An estimated 850 jobs at Statistics Canada are being cut, as well as management roles, as the organization says it is entering a period of “workforce adjustment.”
StatCan spokesperson Carter Mann made the announcement on Jan. 12, saying the cuts will be in addition to a reduction of about 12 percent of the organization’s executive team.
Employees affected will be informed over the next two weeks, Mann said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times. Mann added that the process of letting staff go would follow the workforce adjustment directive and the applicable collective agreement.
“Statistics Canada remains focused on serving Canadians and adapting to future needs as we move through this period of change,” Mann said.
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), a union that represents more than 85,000 public sector professionals, said the cuts raise “serious concerns about the federal government’s ability to deliver public services Canadians rely on.”
Union president Sean O’Reilly said what was being cut were “real jobs, real expertise” and it put “real services at risk,” adding that once the capacity is gone it cannot be quickly or cheaply replaced.
Public Sector Cuts
In December 2025, the Public Service Alliance of Canada said 219 of its members at Natural Resources Canada received notices their jobs may be cut. The PIPSC said that same month that about 200 of its own members at Natural Resources Canada received similar notices.Those numbers were on top of another 109 people at the Public Service Commission of Canada, 92 people at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and 74 staffers at the Department of Finance, according to the union.
The 2025 Liberal budget said the government was looking at “restructuring operations and consolidating internal services,” and adjusting the public service to “a more sustainable level.”
About 40,000 public service jobs are expected to be cut, with 10,000 already having been eliminated over 2025. The cuts will include 1,000 executive positions over the next two years, as well as a 20 percent reduction on management and consulting services over three years.
The federal government has also been sending letters to public servants with information on its planned early retirement program.
