The following list outlines the structure of the federal government of Canada, the collective set of federal institutions which can be grouped into the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. In turn, these are further divided into departments, agencies, and other organizations which support the day-to-day function of the Canadian state.
The list includes roughly 130 departments and other organizations, with nearly 300,000 employees, who collectively form the Public Service of Canada. Special Operating Agencies (which are departmental organizations), and non-departmental organizations such as Crown corporations, administrative tribunals, and oversight organizations are parts of the public service operating in areas seen as requiring a higher level of independence from it and the direct political control of ministers. Public servants are agents of the Crown and responsible to Parliament through their relevant minister.
This list is organized according to functional grouping and is further subdivided by category such as offices, departments, agencies, and Crown corporations:
The Crown
Regal and vice-regal offices King of Canada Canadian Secretary to the King Governor General of Canada Secretary to the Governor General of Canada Canadian Heraldic Authority
King's Privy Council King's Privy Council for Canada Cabinet of Canada Treasury Board of Canada Canada School of Public Service Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Privy Council Office Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat Office of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Executive
Public Service
Central agencies +Agency AbbreviationEstablishedMinistersDeputy headsAssociated entitiesFinanceFIN1867François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Finance)Nick Leswick (Deputy Minister) Central bank Bank of Canada
Intelligence agency
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
Crown corporations
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Canada Development Investment Corporation Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board Public Sector Pension Investment Board Royal Canadian Mint
Non-profit organization
Payments Canada
Regulators
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Office of the Chief Actuary
Review body
Canadian International Trade TribunalPrivy Council OfficePCO 1867Mark Carney (Prime Minister)
Dominic LeBlanc (Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy, Minister for Internal Trade, and President of the Privy Council)
Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons)Michael Sabia (Clerk of the Privy Council) Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat Office of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Major Projects Office Canada's Fight Against FentanylTreasury Board of Canada SecretariatTBS1867Shafqat Ali (President of the Treasury Board)Bill Matthews (Secretary of the Treasury Board) Canada School of Public Service
Ministerial departments +DepartmentAbbreviationEstablishedMinistersDeputy headsAssociated entitiesAgriculture and Agri-Food AAFC1868Heath MacDonald (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food)Lawrence Hanson (Deputy Minister) Agencies Canadian Grain Commission Cooperatives Secretariat Farm Products Council of Canada
Special Operating Agency
Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency
Crown corporations
Canadian Dairy Commission Farm Credit Canada
Review Body
Canada Agricultural Review TribunalCanadian HeritagePCH1993Marc Miller (Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture)Francis Bilodeau (Deputy Minister) Agencies Library and Archives Canada National Battlefields Commission National Film Board of Canada Sport Canada
Special Operating Agencies
Canadian Conservation Institute Canadian Heritage Information Network
Crown corporations
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Canada Council for the Arts Canadian Museum for Human Rights Canadian Museum of History Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Canadian Museum of Nature Canadian Race Relations Foundation Ingenium Canada Agriculture and Food Museum Canada Aviation and Space Museum Canada Science and Technology Museum National Arts Centre National Capital Commission National Gallery of Canada Telefilm Canada
Regulator
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Review Body
Canadian Cultural Property Export Review BoardCrown-Indigenous Relations and Northern AffairsCIRNAC2019
1880 (historic)Rebecca Alty (Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations)
Rebecca Chartrand (Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs)Valerie Gideon (Deputy Minister) Agencies Cree-Naskapi Commission Nunavut Wildlife Management Board
Crown corporation Corporation for the Mitigation of Mackenzie Gas Project Impacts
Departmental corporation Polar Knowledge CanadaEmployment and Social DevelopmentESDC2003Patty Hajdu (Minister of Jobs and Families)Paul Thompson (Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development)
Rob Wright (Deputy Minister of Labour; Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development) Agencies Accessibility Standards Canada Canada Employment Insurance Commission Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service National Seniors Council Service Canada Social benefits administered Canada Pension Plan Employment Insurance Old Age Security Social insurance number Service Canada Centres for Youth
Programs
Labour Program Canada Student Loans Program Canadian Digital Service
Joint Program
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
Crown Corporation
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Review Bodies
