	24	12	5	4	2	1	78	10	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	24	8	3	4	2	1	84	8	563
2020	Administrative Support	51	34	7	0	5	2	2	88	5	61

Question 27. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	51	29	6	8	7	0	0	80	15	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	30	9	8	5	1	0	78	13	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	27	8	5	4	0	0	83	9	563
2020	Administrative Support	53	28	10	2	5	2	0	83	7	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	32	11	8	5	1	0	76	14	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	31	12	8	5	0	1	76	12	760
2019	Administrative Support	51	20	9	10	7	3	0	73	18	69
2019	Other occupational category	37	39	13	3	5	3	0	79	8	63
2018	Executive	48	24	11	8	8	1	0	73	16	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	29	10	11	8	0	0	71	19	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	28	14	9	6	1	0	71	15	758
2018	Administrative Support	47	25	18	5	4	0	2	73	9	57
2018	Other occupational category	50	34	5	4	6	0	0	84	10	50

Question 28. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you requested flexible work hours, either formally or informally?

Flexible work hours mean that an employee is able to vary the start and end times of their workday.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	75	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	55	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	563
2020	Administrative Support	36	64	61

Question 29. During the COVID-19 pandemic, my immediate supervisor supported the use of flexible work hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	61	24	7	1	3	2	2	88	5	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	62	18	6	1	1	3	9	90	2	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	62	15	8	2	1	4	7	88	3	562
2020	Administrative Support	58	18	12	0	2	5	5	85	2	60

Question 30. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	54	24	10	7	6	0	0	78	12	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	27	8	8	3	0	1	81	11	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	59	24	8	4	3	1	0	84	8	562
2020	Administrative Support	62	21	7	10	0	0	0	84	10	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	30	7	8	6	1	0	78	14	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	49	31	10	6	4	1	0	80	9	761
2019	Administrative Support	55	19	14	7	4	0	0	74	12	69
2019	Other occupational category	40	34	8	13	5	0	0	74	18	65
2018	Executive	47	19	16	8	9	1	0	66	18	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	27	8	10	9	1	0	73	20	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	28	12	8	6	0	0	74	14	758
2018	Administrative Support	51	32	9	4	4	2	0	84	7	57
2018	Other occupational category	56	28	3	6	6	0	0	84	13	50

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Senior Management

Question 31. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	40	4	7	6	1	0	83	13	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	32	13	8	5	7	0	73	13	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	29	13	7	2	6	1	75	11	562
2020	Administrative Support	42	27	17	2	3	10	0	76	6	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	33	17	12	6	6	0	63	19	369
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	24	36	16	10	7	6	0	65	18	757
2019	Administrative Support	41	28	10	4	4	13	0	78	10	69
2019	Other occupational category	42	31	11	6	2	7	0	80	9	65
2018	Executive	30	29	16	14	12	0	0	58	26	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	33	15	12	8	8	0	61	22	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	32	22	11	7	4	0	58	19	765
2018	Administrative Support	33	28	16	5	3	12	3	71	10	58
2018	Other occupational category	53	22	5	10	2	8	0	81	14	50

Question 32. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	39	40	9	7	6	0	0	78	13	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	30	36	14	10	7	3	0	68	17	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	32	13	9	5	3	1	73	14	561
2020	Administrative Support	49	23	13	5	5	5	0	76	10	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	36	19	15	9	2	0	56	24	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	34	18	14	9	3	0	58	24	761
2019	Administrative Support	36	30	12	9	3	10	0	74	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	38	35	16	7	2	2	0	75	9	65
2018	Executive	27	30	13	17	13	0	0	57	30	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	32	18	18	11	3	0	51	30	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	30	22	15	10	2	0	52	26	764
2018	Administrative Support	32	33	21	5	4	4	2	69	9	57
2018	Other occupational category	44	32	7	4	6	6	0	82	11	50

Question 33. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	43	19	10	3	0	0	67	13	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	19	35	17	16	8	5	0	57	25	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	36	17	11	5	4	1	65	17	558
2020	Administrative Support	36	31	20	2	5	7	0	72	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	12	27	22	25	12	2	0	40	38	369
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	27	21	18	12	5	1	46	32	757
2019	Administrative Support	26	25	17	10	10	12	0	57	23	69
2019	Other occupational category	26	35	14	9	3	9	3	70	14	65
2018	Executive	16	36	16	16	17	0	0	51	33	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	27	22	24	14	4	0	37	40	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	27	25	20	11	4	0	43	31	762
2018	Administrative Support	23	26	26	5	4	14	2	58	10	57
2018	Other occupational category	38	33	7	10	4	8	0	77	16	50

Question 34. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	44	10	12	6	0	0	72	18	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	37	16	18	10	2	0	56	28	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	35	16	12	7	1	0	65	19	560
2020	Administrative Support	38	33	13	8	7	2	0	72	15	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	23	22	25	17	1	0	34	43	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	20	20	13	2	0	46	34	760
2019	Administrative Support	25	31	12	16	7	7	1	61	26	68
2019	Other occupational category	24	37	11	18	3	6	0	66	23	65
2018	Executive	18	27	17	19	18	0	0	45	38	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	21	19	31	16	2	0	32	48	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	28	21	22	14	1	0	42	37	765
2018	Administrative Support	19	35	16	9	11	9	2	61	22	57
2018	Other occupational category	25	28	9	27	6	4	0	56	35	50

Question 35. Senior managers in my department or agency use both official languages in their interactions with employees.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	52	28	12	3	2	2	0	82	6	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	26	17	6	5	5	3	69	12	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	24	14	3	3	4	3	79	6	563
2020	Administrative Support	57	25	5	7	2	3	2	86	9	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	26	12	9	6	8	3	70	17	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	25	15	6	3	6	2	74	10	764
2019	Administrative Support	49	20	6	4	1	16	3	86	7	69
2019	Other occupational category	58	17	6	5	3	10	2	84	8	65

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My Organization (Department or Agency)

Question 36. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	39	11	18	3	0	0	67	21	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	18	46	16	14	4	1	0	65	19	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	39	19	8	2	1	1	70	10	561
2020	Administrative Support	37	47	5	5	2	3	0	88	7	59
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	41	17	20	8	1	0	55	28	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	40	20	14	5	1	0	61	19	760
2019	Administrative Support	35	35	16	10	3	1	0	71	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	28	49	11	11	0	2	0	78	11	64
2018	Executive	18	36	16	17	13	0	0	55	30	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	43	18	18	8	0	0	56	26	417
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	41	19	13	6	1	0	62	19	761
2018	Administrative Support	24	43	22	7	2	2	0	68	9	58
2018	Other occupational category	33	45	7	13	0	2	0	80	13	49

Question 37. I feel that change is managed well in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	12	39	16	24	9	0	0	52	33	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	35	19	21	11	3	0	47	33	513
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	34	18	18	8	3	0	55	27	559
2020	Administrative Support	32	37	17	8	2	3	0	72	11	59
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	21	21	32	18	2	0	28	51	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	26	20	24	17	1	0	38	42	753
2019	Administrative Support	23	30	22	13	7	4	0	56	21	69
2019	Other occupational category	24	25	16	17	9	6	2	54	29	65

Question 38. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	38	10	3	4	1	1	82	8	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	18	41	16	14	6	3	1	62	21	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	33	14	8	5	2	1	72	13	562
2020	Administrative Support	37	38	7	5	7	3	3	80	13	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	31	19	18	8	2	1	53	28	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	40	14	11	6	2	1	68	18	758
2019	Administrative Support	33	30	10	9	9	6	3	70	19	69
2019	Other occupational category	20	23	22	17	9	6	3	47	29	65
2018	Executive	38	38	9	10	5	0	0	75	16	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	40	14	15	7	5	1	61	24	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	35	17	11	7	3	1	64	19	766
2018	Administrative Support	26	31	19	10	2	9	3	65	14	58
2018	Other occupational category	26	19	21	17	6	6	4	51	26	49

