[Canada] Government approves pay rises for more than 300,000 bureaucrats

In Canada, new research has revealed that the federal government approved pay rises for 78 per cent of its employees last year, Canadian Taxpayers Federation reports.

The access-to-information records, obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, also showed that departments barely meet half of their own performance targets.

Just 0.14 per cent of employees reportedly took a pay cut.

“Taxpayers have every reason to question why the vast majority of bureaucrats are taking bigger paycheques when departments can barely pass their own test,” Franco Terrazzano - CTF Federal Director - said. “Federal bureaucrats shouldn’t feel entitled to more money every year just because they’re on the taxpayer payroll.”

According to the records, the federal government gave 336,188 employees a pay raise last year, meaning that 78 per cent of its employees took a pay raise in 2025. Just 596 employees received a pay cut.

The majority of federal bureaucrats reportedly take pay raises every year.

Around 385,000 federal employees received a pay rise in 2024, and the government gave more than one million pay hikes between 2020 and 2023. It has, however, refused to disclose the cost of these rises to taxpayers.

Source: Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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In Canada, new research has revealed that the federal government approved pay rises for 78 per cent of its employees last year, Canadian Taxpayers Federation reports.

The access-to-information records, obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, also showed that departments barely meet half of their own performance targets.

Just 0.14 per cent of employees reportedly took a pay cut.

“Taxpayers have every reason to question why the vast majority of bureaucrats are taking bigger paycheques when departments can barely pass their own test,” Franco Terrazzano - CTF Federal Director - said. “Federal bureaucrats shouldn’t feel entitled to more money every year just because they’re on the taxpayer payroll.”

According to the records, the federal government gave 336,188 employees a pay raise last year, meaning that 78 per cent of its employees took a pay raise in 2025. Just 596 employees received a pay cut.

The majority of federal bureaucrats reportedly take pay raises every year.

Around 385,000 federal employees received a pay rise in 2024, and the government gave more than one million pay hikes between 2020 and 2023. It has, however, refused to disclose the cost of these rises to taxpayers.

Source: Canadian Taxpayers Federation

(Link and quote via original reporting)