CRA sees biggest drop, shedding 3,725 workers, as federal public service shrinks for second year

For the second year in a row, the federal public service has recorded a decrease in the number of jobs, reversing a decade-long trend of increases to the public payroll.According to numbers released this week by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat , there were 345,282 federal public servants at the end of March 2026, down from 357,965 the previous March. This represents a drop of 12,683 positions, or just over 3.5 per cent.The decrease follows a similar reduction from the previous year. In