Question 39. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	43	11	13	2	1	0	74	15	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	40	21	10	3	2	0	65	14	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	34	20	7	3	4	0	69	10	562
2020	Administrative Support	38	41	13	2	3	3	0	81	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	33	30	12	8	3	0	49	20	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	36	21	12	6	3	0	59	19	756
2019	Administrative Support	39	32	13	9	4	3	0	73	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	28	41	21	3	5	2	0	70	8	65
2018	Executive	26	31	14	14	14	0	0	57	29	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	34	26	13	7	4	0	52	21	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	35	24	11	5	2	0	58	17	761
2018	Administrative Support	28	33	26	10	2	2	0	61	12	58
2018	Other occupational category	33	38	18	6	0	2	2	74	7	49

Question 40. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	27	21	15	16	8	4	9	56	27	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	15	21	19	15	11	15	3	45	32	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	18	20	12	10	13	3	50	27	561
2020	Administrative Support	25	31	11	5	10	11	7	68	18	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	15	21	18	14	16	3	35	39	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	24	23	13	13	11	2	43	31	760
2019	Administrative Support	26	18	21	7	10	15	3	54	21	68
2019	Other occupational category	25	20	15	18	6	12	3	53	29	65
2018	Executive	21	25	16	10	17	4	8	51	31	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	16	23	14	18	16	2	33	39	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	24	16	16	10	2	37	36	763
2018	Administrative Support	12	28	26	5	7	16	5	51	16	57
2018	Other occupational category	20	18	14	9	5	26	9	58	21	48

Question 41. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	27	42	13	12	4	1	0	69	17	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	37	18	15	7	2	0	60	22	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	32	18	11	6	4	0	63	18	559
2020	Administrative Support	38	25	13	15	7	3	0	64	22	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	34	18	20	10	3	0	50	31	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	34	19	14	8	3	0	58	23	756
2019	Administrative Support	38	26	10	9	14	3	0	66	24	69
2019	Other occupational category	36	32	14	8	3	6	2	74	12	64
2018	Executive	26	30	18	17	8	1	0	57	25	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	36	16	17	12	2	0	54	31	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	33	20	12	10	3	0	57	23	765
2018	Administrative Support	26	40	17	10	5	2	0	67	16	58
2018	Other occupational category	28	37	17	9	3	6	0	69	13	49

Question 42. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	31	37	8	11	9	0	3	71	21	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	34	14	12	12	3	1	60	26	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	31	14	12	12	3	2	60	25	561
2020	Administrative Support	21	25	16	11	16	5	5	51	31	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	33	13	18	14	2	1	54	33	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	31	16	13	15	3	0	54	29	761
2019	Administrative Support	19	26	16	10	19	7	1	50	32	68
2019	Other occupational category	27	25	17	9	6	7	9	63	17	65
2018	Executive	25	26	18	11	12	3	5	56	24	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	33	12	16	19	1	1	52	36	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	29	17	17	15	2	1	50	32	764
2018	Administrative Support	19	34	21	10	10	5	0	56	22	58
2018	Other occupational category	28	43	4	6	6	9	4	81	14	49

Question 43a. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Conflict between my work obligations and my family or personal obligations
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	48	27	13	3	6	0	2	77	9	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	25	15	8	5	0	3	71	13	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	21	15	6	3	1	3	75	9	562
2020	Administrative Support	64	18	15	2	2	0	0	82	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	26	14	6	5	0	2	74	11	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	53	22	13	5	2	2	4	79	7	760
2019	Administrative Support	59	25	7	1	4	0	3	86	6	68
2019	Other occupational category	40	35	11	2	3	2	6	82	6	65

Question 43b. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of access to learning opportunities
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	62	29	4	2	1	0	1	92	3	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	25	19	7	2	1	2	70	10	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	27	14	6	4	1	2	76	10	562
2020	Administrative Support	52	21	18	2	3	3	0	76	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	46	23	15	6	4	2	3	73	11	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	25	16	5	5	2	3	73	11	756
2019	Administrative Support	43	23	14	4	4	6	4	74	10	69
2019	Other occupational category	48	28	12	3	1	2	6	82	5	65

Question 43c. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Discrimination
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	80	8	6	5	1	0	1	89	6	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	77	8	4	2	2	4	3	91	4	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	74	9	4	3	2	4	3	91	5	559
2020	Administrative Support	82	11	5	0	0	2	0	95	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	75	10	4	3	2	3	3	90	5	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	68	12	5	2	4	6	4	88	7	758
2019	Administrative Support	65	10	6	0	6	12	1	87	7	69
2019	Other occupational category	63	19	6	3	0	3	6	90	3	65

Question 43d. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	86	6	1	0	0	0	7	99	0	87
2020	Scientific and Professional	75	10	3	2	2	2	7	92	4	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	73	10	6	1	2	3	5	90	4	559
2020	Administrative Support	77	13	2	0	2	3	3	96	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	78	6	3	1	1	2	8	93	3	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	73	8	3	2	2	4	9	92	4	759
2019	Administrative Support	69	10	3	0	6	4	7	90	7	68
2019	Other occupational category	65	9	6	3	2	2	14	87	6	65

Question 44. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	47	4	2	4	0	0	89	7	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	18	49	15	11	3	3	0	69	15	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	41	20	6	3	4	0	69	10	563
2020	Administrative Support	23	28	21	5	7	15	2	61	14	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	43	18	17	4	3	0	60	21	369
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	42	20	10	6	5	1	62	17	758
2019	Administrative Support	23	36	16	9	4	10	1	67	15	69
2019	Other occupational category	19	37	24	9	6	5	0	58	16	65
2018	Executive	31	38	19	6	5	0	0	69	12	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	40	21	14	8	3	0	55	23	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	38	24	13	5	4	1	56	19	764
2018	Administrative Support	19	33	28	10	5	5	0	55	16	58
2018	Other occupational category	17	39	19	13	3	6	2	61	18	49

Question 45. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas, abilities).
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	48	39	7	3	3	0	0	86	7	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	26	45	13	10	4	2	0	73	14	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	39	11	6	3	2	0	79	10	558
2020	Administrative Support	43	25	20	3	0	7	2	75	4	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	47	14	9	5	2	0	71	15	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	40	15	9	3	2	0	72	12	758
2019	Administrative Support	57	16	16	4	3	3	1	76	8	69
2019	Other occupational category	35	43	13	4	3	2	0	80	7	65
2018	Executive	37	43	7	8	5	0	0	80	13	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	45	13	8	5	2	0	74	13	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	41	14	5	3	1	0	78	8	761
2018	Administrative Support	43	41	9	3	0	3	0	88	4	58
2018	Other occupational category	55	36	3	4	0	2	0	93	4	50

Question 46. My department or agency implements activities and practices that support a diverse workplace.

A diverse workplace includes everyone, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, religion, age, language, culture, background, interests, views or other dimensions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	45	35	10	7	2	1	0	81	9	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	30	39	13	8	3	6	0	75	12	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	36	13	4	2	4	1	80	7	561
2020	Administrative Support	49	20	16	3	2	8	2	76	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	46	13	7	4	5	0	74	12	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	37	14	7	2	3	0	76	9	759
2019	Administrative Support	59	22	12	1	1	4	0	85	3	69
2019	Other occupational category	37	42	9	3	6	2	2	81	9	65
2018	Executive	34	47	8	5	5	0	0	82	11	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	43	13	7	4	5	0	75	11	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	38	14	6	2	3	0	77	8	761
2018	Administrative Support	44	39	5	5	0	7	0	89	6	57
2018	Other occupational category	44	34	5	6	0	8	2	88	7	50

Question 47. My department or agency implements initiatives that promote anti-racism in the workplace.
Anti-racism may be promoted by providing access to anti-racism training, and promoting awareness of resources and self-directed learning on anti-racism.

