Mittlerweile arbeitet mehr als jeder fünfte Kanadier für die Regierung – Tendenz steigend
More than 1 in 5 Canadians now works for government—and the share is rising
Mittlerweile arbeitet mehr als jeder fünfte Kanadier für die Regierung – Tendenz steigend
More than 1 in 5 Canadians now works for government—and the share is rising
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Bloated government and 1 in 5 Canadians are dryhumping the cashcow.
Fixed the headline.
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**In Brief:**
* As of January 2026, 21.8 percent of employed Canadians worked in the public sector, a figure that has been steadily rising over the past five years. This trend is approaching levels seen before the fiscal consolidations of the 1990s.
* While government hiring accelerated during the pandemic, the public sector share did not return to pre-pandemic levels as private sector employment recovered.
* Simultaneously, government sector productivity has declined, raising concerns about the value taxpayers receive.
* There is an inverse correlation between public sector growth and self-employment. As the public sector expands, self-employment declines. The public sector may be drawing workers away from entrepreneurial endeavors, potentially impacting innovation and economic dynamism.
* The expanding public sector, often financed by debt, coupled with a struggling private sector, poses a sustainability challenge.
I think the idea of the people working for the government isn’t such a bad thing.
Is this…. communism?
Some of it has to be demographic driven right?
Boomers are a big generation that needs more healthcare and millennial are the largest generation alive and they had kids that need public schooling.
But, it also looks like a lot of administrative type roles were added too which seems excessive.
This is becoming a circle jerk economy if this is accurate. Canada will always have a higher number due to healthcare and education workers. But the red signal is that between 2019-2025, the public sector grew at nearly double the rate of the private sector. This is quickly getting out of control. We cannot hire more in the public sector.
Do people want to privatize Healthcare? We could switch that number pretty quick. Think of how much better our lives would be. /s
Used to be 1/3 after WWII. We need a strong armed forces, police, fire protection, regional, provincial, and federal governments.
Question is, are we working harder or smarter with 1/5. No comment as I’d like to see 1/6.
Privatizing everything has gone great for so many places
Does this include things like education workers and healthcare? Because if so then…. Yeah? 🤷
Hope it’s not true.
It’s absolutely destructive to a country.
Lower efficiency, lower productivity (anytime I’ve worked with government anything it’s a ballache. Just miserable) Then there’s crowding out and stagnant economic growth…
I mean it includes crown corps, schools and healthcare so it seems fine to me.
This isn’t just federal government. It’s all governments in the the country, including healthcare, public transportation, education, law enforcement, etc. Many governments (federal, provincial, etc.) are also actively cutting. This article is a nothingburger.
Hahahaha ridiculous.
22% is really not that much considering Canada has very limited private healthcare and schooling. Australia, probably our most comparable country economically, sits at 18% while also having a lot more private hospitals and schools. The US is at 15%, but that doesn’t include the American healthcare industry which is another 10%
That’ll show Trump! Who needs industry or real investment in Canada, when Canada can simply create jobs via the government? That’s how we become our greatest customer and also how we reduce our dependence on American companies who could potentially invest in Canada. Elbows UP!!
/s
this is rage-baiting trash.
Canada’s public sector employment rate of 21% is actually the standard benchmark for G7 economies, sitting lower than peers like the UK at 23.6% and far below thriving Nordic partners who have maintained 30% for decades. literal joke of an article
data source: [https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/public-sector-size-by-country](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/public-sector-size-by-country)
I’m seeing some delusion that government work doesn’t create economic value … That couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Misleading headine is misleading
So we did a 2 week job at the environmental building, are we counted as working for government too?
How can that be with the layoffs of the Fed government?
Turns out it takes people to run a country – shocker
Government, plural meaning everyone from municipal to federal.
Thats a lot.
And what’s wrong with that?
How do I get one of these sweet government jobs
Some good country this Canada. Everyone works for the government!
By my calculation it was 21.6% ten years ago (easily found in labour force survey) so it’s barely moved in a decade.
Such a dumb headline. Rage bait with no context.
What a garbage article, saying that the 1990s’ reduction by federal and provincial governments is a good model to follow. Those cuts in the health system are still impacting Canadians today – over a generation later- and will continue to have effects in the future as the population grows with unstable funding within an inefficient system.
Yes.
And we’re talking about how witnessing government spending will turn you into a conservative.
Meanwhile, to think this; you have to whole sale ignore the fact corporations CAN make those same mistakes and problems and to suggest replacing government with corporations without understanding this is stupid
Wasn’t this part of the problem Greece?
It’s around 400,000. And there are cuts coming.
As a Reddit user, I can lie, I can manipulate, I can withhold information, spread misinformation.
But I would expect things published for the consumption of the public hold itself to higher standards.
We got what, 22 million people employed.
But the part where the title doesn’t specifically say „all parts of government“ should absolve the hub.ca from being labelled as sending out misinformation?
Nope. Most people think federal government when such a title is used. You know what you’re doing.
Journalists, you’re making used car salesmen super honest there days.
Probably better than working for greedy corporations let’s be real
It’s beyond me why some people piss and moan about this. Dollars to donuts they also complain that they have to wait for some service.
Why not get some schooling and apply for one of the Oh so many jobs if you get qualified. Then complain about why you didn’t get a job.
What about all the ‘private’ businesses that only survive because of govt handouts?
This is very concerning.
I mean, 1 of 5 seems like a small number. Imagine you had a family farm, and only 1 of the family members was making sure… wait, never mind. Everyone on the farm sucks so who cares.
Hey, it’s our national defense core….no? Seems like what they are going for these days?
Got something against nurse practitioners, CAF, and firefighters?
That’s good. Should be more!
Private companies just arent being competitive – they need to step up.
Who would of thunk between municipal, provincial and federal jobs it would me a lot of jobs 🤷
Think about this way, the AI will replace most of people’ job , what is difference to obtain UBI income and work for gov ?
How can that be with the layoffs of the Fed government? I highly doubt that…
Unsustainable. It takes a lot of private sector workers to support a single public worker. All that wealth is extracted from the people that generate it to support the ones that absorb it.