Public service shrinks by nearly 10,000, with tax, immigration hit the hardest

OTTAWA — The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada losing the most employees.
The last time the public service contracted was in 2015, when the number of people employed dropped just slightly from 257,138 to 257,034.
The number of public servants employed by the federal government fell from 367,772 to 357,965 over the last year.
The CRA lost 6,656 employees between 2024 and 2025, dropping