Anti-racism is an active and consistent process of change to eliminate individual, institutional and systemic racism.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	38	13	3	3	0	0	80	7	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	39	16	7	4	7	0	71	11	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	33	15	5	3	7	1	75	8	561
2020	Administrative Support	46	25	15	3	7	3	2	74	10	61

Question 48. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns about issues related to racism in the workplace with a person of authority (e.g., immediate supervisor, senior manager, ombudsman, human resources advisor).

Racism refers to any individual action or institutional practice which treats people differently because of their colour or ethnicity.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	56	31	3	3	2	2	1	91	6	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	34	11	6	5	4	1	77	11	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	32	11	5	4	4	1	78	10	562
2020	Administrative Support	41	33	11	3	5	3	3	79	9	61

Question 49. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	45	43	3	6	3	0	88	9	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	46	37	9	5	2	0	84	8	514
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	54	32	8	5	1	1	86	6	560
2020	Administrative Support	62	28	7	2	0	2	92	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	37	42	12	6	3	1	79	9	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	39	11	4	3	1	82	7	760
2019	Administrative Support	61	25	9	1	4	0	86	6	69
2019	Other occupational category	55	31	9	3	2	0	86	5	65
2018	Executive	41	33	9	8	9	0	74	17	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	39	12	9	3	0	75	12	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	41	11	4	3	1	82	7	761
2018	Administrative Support	56	32	11	2	0	0	88	2	57
2018	Other occupational category	63	31	3	2	0	0	95	2	50

Question 50. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	31	26	21	13	8	0	0	57	21	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	35	18	12	6	1	0	63	19	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	32	17	9	5	0	1	69	15	562
2020	Administrative Support	51	28	15	2	2	3	0	81	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	35	22	14	9	1	0	55	23	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	31	22	11	9	1	0	58	20	758
2019	Administrative Support	51	22	15	3	9	0	0	74	12	68
2019	Other occupational category	42	33	16	4	5	0	0	75	9	65
2018	Executive	32	24	14	17	13	0	0	55	30	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	33	21	14	11	2	0	54	25	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	31	23	12	7	1	0	58	19	762
2018	Administrative Support	45	25	20	9	0	2	0	71	9	56
2018	Other occupational category	45	34	6	9	3	2	0	81	12	49

Question 51. I am satisfied with my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	31	34	17	10	8	0	65	18	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	38	17	12	6	0	65	18	514
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	36	15	9	4	1	72	13	558
2020	Administrative Support	50	32	17	0	2	0	82	2	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	42	17	15	6	1	61	22	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	35	20	11	8	1	61	19	757
2019	Administrative Support	50	22	12	7	9	0	72	16	68
2019	Other occupational category	40	33	14	10	3	0	73	13	65
2018	Executive	28	29	14	14	14	0	57	29	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	38	18	16	9	0	56	25	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	35	21	12	6	1	62	18	761
2018	Administrative Support	54	18	21	5	0	2	73	5	57
2018	Other occupational category	38	38	13	9	2	0	76	11	50

Question 52. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	29	25	21	10	11	2	1	56	22	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	28	23	21	15	9	4	0	54	25	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	25	17	13	7	3	1	62	20	561
2020	Administrative Support	33	31	21	5	7	2	2	66	12	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	30	21	17	11	3	0	50	29	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	24	22	13	10	4	0	53	24	762
2019	Administrative Support	41	17	19	9	13	1	0	59	22	69
2019	Other occupational category	22	27	25	10	12	4	0	51	23	64
2018	Executive	28	12	26	16	18	0	0	39	34	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	22	22	17	14	4	0	44	32	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	28	22	11	9	3	1	56	21	761
2018	Administrative Support	36	23	11	16	7	7	0	63	25	56
2018	Other occupational category	24	21	19	17	11	8	0	49	30	50

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Mobility and Retention

Question 53. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	26	28	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	27	40	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	32	35	564
2020	Administrative Support	39	31	30	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	22	40	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	27	39	760
2019	Administrative Support	36	26	38	69
2019	Other occupational category	66	11	23	65
2018	Executive	64	23	13	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	24	34	417
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	27	33	767
2018	Administrative Support	33	30	37	57
2018	Other occupational category	52	16	32	50

Question 54. Please indicate your reason for leaving.
Survey year	Demographic	To retire (%)	To pursue another position within my department or agency (%)	To pursue a position in another department or agency (%)	To pursue a position outside the federal public service (%)	End of my term, casual or student employment (%)	Other (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	20	15	56	2	0	7	41
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	31	44	6	2	11	177
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	17	30	38	3	1	11	190
2020	Administrative Support	13	25	38	4	8	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	5	24	52	7	4	7	140
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	28	46	4	3	9	259
2019	Other occupational category	2	0	14	7	76	2	43
2018	Executive	12	29	53	2	0	4	49
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	26	48	8	3	9	175
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	34	38	3	2	11	300
2018	Other occupational category	0	8	16	8	64	4	25

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Harassment

Harassment is normally a series of incidents, but it can be one severe incident that has a lasting impact on the individual. Harassment is any improper conduct by an individual that is directed at and offensive to another individual in the workplace, including at any event or any location related to work, and that the individual knew or ought reasonably to have known would cause offence or harm. It comprises objectionable act(s), comment(s) or display(s) that demean, belittle, or cause personal humiliation or embarrassment, and any act of intimidation or threat. It also includes harassment within the meaning of the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test), disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered).

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	11	89	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	11	89	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	562
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	86	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	759
2019	Administrative Support	12	88	68
2019	Other occupational category	13	87	65
2018	Executive	25	75	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	83	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	763
2018	Administrative Support	14	86	57

Question 56a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	50	10
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	62	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	59	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	114
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	48	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	55	128

Question 56b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	50	10
2020	Scientific and Professional	67	33	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	72	28	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	70	30	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	37	114
2018	Scientific and Professional	64	36	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	58	42	128

Question 56c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	91	55
2019	Scientific and Professional	12	88	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	114
2018	Executive	28	72	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	87	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	128

Question 56d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	100	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	100	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	114
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	128

Question 56e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	91	55
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	89	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	114
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	93	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	128

Question 56f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	13	87	55
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	114
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	90	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	128

Question 56g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	114

Question 57a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	62	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	57	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	113
2018	Executive	47	53	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	50	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	128

Question 57b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	56	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	48	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	113
2018	Executive	42	58	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	46	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	128

Question 57c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	55	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	53	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	48	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	56	113
2018	Executive	47	53	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	66	34	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	47	128

Question 57d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	56	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	52	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	113
2018	Executive	58	42	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	64	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	128

Question 57e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work or withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	68	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	51	49	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	73	113
2018	Executive	42	58	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	128

Question 57f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	42	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	43	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	46	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	67	33	113
2018	Executive	42	58	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	60	40	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	59	41	128

Question 57g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	55	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	61	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	113
2018	Executive	37	63	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	65	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	128

Question 57h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	100	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	60
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	128

Question 57i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	113
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	128

Question 57j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	11	89	55
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	113
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	85	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	128

Question 57k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	46	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	55	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	61	113
2018	Executive	53	47	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	46	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	128

Question 57l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling or shouting
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	16	84	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	75	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	73	113
2018	Executive	32	68	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	74	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	71	128

Question 57m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	14	86	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	91	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	113
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	89	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	128

Question 58a. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	47	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	49	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	50	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	59	41	113
2018	Executive	63	37	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	64	36	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	60	40	128

