Official titles of Government of Canada departments and agencies

A list of all applied titles and official abbreviations for federal departments and agencies. Applied titles are the official names of departments that are used in communications with the public and in the departments’ visual identity. Each applied title and abbreviation is mapped to its corresponding legal title listed in schedules I, I.1 and II of the Financial Administration Act (FAA).

This list is extracted from part 1 of the registry of applied titles.

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Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 19:44 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 19:44 (UTC)
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open_canada_date_modified	2025-06-17 00:00:00
open_canada_date_published	2021-12-23 00:00:00
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title_fr	Noms officiels des ministères et organismes du gouvernement du Canada
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