2025-2026 Departmental Plan at a glance
The Honourable Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
160 Elgin Street, 12th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8
© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada (2025)
Cat. No. J76-6E-PDF
ISSN 2560-9343
A departmental plan describes a department's priorities, plans and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.
Key priorities
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada’s (PPSC)Footnote 1 organizational priorities for 2025-26 are as follows:
- Foster a Culture of Trust and Engagement;
- Advance equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the workplace;
- Take action against systemic discrimination and racism in the criminal justice system;
- Modernize the way we work.
Highlights
In 2025-26, the total planned spending (including internal services) for the PPSC is $227,301,597 and the total planned full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 1,121. For complete information on PPSC’s total planned spending and human resources, read the Planned spending and human resources section of the full plan.
The following provides a summary of the department’s planned achievements for 2025-26 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework. A Departmental Results Framework consists of a department’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.
Core responsibility 1: Prosecution Services
- Planned spending: $195,899,339
- Planned human resources: 905
Departmental Results
- Timely and comprehensive legal advice is provided to investigate agencies.
- Federal prosecutions are completed in a timely manner.
- Through professionally conducted prosecution-related work, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) contributes to the administration of justice.
The PPSC is responsible for prosecuting drug-related offences, regulatory and economic offences, national security offences, and all criminal offences in the territories. It also provides high-quality legal advice to investigative agencies. In 2025-26, the organization will continue to:
- work with law enforcement agencies across the country to prosecute individuals for high level drug trafficking offences and advocate for the imposition of meaningful sentences against individuals convicted of these crimes;
- dedicate efforts to prosecute offences related to national security, financial crime and foreign interference;
- accelerate the re-evaluation of prosecutorial policies using an intersectional and reconciliatory approach to prevent the PPSC’s policies, practices, or procedures from contributing to discrimination, systemic racism, or overrepresentation of Indigenous, Black, racialized and marginalized groups in the criminal justice system;
- continue its intentional efforts in recruiting, retaining, and advancing Indigenous, Black, racialized, persons with a disability and 2SLGBTQIA+ employees;
- continue to enhance the services provided by the Accessibility Support Centre, a centre of expertise for employees and managers on all matters related to accessibility and the duty to accommodate employees with a disability, an injury or an illness.
More information about Prosecution Services can be found in the full plan.
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