Question 58b. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	63	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	69	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	113
2018	Executive	37	63	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	71	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	128

Question 58c. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	83	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	85	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	113
2018	Executive	47	53	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	90	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	128

Question 58d. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2020	Scientific and Professional	11	89	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	81	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	113
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	87	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	128

Question 58e. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	60
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	113
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	90	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	128

Question 58f. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	60
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	113

Question 58g. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	19	81	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	77	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	113
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	82	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	128

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	18	82	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	85	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	113
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	86	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	128

Question 58i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	75	55
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	76	52
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	73	113
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	77	72
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	73	128

Question 59a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	107
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	124

Question 59b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	107
2018	Executive	0	100	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	81	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	124

Question 59c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	107
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	124

Question 59d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	107
2018	Executive	0	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	124

Question 59e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	107
2018	Executive	0	100	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	93	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	124

Question 59f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	107
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	88	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	124

Question 59g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	107
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	84	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	124

Question 59h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	107
2018	Executive	0	100	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	79	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	124

Question 59i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	107
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	86	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	124

Question 59j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	107
2018	Executive	50	50	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	55	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	124

Question 59k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	107
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	81	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	124

Question 59l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	50	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	49	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	107
2018	Executive	67	33	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	49	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	124

Question 59m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	100	18

Question 59n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	50	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	107
2018	Executive	67	33	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	66	34	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	61	39	124

Question 59o. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I intend to file a grievance or a formal complaint but I have not done so yet.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	10
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	53
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	93	70

Question 59p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	53
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	107
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	86	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	124

Question 60. I am satisfied with how matters related to harassment are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	24	25	13	16	4	15	3	59	25	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	13	18	10	6	38	6	40	29	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	18	19	6	6	27	5	54	18	563
2020	Administrative Support	26	15	13	3	3	28	11	68	11	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	10	23	10	10	32	6	30	33	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	19	21	8	9	24	6	46	24	764
2019	Administrative Support	23	7	12	4	6	29	19	58	19	69
2019	Other occupational category	20	18	11	5	5	27	14	65	16	65
2018	Executive	16	24	21	17	13	9	0	43	33	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	13	19	12	12	30	6	32	38	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	24	10	9	22	5	41	26	765
2018	Administrative Support	19	10	17	7	2	36	9	53	16	58
2018	Other occupational category	11	19	7	2	3	48	10	72	12	50

Question 61. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	35	36	16	8	4	1	0	72	13	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	29	19	9	5	15	1	60	17	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	27	20	8	4	12	1	63	13	562
2020	Administrative Support	46	26	16	0	3	8	0	79	4	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	25	24	12	9	14	0	49	24	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	30	19	8	6	12	2	61	16	760
2019	Administrative Support	43	21	13	4	6	12	1	73	12	68
2019	Other occupational category	34	31	9	5	3	11	6	79	9	65
2018	Executive	31	29	19	8	12	1	0	61	20	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	26	19	15	10	15	1	48	29	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	32	22	10	7	8	1	57	18	763
2018	Administrative Support	41	29	14	2	3	10	0	79	6	58
2018	Other occupational category	24	29	15	1	0	27	4	77	1	50

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Discrimination

Discrimination means treating someone differently or unfairly because of a personal characteristic or distinction,which, whether intentional or not, has an effect that imposes disadvantages not imposed on others or that withholds or limits access that is given to others. There are 13 prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test), disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered).

Question 62. Having carefully read the definition of discrimination, have you been the victim of discrimination on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	7	93	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	8	92	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	564
2020	Other occupational category	0	100	25
2019	Executive	10	90	52
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	91	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	762
2019	Administrative Support	10	90	68
2018	Executive	9	91	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	90	416
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	763

Question 63a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	66	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	61	37
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	59	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	69	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	58

Question 63b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	78	22	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	70	30	37
2019	Scientific and Professional	72	28	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	76	24	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	86	14	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	83	17	58

Question 63c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	37
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	86	42

Question 63d. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	37
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	32

Question 63f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	14	86	41
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	88	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	58

Question 63g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	60

Question 64a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	68	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	56	36
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	84	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	64	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	58

Question 64b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	83	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	36
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	74	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	71	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	58

Question 64c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	88	41
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	88	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	58

Question 64e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	24	76	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	36
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	68	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	69	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	58

Question 64f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	56	41
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	69	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	69	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	58

Question 64g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	32

Question 64h. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Gender identity or expression (including gender diverse identities or expressions such as transgender, two-spirit, or non-binary)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	41
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	59

Question 64i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	88	41
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	85	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	88	42

Question 64j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	24	76	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	36
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	82	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	81	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	58

Question 64k. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test)
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	36
2019	Scientific and Professional	100	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	42

Question 64l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	78	41
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	59
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	58

Question 64m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	36
2019	Scientific and Professional	100	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	42

Question 64n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	15	85	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	36
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	86	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	58

Question 65a. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	51	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	37
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	64	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	60	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	73	58

Question 65b. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	24	76	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	37
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	81	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	58

Question 65d. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	83	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	37
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	58
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	58

Question 65e. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	58

Question 65f. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	32

Question 65g. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	58
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	58

Question 65h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	58
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	58

Question 65i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	41	59	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	63	37
2019	Scientific and Professional	46	54	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	56	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	59	42
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	58

Question 66b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	80	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	83	40
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	53

Question 66c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	30

Question 66d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	40

Question 66f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	53

Question 66g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	53

Question 66h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	74	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	85	40
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	53

Question 66i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	83	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	82	40
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	53

Question 66j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	40	60	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	57	40
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	53

Question 66k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	53

Question 66l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	43	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	43	40
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	55	53

Question 66m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	40

Question 66n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	66	34	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	40
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	46	53

Question 66p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	53

Question 67. I am satisfied with how matters related to discrimination are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	31	11	6	2	21	3	75	10	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	15	19	6	4	41	6	45	19	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	19	19	4	3	31	4	61	10	561
2020	Administrative Support	28	13	13	3	3	31	8	68	11	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	11	25	5	6	36	8	34	21	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	17	25	5	4	29	6	48	13	760
2019	Administrative Support	26	6	12	3	4	35	14	63	14	69
2019	Other occupational category	26	15	9	5	3	28	13	71	13	65
2018	Executive	17	24	18	14	7	17	3	51	26	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	13	22	5	8	40	5	37	23	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	17	29	4	5	26	6	44	13	765
2018	Administrative Support	21	16	14	0	5	34	10	66	9	58
2018	Other occupational category	13	13	9	2	2	54	6	67	11	50

Question 68. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	38	14	5	5	3	0	76	9	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	21	31	20	8	4	14	1	62	14	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	29	19	4	2	13	1	70	8	560
2020	Administrative Support	46	26	15	0	2	11	0	81	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	27	25	7	5	17	1	54	15	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	22	4	4	16	2	64	10	759
2019	Administrative Support	45	16	10	4	4	16	4	76	11	69
2019	Other occupational category	40	26	8	6	2	12	6	81	10	65
2018	Executive	28	39	16	8	8	1	0	68	16	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	29	20	8	8	20	1	54	20	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	30	24	5	5	13	2	60	12	762
2018	Administrative Support	35	35	12	0	4	14	0	82	4	57
2018	Other occupational category	26	22	15	2	0	31	4	73	3	50

Of those who indicated that they were a victim of race-based discrimination:

Question 69. I am satisfied with how concerns or complaints about racism in the workplace are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	7	0	20	0	33	40	0	11	56	15

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Stress and Well-Being

Question 70a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Risk of exposure to COVID-19
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	31	18	5	5	0	73	9	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	39	27	17	8	7	2	67	15	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	27	18	7	11	1	63	19	563
2020	Administrative Support	26	21	30	11	11	0	48	23	61