Canada Industrial Relations Board Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal of Canada Social Security Tribunal of CanadaEnvironment and Climate ChangeECCC1971Julie Dabrusin (Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature)Mollie Johnson (Deputy Minister) Agencies Impact Assessment Agency Parks Canada Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Canadian Wildlife Service Meteorological Service of Canada Weatheradio Canada Canadian Ice Service Water Survey of Canada Canadian Hurricane Centre Canadian Meteorological Centre Storm Prediction Centres Canada Water Agency
Enforcement Agency Parks Canada Wardens Environmental Enforcement Wildlife Enforcement
Review body
Environmental Protection Tribunal of CanadaFisheries and OceansDFO1868Joanne Thompson (Minister of Fisheries)Paul MacKinnon (Deputy Minister) Enforcement Agency Fishery Officers
Special Operating Agency Canadian Hydrographic Service
Crown Corporation
Freshwater Fish Marketing CorporationGlobal AffairsGAC1909Anita Anand (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Maninder Sidhu (Minister of International Trade)Arun Thangaraj (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Glenn Purves (Deputy Minister of International Trade)
Cynthia Termorshuizen (Deputy Minister of International Development) Agencies Invest in Canada Trade Controls Bureau Trade Commissioner Service Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Crown corporations
Canadian Commercial Corporation Export Development Canada International Development Research Centre
Review body
Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility CounsellorHealthHC1993
1919 (historic)Marjorie Michel (Minister of Health)Shalene Curtis-Micallef (Deputy Minister) Agencies Public Health Agency of Canada National Microbiology Laboratory
Funding Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Regulator
Canadian Food Inspection Agency National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease
Review Body
Patented Medicine Prices Review BoardHousing, Infrastructure and CommunitiesHICC2002Gregor Robertson (Minister of Housing and Infrastructure)Paul Halucha (Deputy Minister) Agencies Build Canada Homes
Crown corporations Canada Infrastructure Bank Jacques Cartier Bridges Incorporated Waterfront Toronto Windsor-Detroit Bridge AuthorityImmigration, Refugees and CitizenshipIRCC1994Lena Diab (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship)Ted Gallivan (Deputy Minister) Agencies Citizenship Commission
Programs
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
Review Body
Immigration and Refugee Board of CanadaIndigenous ServicesISC2019Mandy Gull-Masty (Minister of Indigenous Services)Michelle Kovacevic (Deputy Minister) Special Operating Agency Indian Oil and Gas
Review Body
Specific Claims TribunalInnovation, Science and Economic DevelopmentISED1993Mélanie Joly (Minister of Industry)
Evan Solomon (Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation)Philip Jennings (Deputy Minister) Agencies Canadian Space Agency John H. Chapman Space Center David Florida Laboratory Communications Research Centre Canada Corporations Canada National Research Council Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics National Institute for Nanotechnology National Science Library Office of Consumer Affairs Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Statistics Canada Canada Periodical Fund
Funding agencies
Canada Research Chair Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Regional Economic Development Agencies
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Pacific Economic Development Canada Prairies Economic Development Canada
Enforcement agency
Competition Bureau
Special Operating Agencies
Canadian Intellectual Property Office Patent Appeal Board Trademarks Opposition Board Measurement Canada
Crown corporations
Business Development Bank of Canada Destination Canada Standards Council of Canada
Non-profit organizations
Canada Foundation for Innovation Genome Canada
Regulator
Copyright Board of Canada
Review Body
Competition Tribunal Office of the Commissioner of CompetitionJusticeJUS1868Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice and Attorney General)Marie-Josée Hogue (Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General) Agencies
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Courts Administration Service Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission Public Prosecution Service of Canada Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada
Review body
Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of CrimeNational DefenceDND1923David McGuinty (Minister of National Defence)Christiane Fox (Deputy Minister)
General Jennie Carignan (Chief of Defence Staff) Agency Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services
Intelligence agency
Communications Security Establishment
Special Operating Agencies
Canadian Forces Housing Agency Canadian Coast Guard Defence Research and Development Canada
Program
Canadian Cadet Organizations National Search and Rescue Program Joint Rescue Coordination Centres Civil Air Search and Rescue Association
Review bodies
Military Police Complaints Commission Military Grievances External Review Committee Independent Review Panel for Defence Acquisition Office of the National Defence and Canadian Forces OmbudsmanNatural ResourcesNRCan1994Tim Hodgson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources)Greg Orencsak (Deputy Minister) Agencies Canadian Forest Service Energy Supplies Allocation Board Geographical Names Board of Canada Geological Survey of Canada Northern Pipeline Agency Canada Nuclear Waste Management Organization
Crown corporation
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Chalk River Laboratories Whiteshell Laboratories
Petroleum Boards
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
Regulators
Canadian Energy Regulator Canadian Nuclear Safety CommissionPublic Safety PS2003Gary Anandasangaree (Minister of Public Safety)