Fisheries and Oceans Canada Layoffs 2026 — 290 Jobs Cut in Canada

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is eliminating 767 positions (724 employees and 43 executives) as part of the federal government's Comprehensive Expenditure Review (Budget 2025). This total includes vacant positions, projected attrition, and positions to be eliminated through formal workforce adjustment. Of these, 290 currently filled positions (265 employees and 25 executives) are undergoing formal Workforce Adjustment (WFA) or Career Transition (CT) proceedings — the most direct indicator of employees facing displacement. 534 "affected" or "at-risk" status letters have been issued (509 to employees, 25 to executives). These notices indicate potential impact and do not necessarily result in departure from the public service. The organization employs 8,198 people in the core public administration as of March 2025. Notifications were issued in Phase 2, Phase 3 of the Government of Canada's workforce reduction process.