Question 70b. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Pay or other compensation-related issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	40	36	15	7	2	0	0	76	9	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	30	31	23	8	8	0	0	61	16	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	28	21	10	6	0	1	63	16	563
2020	Administrative Support	28	33	21	5	13	0	0	61	18	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	26	22	14	16	0	0	48	30	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	27	22	15	16	0	1	46	32	763
2019	Administrative Support	32	20	14	13	16	0	4	55	30	69
2019	Other occupational category	19	20	30	18	14	0	0	38	32	65
2018	Executive	25	27	18	17	9	0	4	54	27	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	24	25	17	21	0	0	37	38	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	23	22	17	18	0	3	41	36	761
2018	Administrative Support	31	31	12	12	10	3	0	64	23	58
2018	Other occupational category	17	33	26	13	11	0	0	50	24	49

Question 70c. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Heavy workload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	3	12	22	30	31	0	16	62	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	25	27	21	16	0	37	37	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	21	26	15	17	0	41	33	561
2020	Administrative Support	26	30	15	15	15	0	56	30	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	27	28	15	11	1	46	27	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	27	24	18	13	0	45	31	758
2019	Administrative Support	43	25	17	6	7	1	69	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	34	34	23	4	3	2	70	7	65
2018	Executive	7	13	24	29	28	0	20	57	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	22	33	18	15	0	33	34	411
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	24	30	16	15	1	38	31	764
2018	Administrative Support	39	25	21	4	12	0	63	16	57
2018	Other occupational category	36	21	37	4	2	0	57	6	49

Question 70d. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Unreasonable deadlines
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	6	15	26	29	25	0	0	20	54	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	16	28	27	16	13	0	0	44	29	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	29	22	14	13	0	0	51	27	561
2020	Administrative Support	38	23	15	12	8	0	3	64	21	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	31	24	16	10	0	0	50	26	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	28	26	14	12	1	1	47	26	757
2019	Administrative Support	56	18	13	4	3	3	3	78	8	68
2019	Other occupational category	48	29	13	9	0	0	2	78	9	63
2018	Executive	11	21	18	26	24	0	0	32	50	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	27	27	17	13	0	1	43	30	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	27	26	17	12	0	1	44	30	761
2018	Administrative Support	42	25	12	9	4	4	5	73	13	57
2018	Other occupational category	50	26	9	13	0	2	0	78	14	49

Question 70e. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Not enough employees to do the work
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	3	18	29	22	27	0	0	21	49	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	21	25	19	17	1	0	39	36	512
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	21	26	14	17	1	1	43	31	559
2020	Administrative Support	25	39	13	8	11	2	2	66	20	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	21	31	18	15	0	0	36	33	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	21	20	19	22	1	1	38	42	760
2019	Administrative Support	38	22	13	16	9	3	0	61	25	69
2019	Other occupational category	38	22	18	10	6	3	3	64	16	64
2018	Executive	6	16	26	23	29	0	0	22	52	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	19	27	20	20	1	1	32	41	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	19	24	20	20	0	2	34	41	759
2018	Administrative Support	35	23	11	5	23	2	2	60	29	57
2018	Other occupational category	47	19	16	9	7	0	2	67	17	49

Question 70f. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Overtime or long work hours
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	10	22	20	24	24	0	0	33	47	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	28	19	10	7	0	1	63	17	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	21	16	9	10	1	3	65	19	561
2020	Administrative Support	59	10	13	7	8	0	3	71	15	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	29	15	8	6	0	1	71	14	369
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	22	17	5	7	1	4	69	13	759
2019	Administrative Support	71	13	3	1	3	3	6	92	5	69
2019	Other occupational category	65	20	5	4	1	0	5	89	6	65
2018	Executive	12	22	19	25	22	0	0	34	47	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	28	17	10	8	0	4	63	19	410
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	25	14	8	6	0	5	70	15	759
2018	Administrative Support	61	21	4	2	2	0	11	92	4	57
2018	Other occupational category	74	11	9	4	0	0	2	87	4	49

Question 70g. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and personal life
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	6	26	24	24	20	0	0	32	44	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	19	25	23	20	13	0	0	44	32	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	26	19	14	11	0	0	56	25	562
2020	Administrative Support	44	21	20	7	8	0	0	66	15	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	27	22	15	9	0	0	54	24	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	30	27	23	10	8	0	1	58	18	761
2019	Administrative Support	54	20	10	7	6	3	0	76	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	32	33	18	9	6	0	2	67	15	64
2018	Executive	13	24	25	13	25	0	0	37	38	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	27	22	15	14	0	1	48	29	411
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	25	23	11	11	0	1	54	22	763
2018	Administrative Support	53	16	18	5	7	0	2	70	13	57
2018	Other occupational category	44	25	17	12	2	0	0	69	14	48

Question 70h. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and caregiving responsibilities (e.g., children, elderly, family member(s)) during the COVID-19 pandemic
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	22	38	14	14	11	0	2	60	26	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	30	23	16	10	14	0	7	57	26	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	25	17	10	8	0	6	63	19	563
2020	Administrative Support	46	16	20	8	5	2	3	66	14	61

Question 70i. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of control or input in decision-making
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	26	51	10	11	2	0	0	76	13	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	24	36	24	11	5	0	0	60	16	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	33	18	9	4	1	1	70	12	562
2020	Administrative Support	36	36	16	3	3	3	2	76	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	38	23	12	7	0	0	57	19	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	24	32	22	13	6	2	1	58	19	760
2019	Administrative Support	41	22	24	7	1	1	3	66	9	68
2019	Other occupational category	39	36	11	11	2	0	2	76	13	64
2018	Executive	24	26	33	9	8	0	0	50	17	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	32	27	15	12	0	1	46	27	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	33	25	11	7	1	2	56	18	760
2018	Administrative Support	31	40	12	5	3	2	7	77	9	58
2018	Other occupational category	44	31	15	5	4	0	0	76	10	50

Question 70j. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Competing or constantly changing priorities
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	17	34	21	20	8	0	0	51	28	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	21	34	23	14	8	0	0	55	22	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	30	25	11	5	0	1	58	17	561
2020	Administrative Support	35	35	7	10	7	5	2	75	18	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	29	28	17	10	0	0	44	28	371
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	28	23	18	11	1	1	48	29	762
2019	Administrative Support	37	35	13	10	3	0	1	73	13	68
2019	Other occupational category	42	31	12	8	3	2	2	76	11	64
2018	Executive	12	26	28	22	12	0	0	38	34	74
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	26	28	18	14	0	0	39	32	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	27	19	10	0	1	44	29	758
2018	Administrative Support	40	33	17	3	3	0	3	75	7	58
2018	Other occupational category	26	34	23	12	4	0	0	60	16	49

Question 70k. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of clear expectations
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	29	31	19	13	7	0	0	61	20	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	28	24	14	11	0	0	51	26	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	29	20	10	6	0	0	63	17	561
2020	Administrative Support	39	28	16	7	7	3	0	69	14	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	31	23	16	14	0	0	48	29	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	28	22	17	11	1	1	50	28	764
2019	Administrative Support	42	25	18	7	6	1	0	68	14	67
2019	Other occupational category	38	17	19	16	8	0	2	57	24	63
2018	Executive	22	29	25	16	8	0	0	51	25	73
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	27	26	20	13	0	0	42	33	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	26	25	16	11	0	1	47	27	760
2018	Administrative Support	55	14	21	2	5	0	3	71	7	58
2018	Other occupational category	31	22	24	13	10	0	0	53	24	50

