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The provincial government of
Ontario employed 70,877 civil
nt
servas in 1974 to administer
the day to day affairs of this
province. Ir) the last decadeor
So,- government admini ,tration
• has become a more and more
,. complex, sophisticated and
costly, labotir - intensive
"industry".
' In his latest "mini -budget"
'July 7,-, 1975, the Treasurer of
Ontario, ' Darcy McKedugh
announced an immediate
freeze on replacement staffing
•
for all internal administrative
functions. With normal at-
trition,,, this should result in
' 1,500 fewer 'personnel in these
areas by the end of the' fiscal
year 1975-76. At the same time,
Mr. McKeougfi also announced
an immediate moratoriuum on
new or renewed contracts for
management consulting and
organizational planning.
This will mean thatAhe total
.civil service complement in
Ontario in 1975-76,wi11 be 69,221.
The Ministry of Health is the
• largest employer within ° the
provincial government with a
staff of 14,643 people in 1975,
Transportation and 'Com-
munications employs 11,607
people this year; Community &
Soclial Services 9,139 people,
Correctional Services 5,056,
The Ministry of Natur '1
Resburces has a staff of 4,1$2; —
Revenue,3,992, The Ministry of
the Attorney General ,3,327 and
Government Services .employs
3,143 people.
public service would look
something like this:
Federal level: departmental
employees, $450,000; Crown
Corporations, $145,000; -Armed
a
Just 25 years ago, in 1.950 -the
total number'"ofr civil 'servants
' in the employ of this „province
was 13,685. . By 1960, this
number had grown to 32,302 - an
increase°of 236 percent. As of
•
197,0 this nurriber had almost
doubled again to 62,280. From
1970 to, the present year the,
number of Ontario civil ser-
vants -has increased to 69,221.
It -is interesting that while
Ontario's civil service :com-
plement (and all • the other''
provinces') ' has increased
dramatically, the Federal
Government civil service for
years.now has accounted for a
declining portion of the labour f• orce as well as a .dec>li'ning.
pportion of total government. It
. is in the provinces and • the
'municipalities .where the large
increases in civil service staff
is taking place. ,�
Within the federal govern-
ment, Jt is the same few
.departments 'that dominate the
public service today as in the
1960's. The.Post Office accounts
for 19 percent "of the public.
service, ' National " Defence's
civilian workers for another 15•
•• percent, National Revenue for 8
percent, • Transportation 7
percent - that accounts for 49
'percent of the federal public
service in those fotir' depar.t-
nients •
" There are now about six or
seven government employee's
for every 100 Canadians - and
that figure continues to climb..'
But it is climbing at the same
rate in step with the Canadian
labour force. T.he reason the
labour, force is a' growing part
of the . -population is, the
changing mix of age groups -
there are more people of
working age compared. with
those r below working age. But
the government's total share of
the, labour force remains
remarkably constant, at about
one in six of all Canadiank with
jobs. '
Statistics are difficult to
obtain - , especially at the
municipal level - however it has
been estimated that as of 1973,
. there was a grand total of about
a million and a half govern-
ment employees in Canada -,at
all three levels of government.
This i5' about 7 percent of
Canada's total population and
about 17 ^ percent; of ' all
Canadians who -flay -6,1613s.
This figure of. 1.5 million
government employees 'breaks
down as follows :, 'v4:
Federal level: Departmental
employees, $490,000';
Corporations, $145,000;., Armed
forces,—$80,000; (sub -total
$515,000), •
Provincial level (i1j-
,;;,;,,t"tr' n 'es), $475,000; Municipal
levely general' employees;
'$225,000; - teachers, $255,000;
(sub -total $480,000.
Grand total is $110,000. ,
From 1961 to 1973, fedO•ral,,,.
goijernlnent erriployment grew
at .an average 1.0 percent per
year, provincial government,
employment at an average 6.9
percent per year and municipal
government employment at 3,9
percent per, 4/Tar, So it is
evident 'that it is at the
provincial level of government
where -the "bureaucracy" is
, growing the fastest.
If theso earlier figures are,
extrapolated in • 1986 - just
s.iightiv more than 10 years
away, the breakdown of the
forces, • $451000 (sub-tott'
$640,000) .
Provincial level: $800',;
Municipal. IevEl aerieral
employees, $400,000; -.teachers,'
$3 0;000; (.,uh totat$7 ,000).
Grand total is $2,°140000•
That:s a lot'0civil servants!!
-It works mil 'to 'slightly over
'. eight civil servants for. every
tl .
GItICI.1 SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7:197 ,
100 Canadians hut still about 17,
percent of those-- freecast to
`have jobs.
It is intcrt-sting to note how
the mix has changed between
ti
the three levels. Acctu,ding to
these figures in 1986, 'the
provincial governments will
account. for 37 percent of the
total civil service compared
43,
• wit► 32 -percent in 1973. The
federal government's share
wiI have decreased toe 30
• .pe Rent 'compared with 35
percent 'in 1973.'The municipal
gl verntnent"s share stays
steady throughout this' time
period. If is the -distribution
between the federa.1 .qnd
provincial levels' that increases
steadily on provincial side.
The growth in Ontario's civil
ser'`vice over the last decade or
two is certainly indivatye of
this trenci",--I-t would seem that.
all governments; the proyinvds
particularly, .should heed the,
wareings of such 'groups as thea
Economic Council of Canada..
The,‘Council is ',warning
govenments to slow dowel their
rates of growth and not let their .
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