| Age Category | Age | 1983 | 1993 | 2003 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source: Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat. Notes: The figure includes all employment tenures and active employees only (i.e. employees on Leave without Pay are excluded). The information provided is based on March 31st data. Each vertical bar represents two years of age, except for the first and last bar. The first bar includes all individuals below 17 years of age and the last bar includes all individuals above 68 years of age. The Baby Boomers generation is distinguished by colour and font weight. |
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| < 25 | Under 17 | 351 | 12 | 31 | 3 |
| 17-18 | 916 | 77 | 160 | 76 | |
| 19-20 | 4,373 | 1,209 | 1,165 | 1,130 | |
| 21-22 | 8,610 | 3,402 | 3,396 | 2,594 | |
| 23-24 | 12,235 | 5,686 | 5,302 | 3,799 | |
| 25-34 | 25-26 | 14,779 | 8,253 | 7,336 | 5,926 |
| 27-28 | 16,586 | 10,915 | 8,443 | 8,531 | |
| 29-30 | 17,305 | 13,131 | 8,652 | 10,067 | |
| 31-32 | 17,783 | 14,968 | 9,415 | 11,465 | |
| 33-34 | 17,139 | 16,491 | 10,053 | 12,821 | |
| 35-44 | 35-36 | 16,746 | 17,928 | 10,771 | 13,689 |
| 37-38 | 12,488 | 19,039 | 12,935 | 14,106 | |
| 39-40 | 11,669 | 19,530 | 14,910 | 13,938 | |
| 41-42 | 10,552 | 19,453 | 16,287 | 14,534 | |
| 43-44 | 9,478 | 18,428 | 17,607 | 14,655 | |
| 45-54 | 45-46 | 9,188 | 18,071 | 18,032 | 14,927 |
| 47-48 | 9,113 | 13,036 | 18,327 | 17,086 | |
| 49-50 | 9,218 | 12,033 | 18,187 | 18,226 | |
| 51-52 | 9,468 | 10,330 | 17,268 | 18,476 | |
| 53-54 | 8,741 | 8,492 | 15,407 | 18,243 | |
| 55-64 | 55-56 | 8,197 | 6,778 | 11,589 | 14,301 |
| 57-58 | 8,251 | 5,317 | 6,751 | 11,469 | |
| 59-60 | 7,354 | 4,026 | 4,743 | 8,700 | |
| 61-62 | 5,992 | 2,665 | 2,694 | 5,546 | |
| 63-64 | 3,700 | 1,678 | 1,580 | 3,874 | |
| 65+ | 65-66 | 375 | 800 | 737 | 2,302 |
| 67-68 | 119 | 390 | 406 | 1,079 | |
| 69+ | 156 | 428 | 553 | 1,254 | |
| Total | 250,882 | 252,566 | 242,737 | 262,817 | |