Question 70l. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of recognition
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	45	32	11	9	2	0	0	77	11	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	27	16	8	7	0	0	70	14	513
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	24	15	7	5	0	1	72	13	562
2020	Administrative Support	44	25	18	3	10	0	0	69	13	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	28	16	6	7	0	0	70	13	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	37	25	17	11	8	1	1	63	19	759
2019	Administrative Support	47	24	13	7	3	1	4	75	11	68
2019	Other occupational category	49	24	11	10	5	0	2	74	15	64

Question 70m. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Feeling disconnected from colleagues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	21	29	26	12	11	51	24	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	19	30	26	15	10	49	25	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	31	20	12	6	62	18	563
2020	Administrative Support	38	31	20	7	5	69	11	61

Question 70n. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Information overload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	29	21	25	22	2	0	0	51	25	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	24	35	23	11	6	0	1	59	18	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	29	23	11	7	0	0	59	18	562
2020	Administrative Support	34	26	26	7	7	0	0	61	13	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	32	20	11	5	0	0	65	16	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	32	20	12	6	1	1	62	18	759
2019	Administrative Support	45	31	10	9	3	1	0	77	12	67
2019	Other occupational category	48	30	15	6	0	0	2	79	7	63
2018	Executive	24	32	24	12	7	0	0	57	19	74
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	35	22	12	7	0	0	59	19	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	32	22	11	6	1	1	60	18	754
2018	Administrative Support	43	28	19	2	7	0	2	72	9	58
2018	Other occupational category	40	19	26	8	6	0	0	59	15	50

Question 70o. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Physical work environment
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	33	16	6	3	1	0	75	9	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	29	19	8	5	0	1	67	13	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	25	13	6	3	0	1	78	9	561
2020	Administrative Support	52	28	12	3	3	0	2	81	7	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	26	19	6	10	0	0	65	16	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	22	16	9	6	0	2	69	15	755
2019	Administrative Support	55	24	9	9	3	0	0	79	12	67
2019	Other occupational category	54	20	14	5	8	0	0	74	13	64
2018	Executive	47	21	19	4	8	0	1	69	12	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	25	16	15	9	0	0	60	23	411
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	22	12	9	7	0	3	71	17	752
2018	Administrative Support	67	10	5	5	2	0	10	87	8	58
2018	Other occupational category	54	27	13	4	2	0	0	81	6	49

Question 70p. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Difficulty accessing my work tools or network (e.g., work email, work device, ergonomic equipment)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	19	36	29	13	2	55	16	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	18	34	25	15	8	52	23	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	34	23	10	7	60	17	563
2020	Administrative Support	30	36	23	7	5	66	11	61

Question 70q. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	76	16	3	1	0	0	3	95	1	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	70	15	5	1	3	1	6	90	4	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	67	19	6	2	1	1	4	89	4	563
2020	Administrative Support	64	21	8	0	3	2	2	88	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	69	13	5	3	2	1	8	90	5	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	64	13	10	4	2	1	6	83	6	761
2019	Administrative Support	72	12	1	1	3	0	10	93	5	67
2019	Other occupational category	71	10	9	3	2	0	5	85	5	64
2018	Executive	67	12	4	1	4	1	11	90	6	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	67	13	7	4	2	0	7	86	7	409
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	17	7	4	4	1	6	85	8	757
2018	Administrative Support	72	18	0	2	2	2	5	96	4	57
2018	Other occupational category	80	9	8	1	0	2	0	91	1	50

Question 70r. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Harassment or discrimination
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	80	8	3	4	2	0	2	90	7	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	75	10	4	3	3	1	3	89	6	514
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	77	9	4	3	2	1	3	90	6	561
2020	Administrative Support	82	10	0	3	0	3	2	97	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	72	11	7	4	4	0	2	84	9	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	66	14	6	4	5	2	3	84	10	760
2019	Administrative Support	79	6	3	7	1	0	3	88	9	68
2019	Other occupational category	71	8	3	8	5	0	4	83	14	63
2018	Executive	57	12	11	5	9	1	5	73	15	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	65	11	7	5	7	1	3	80	13	411
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	16	7	4	5	1	5	83	10	754
2018	Administrative Support	74	7	5	4	5	0	5	85	9	57
2018	Other occupational category	84	11	2	2	1	0	0	95	3	49

Question 70s. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with my co-worker(s)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	64	26	8	2	0	0	0	90	2	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	66	24	6	1	2	0	2	91	3	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	67	19	7	3	1	0	2	89	4	559
2020	Administrative Support	79	11	2	3	3	0	2	92	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	53	30	12	3	2	0	0	83	5	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	24	12	4	3	1	2	81	7	756
2019	Administrative Support	65	20	6	3	3	0	3	88	6	69
2019	Other occupational category	69	10	14	3	2	0	2	81	5	63
2018	Executive	57	30	10	1	1	0	0	87	3	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	26	12	4	5	0	1	79	9	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	27	12	5	3	0	3	80	8	763
2018	Administrative Support	67	14	11	2	0	0	7	87	2	57
2018	Other occupational category	76	19	4	0	1	0	0	95	1	50

Question 70t. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	67	15	8	4	6	0	0	82	10	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	62	19	7	6	5	0	1	82	11	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	69	14	7	5	4	0	1	83	9	558
2020	Administrative Support	77	15	5	0	0	0	3	95	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	20	9	5	6	0	0	80	11	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	58	16	10	7	7	1	2	76	14	756
2019	Administrative Support	65	16	7	6	3	1	1	84	9	69
2019	Other occupational category	68	7	13	8	3	0	2	76	11	64
2018	Executive	48	14	17	10	10	0	0	62	21	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	19	14	9	8	0	1	69	18	411
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	22	12	6	8	0	2	74	14	759
2018	Administrative Support	64	9	12	7	2	0	7	78	9	58
2018	Other occupational category	80	11	1	4	4	0	0	91	8	50

Question 70u. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	31	18	4	0	0	0	78	4	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	64	12	5	2	1	0	15	90	4	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	69	9	4	1	1	0	16	93	2	560
2020	Administrative Support	74	5	3	0	0	0	18	96	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	10	4	2	2	0	26	89	5	367
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	56	14	6	3	2	1	18	87	6	753
2019	Administrative Support	68	1	0	0	0	0	31	100	0	68
2019	Other occupational category	74	2	3	2	0	0	20	95	2	64
2018	Executive	36	31	25	1	6	0	0	68	8	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	12	7	2	3	0	26	83	7	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	15	5	1	2	0	23	90	4	759
2018	Administrative Support	68	2	4	0	0	0	26	95	0	57
2018	Other occupational category	74	7	0	0	0	0	20	100	0	48

Question 70v. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with other individual(s) (e.g., members of the public, individuals from other departments or agencies)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	30	9	3	0	0	0	88	3	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	59	25	9	4	2	0	2	86	5	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	70	15	7	3	1	1	4	89	4	564
2020	Administrative Support	80	13	2	2	0	0	3	97	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	60	23	9	1	2	0	4	87	3	368
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	68	17	7	2	1	1	5	89	3	757
2019	Administrative Support	76	10	1	1	1	1	7	95	3	68
2019	Other occupational category	74	9	6	5	0	0	6	88	5	64
2018	Executive	57	21	13	5	3	1	0	79	8	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	21	10	4	1	0	8	83	6	410
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	64	16	8	3	1	0	7	87	4	761
2018	Administrative Support	74	9	2	3	0	0	12	94	4	58
2018	Other occupational category	81	17	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	49

