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Public administration: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Public administration. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Employment by industry by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 5.9 (Canada).

Lowest: 5.1 to 5.7 %
Group 2: 5.7 to 6.3 %
Group 3: 6.3 to 7.4 %
Group 4: 7.4 to 9.5 %
Highest: 9.5 to 11.3 %

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

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


1	Prince Edward Island	11.3
2	New Brunswick	9.5
3	Newfoundland and Labrador	8.9
4	Nova Scotia	7.4
5	Saskatchewan	6.6
6	Quebec	6.3
7	Manitoba	5.8
8	Ontario	5.7
9	British Columbia	5.3
10	Alberta	5.1

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by public administration (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-public-administration/

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