The government spent $31.2 billion on personnel in the first five months of this fiscal while the average number of FTEs shrank to 346,000.

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The total cost of personnel spending for the public service continued to increase in the first months of this fiscal year, even as staffing levels were reduced , according to Canada’s parliamentary budget officer . Article content

The federal government spent $31.2 billion on salaries, bonuses and other personnel costs in the first five months of 2025-26, which was an increase of 7.8 per cent, said a new report released by the PBO on Nov. 19. And since September 2025, the average number of full-time equivalents (FTE) the public service had was 346,000, which was down from 358,000 in the previous fiscal year. Article content A

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