Question 70w. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of job security
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	78	14	3	2	1	0	1	93	3	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	73	16	6	2	2	0	1	90	3	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	74	14	5	3	2	0	2	90	5	564
2020	Administrative Support	67	11	11	2	7	0	2	80	8	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	74	12	5	3	5	0	2	87	8	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	69	12	6	3	5	1	3	85	9	761
2019	Administrative Support	51	16	10	6	12	1	3	71	18	68
2019	Other occupational category	52	11	11	6	11	0	8	69	19	63
2018	Executive	80	7	4	3	5	0	1	88	8	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	67	14	5	3	3	0	7	88	7	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	65	15	7	5	3	0	4	84	9	765
2018	Administrative Support	52	7	12	9	14	0	7	63	24	58
2018	Other occupational category	39	19	26	6	7	0	2	59	14	49

Question 70x. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Personal issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	53	29	13	1	3	0	0	82	4	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	39	34	17	5	4	0	1	74	9	514
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	30	15	5	3	0	2	76	9	564
2020	Administrative Support	41	28	21	3	3	2	2	71	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	51	28	13	5	3	0	1	79	7	368
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	25	15	3	3	1	2	78	6	758
2019	Administrative Support	62	13	14	3	6	0	1	76	9	69
2019	Other occupational category	41	31	11	5	12	0	0	73	17	64
2018	Executive	62	11	22	1	3	0	1	73	4	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	27	17	5	2	0	3	75	8	414
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	26	14	7	3	0	2	75	10	762
2018	Administrative Support	57	21	9	2	9	0	3	80	11	58
2018	Other occupational category	56	24	17	2	2	0	0	79	4	50

Question 71. To what extent is stress from the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacting your ability to carry out day-to-day work responsibilities?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	26	48	19	4	2	74	7	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	38	28	7	4	62	11	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	43	21	4	4	71	8	564
2020	Administrative Support	43	31	15	5	7	74	11	61

Question 72. Overall, my level of work-related stress is...
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very High (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	3	17	40	21	18	0	0	20	39	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	8	29	39	18	7	0	0	37	25	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	30	34	15	6	0	0	46	20	564
2020	Administrative Support	18	39	23	15	5	0	0	57	20	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	34	36	16	5	0	0	43	21	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	30	36	13	6	0	0	44	20	761
2019	Administrative Support	25	41	22	12	1	0	0	65	13	69
2019	Other occupational category	28	42	21	7	2	0	0	70	9	65
2018	Executive	7	20	30	25	17	1	0	27	43	76
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	26	37	22	8	0	0	33	29	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	27	39	16	6	0	0	39	22	766
2018	Administrative Support	22	38	22	9	5	0	3	63	14	58
2018	Other occupational category	21	51	24	3	2	0	0	72	5	50

Question 73. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	27	28	36	7	2	0	9	55	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	14	25	39	18	4	0	22	39	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	22	39	18	8	0	27	34	562
2020	Administrative Support	8	20	27	33	12	0	45	28	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	12	22	38	22	6	0	28	34	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	22	40	19	9	0	28	32	754
2019	Administrative Support	9	25	25	26	16	0	42	33	69
2019	Other occupational category	6	24	32	22	15	0	37	30	65
2018	Executive	27	23	35	12	4	0	16	49	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	24	38	16	6	0	22	40	412
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	20	40	19	8	0	28	32	757
2018	Administrative Support	12	12	28	17	28	3	46	25	58
2018	Other occupational category	2	14	35	30	19	0	49	16	48

Question 74. My department or agency does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	39	9	4	3	0	83	8	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	41	13	6	3	1	77	9	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	38	10	4	2	3	84	6	561
2020	Administrative Support	43	33	13	7	3	0	77	10	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	43	20	12	5	2	62	17	372
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	40	19	8	5	3	67	13	759
2019	Administrative Support	38	35	10	14	0	3	75	15	69
2019	Other occupational category	20	43	20	11	5	2	64	16	65
2018	Executive	40	44	5	5	5	0	84	10	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	42	19	11	5	1	64	16	417
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	45	16	7	3	2	73	11	760
2018	Administrative Support	31	43	17	5	0	3	77	5	58
2018	Other occupational category	26	44	11	6	2	10	78	9	50

Question 75. I believe senior managers in my department or agency take adequate steps to support the mental health of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	37	13	13	6	0	0	67	19	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	39	13	13	6	2	0	67	20	514
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	32	15	8	4	2	1	72	12	556
2020	Administrative Support	45	32	12	5	5	2	0	78	10	60

Question 76. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my mental health.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	28	8	12	8	0	0	72	20	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	32	10	11	9	1	0	69	20	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	26	10	10	7	2	1	72	17	562
2020	Administrative Support	38	33	11	8	10	0	0	70	18	61

Question 77. My immediate supervisor supports my mental health and well-being.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	30	12	7	3	1	0	77	10	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	29	12	5	3	3	0	80	8	515
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	26	13	3	3	2	1	81	6	560
2020	Administrative Support	53	28	8	5	2	2	2	84	7	60

Question 78. I would describe my workplace as being psychologically healthy.

A psychologically healthy workplace is one that promotes employees’ psychological well-being and actively works to prevent harm to employee psychological health due to negligent, reckless or intentional acts.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	35	31	13	9	11	0	0	66	20	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	36	17	12	8	2	0	62	20	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	33	15	9	5	1	1	71	14	562
2020	Administrative Support	34	34	20	7	5	0	0	69	11	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	33	26	19	9	1	0	46	28	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	22	14	9	2	0	54	24	761
2019	Administrative Support	38	29	12	12	7	3	0	69	19	69
2019	Other occupational category	23	34	24	10	6	2	0	58	17	65
2018	Executive	23	30	12	13	22	0	0	53	35	77
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	30	19	19	16	2	0	45	35	415
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	36	21	14	10	2	0	55	24	765
2018	Administrative Support	22	43	22	2	7	3	0	68	9	58
2018	Other occupational category	26	35	24	10	1	4	0	64	12	50

Question 79a. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Clear and easy to understand.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	33	47	6	15	0	0	0	80	15	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	28	44	11	11	5	1	0	73	16	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	44	10	4	1	1	1	85	5	563
2020	Administrative Support	48	38	8	3	2	0	0	87	5	60

Question 79b. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Provided in a timely manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	35	37	9	13	6	0	0	72	19	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	40	12	12	7	1	0	68	19	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	38	13	7	2	1	1	78	9	561
2020	Administrative Support	47	37	10	5	2	0	0	83	7	60

Question 79c. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Relevant to the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	51	13	6	0	0	2	80	6	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	38	22	10	4	2	1	63	15	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	34	20	7	1	1	2	71	8	556
2020	Administrative Support	40	35	12	7	3	3	0	78	10	60

Question 79d. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Consistent with the information provided to me by my immediate supervisor.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	45	43	7	4	1	0	0	88	6	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	42	13	7	2	2	2	78	8	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	35	12	2	1	2	1	84	4	560
2020	Administrative Support	56	25	10	3	2	2	2	84	5	59

Question 79e. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Available in both official languages.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	76	20	1	0	0	2	0	99	0	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	67	15	7	1	1	6	4	91	1	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	73	16	4	1	1	3	2	94	2	563
2020	Administrative Support	63	25	3	2	2	5	0	93	4	60

Question 80. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, my department or agency has clearly communicated the mental health services and resources that are available to me.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	55	40	3	2	0	0	0	94	2	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	40	9	6	2	3	0	82	8	513
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	54	30	8	4	1	2	0	86	6	561
2020	Administrative Support	56	35	4	2	2	0	2	93	4	57

Question 81. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my physical health and safety.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	52	33	5	7	3	0	0	85	10	86
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	32	9	8	3	1	0	81	11	514
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	30	8	5	4	2	1	83	8	561
2020	Administrative Support	48	41	3	3	3	0	0	90	7	58

Question 82. I am satisfied with the measures my department or agency is taking to protect my physical health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	63	28	3	3	2	0	91	6	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	52	33	9	3	2	1	86	6	517
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	27	9	3	2	2	86	5	563
2020	Administrative Support	57	30	11	0	2	0	88	2	56

