Figure 7: Distribution of Federal Public Service (FPS) Employees by Age – Select Years, 1983 to 2012 – Text Version

Age Category Age 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2012

Source: Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat.

Notes:

The figure includes all employment tenures and active employees only (i.e. employees on Leave without Pay are excluded). The information provided is based on March 31st data.

Each vertical bar represents two years of age, except for the first and last bar. The first bar includes all individuals below 16 years of age and the last bar includes all individuals above 70 years of age.

The Baby Boomers generation is distinguished by colour and font weight.

Historical numbers were revised to reflect the entire FPS population.
< 25 Under 17 351 45 12 4 31 9
17-18 916 248 77 106 160 121
19-20 4,373 1,618 1,209 1,054 1,165 1,389
21-22 8,610 3,722 3,402 2,212 3,396 3,273
23-24 12,235 7,414 5,686 2,903 5,302 4,979
25-34 25-26 14,779 10,837 8,253 4,188 7,336 7,650
27-28 16,586 13,483 10,915 5,590 8,443 9,867
29-30 17,305 15,344 13,131 6,865 8,652 11,091
31-32 17,783 16,929 14,968 8,689 9,415 12,552
33-34 17,139 18,102 16,491 10,836 10,053 13,343
35-44 35-36 16,746 18,630 17,928 12,513 10,771 14,235
37-38 12,488 18,463 19,039 14,467 12,935 14,113
39-40 11,669 18,082 19,530 15,674 14,910 14,328
41-42 10,552 15,457 19,453 16,652 16,287 14,943
43-44 9,478 12,233 18,428 17,168 17,607 14,854
45-54 45-46 9,188 11,605 18,071 17,212 18,032 16,019
47-48 9,113 9,998 13,036 16,696 18,327 18,339
49-50 9,218 9,572 12,033 15,522 18,187 18,758
51-52 9,468 8,963 10,330 11,020 17,268 19,241
53-54 8,741 8,303 8,492 7,832 15,407 18,686
55-64 55-56 8,197 7,524 6,778 6,168 11,589 14,867
57-58 8,251 6,568 5,317 4,260 6,751 12,204
59-60 7,354 5,265 4,026 2,684 4,743 8,874
61-62 5,992 3,765 2,665 1,538 2,694 5,837
63-64 3,700 2,964 1,678 1,077 1,580 4,069
65+ 65-66 375 924 800 534 737 2,100
67-68 119 266 390 301 406 1,057
69+ 156 207 428 366 553 1,294
Total 250,882 246,531 252,566 204,131 242,737 278,092

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