Question 84. I am equipped to support employees in my work unit who are experiencing mental health issues. (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	18	49	18	9	2	1	1	69	12	87
2020	Scientific and Professional	14	47	10	21	6	2	0	62	28	178
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	44	14	12	3	1	1	71	15	190
2019	Executive	21	50	12	6	10	0	2	73	16	52
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	45	16	19	7	3	3	56	27	107
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	41	20	12	8	2	3	57	21	231

Question 85. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you managed any employees who have been working remotely? (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	100	0	87
2020	Scientific and Professional	97	3	179
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	93	7	190

Question 86. My department or agency has provided me with adequate training and/or resources to manage a remote team during the COVID-19 pandemic. (for supervisors who manage employees who have been working remotely)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	14	33	23	23	7	0	0	47	30	87
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	26	15	31	18	1	0	35	49	174
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	18	36	17	18	10	0	2	55	28	177

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Duty to Accommodate

The duty to accommodate refers to the employer’s obligation to eliminate disadvantages to employees, prospective employees or clients that result from a rule, practice or physical barrier that has or that may have an adverse impact on individuals or groups protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act or identified as a designated group under the Employment Equity Act. It applies to all grounds of discrimination covered by the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy and childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test), disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered). Employers must provide accommodation up to the point of undue hardship, taking into account essential job requirements.

Please note that the questions about duty to accommodate do not apply to employees who asked for office equipment to work remotely, unless their requests pertain to specific accommodation measures that help to reduce barriers to work, as per the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Question 87. Having carefully read the definition of duty to accommodate, did you have workplace accommodation measures in place before the COVID-19 pandemic which are no longer being met?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	96	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	90	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	557
2020	Administrative Support	10	90	60

Question 88. Having carefully read the definition of duty to accommodate, have you requested workplace accommodation measures in the last two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	96	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	90	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	558
2020	Administrative Support	5	95	59
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	83	373
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	763
2019	Administrative Support	19	81	67
2019	Other occupational category	14	86	65

Question 89. Were the requests for workplace accommodation measures related to a disability?
A disability means any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not, that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society.

A barrier means anything — including anything physical, architectural, technological or attitudinal, anything that is based on information or communications or anything that is the result of a policy or a practice — that hinders the full and equal participation in society of persons with an impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment or a functional limitation.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	42	53
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	83

Question 90. Were any workplace accommodation measures implemented?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	78	22	53
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	78	22	83
2019	Scientific and Professional	75	25	62
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	72	28	136
2019	Administrative Support	77	23	13

Question 91. I am satisfied with the workplace accommodation measures that were implemented.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	34	9	2	7	0	81	9	41
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	23	8	8	0	2	84	8	65
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	39	9	6	0	0	84	6	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	38	7	6	4	1	83	10	99
2019	Administrative Support	70	20	0	0	10	0	90	10	10

Question 92. I would feel comfortable requesting workplace accommodation measures from my immediate supervisor.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	61	26	3	7	1	0	1	89	8	88
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	33	7	6	2	2	3	84	9	516
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	58	26	7	4	1	2	1	88	5	561
2020	Administrative Support	60	28	5	7	0	0	0	88	7	60

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Compensation

Question 93. In the last 12 months, has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	24	61	16	0	72	28	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	46	22	0	58	42	519
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	52	14	1	61	39	562
2020	Administrative Support	20	63	13	3	76	24	60

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 94. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	20	80	20
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	67	171
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	185
2020	Administrative Support	42	58	12

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 95. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	24	14	19	19	19	0	5	40	40	21
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	19	17	19	30	3	2	30	52	171
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	18	26	17	18	16	1	4	46	36	184
2020	Administrative Support	8	17	17	25	17	8	8	30	50	12

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 96. I am satisfied with the support I received from the Pay Centre to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	10	19	10	24	33	0	5	30	60	21
2020	Scientific and Professional	2	16	13	23	42	2	2	19	68	170
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	16	17	26	28	2	3	26	57	185
2020	Administrative Support	8	8	25	17	42	0	0	17	58	12

Question 97. To what extent have issues with the Phoenix pay system affected your decision to seek or accept another position (e.g., deployment, promotion, secondment, assignment, acting assignment) within your organization or the federal public service?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	63	15	4	8	3	0	7	83	12	89
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	21	14	7	7	2	9	69	15	518
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	21	17	10	8	1	7	63	19	563
2020	Administrative Support	57	13	7	10	3	0	10	78	15	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	21	15	12	13	0	6	57	27	370
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	18	16	13	14	0	5	54	29	755
2019	Administrative Support	43	16	13	7	9	0	12	67	18	69
2019	Other occupational category	49	13	6	5	8	5	13	76	16	61
2018	Executive	63	11	9	3	7	0	8	80	10	75
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	15	19	12	13	0	7	53	26	413
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	14	16	17	14	1	6	50	33	762
2018	Administrative Support	40	10	16	9	14	2	10	57	25	58
2018	Other occupational category	40	19	16	6	2	2	15	71	10	49

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2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

Question 1. I have the tools, technology and equipment I need to do my job.

Question 2. The material and tools provided for my work, including software and other automated tools, are available in the official language of my choice.

Question 3. My physical environment (e.g., office, workspace) is suitable for my job requirements.

Question 4. I get the training I need to do my job.

Question 5. I have the information, training and equipment I need to ensure my health and safety at work.

Question 6. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.

Question 7. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.

Question 8. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.

Question 10. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department's or agency's goals.

Question 11. Overall, I feel valued at work.

Question 12. I am proud of the work that I do.

Question 13. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.

Question 14. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.

Question 15. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.

Question 17. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.

Question 18a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.

Question 18b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.

Question 18c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.

Question 18d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.

Question 18e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.

Question 18f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.

Question 18g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.

Question 18h. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreliable technology.

Question 19. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.

Question 20. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.

Question 21. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.

Question 22. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.

Question 23. In my work unit, I would feel free to speak about racism in the workplace without fear of reprisal.

Question 24. My immediate supervisor encourages me to work collaboratively with others outside of my work unit.

Question 25. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.

Question 26. I feel that my immediate supervisor supports my career goals.

Question 27. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.

Question 28. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you requested flexible work hours, either formally or informally?

Question 29. During the COVID-19 pandemic, my immediate supervisor supported the use of flexible work hours.

Question 30. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.

Question 31. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.

Question 32. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.

Question 33. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.

Question 34. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.

Question 35. Senior managers in my department or agency use both official languages in their interactions with employees.

Question 36. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.

Question 37. I feel that change is managed well in my department or agency.

Question 38. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.

Question 39. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.

Question 40. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.

Question 41. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.

Question 42. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.

Question 43a. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Conflict between my work obligations and my family or personal obligations

Question 43b. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of access to learning opportunities

Question 43c. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Discrimination

Question 43d. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Accessibility or accommodation issues

Question 44. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.

Question 45. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas, abilities).

Question 46. My department or agency implements activities and practices that support a diverse workplace.

Question 47. My department or agency implements initiatives that promote anti-racism in the workplace.

Question 48. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns about issues related to racism in the workplace with a person of authority (e.g., immediate supervisor, senior manager, ombudsman, human resources advisor).

Question 49. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.

Question 50. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.

Question 51. I am satisfied with my department or agency.

Question 52. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.

Question 53. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?

Question 54. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?

Question 56a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers

Question 56b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me

Question 56c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me

Question 56d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)

Question 56e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies

Question 56f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)

Question 56g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other

Question 57a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour

Question 57b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control

Question 57c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored

Question 57d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation

Question 57e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work or withholding resources

Question 57f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark

Question 57g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack