Data and facts for fiscal year 2025–2026

Find key Translation Bureau data for fiscal year 2025–2026 (April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026).

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Please note that the majority of the data are recorded by fiscal year (April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026). However, some data are recorded by calendar year (January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026). Unless otherwise specified, published data are provided by fiscal year.

Basic data

Table 1: Basic data
Data	Date
10th-largest language services provider in the world (CSA Research ranking)^{table 1 note 1}	August 3, 2026
23rd-largest language services provider in the world (Nimdzi Insights ranking)^{table 1 note 2}	March 31, 2026
1,172 employees^{table 1 note 3}	March 31, 2026
683 translators^{table 1 note 4} 75 interpreters^{table 1 note 5} 31 terminologists^{table 1 note 6}	March 31, 2026
383 employees (administrative services, procurement services, policy services, corporate services, etc.)	March 31, 2026
Table 1 Notes Table 1 Note 1 CSA Research (formerly Common Sense Advisory) is an independent market research firm specializing in the language services, translation and interpretation industry. The 2026 ranking is based on data from fiscal year 2025–2026. Return to table 1 note 1 referrer Table 1 Note 2 Nimdzi Insights is an international market research and consulting firm specializing in language services and technologies. The 2026 ranking is based on data from fiscal year 2025–2026. Return to table 1 note 2 referrer Table 1 Note 3 Includes active employees who are seconded to another department, employees on unpaid leave and employees pending transfer in. Excludes employees who are seconded within PSPC and employees pending transfer out. Return to table 1 note 3 referrer Table 1 Note 4 Includes active and nonactive translators working in every language (including foreign languages) and managers who do not translate. Return to table 1 note 4 referrer Table 1 Note 5 Includes active and nonactive interpreters working in every language (including sign language and foreign languages) and managers who do not interpret. Return to table 1 note 5 referrer Table 1 Note 6 Includes active and nonactive terminologists working in every language (including foreign languages) and managers who do not do terminology work. Return to table 1 note 6 referrer

Finances

Table 2: Finances
Data	Total	Date
Total budget for revolving fund expenditures	$160.7M^{table 2 note 1}	March 31, 2026
Actual revenue from the revolving fund	$141.6M	March 31, 2026
Actual expenditures from the revolving fund	$146.3M	March 31, 2026
Actual payroll expenditures from the revolving fund	$111.2M^{table 2 note 2}	March 31, 2026
Total budget for Parliamentary interpretation and translation services expenditures	$49.4M^{table 2 note 3}	March 31, 2026
Actual payroll expenditures for Parliamentary interpretation and translation services	$22.4M^{table 2 note 4}	March 31, 2026
Table 2 Notes Table 2 Note 1 The budget for the revolving fund corresponds to the data in the Annual Reference Level Update for 2026–2027 (update of the current year, 2025–2026). The revolving fund is a standing authorization from Parliament to make payments from the Treasury to fund activities. This authorization can be obtained through a special act or an appropriation act ( Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Guide on Financial Arrangements and Funding Options). Return to table 2 note 1 referrer Table 2 Note 2 Revolving fund salaries include $1.5M in corporate costs. Return to table 2 note 2 referrer Table 2 Note 3 The budget for Parliamentary interpretation and translation services corresponds with the data in the Annual Reference Level Update for 2026–2027 (update of the current year, 2025–2026), that is, $49.4M. Return to table 2 note 3 referrer Table 2 Note 4 Parliamentary interpretation and translation services salaries include $0.4M in corporate costs. Return to table 2 note 4 referrer

Translation by language professionals and translation by the GCtranslate tool

Table 3: Translation by language professionals and translation by the GCtranslate tool
Data	Date
Translation by language professionals
Approximately 253 million words translated (in all languages), including: approximately 43 million words translated for Parliament^{table 3 note 1} approximately 210 million words translated for Government of Canada departments and agencies	March 31, 2026
Over 1,150 requests for translation into Indigenous languages representing approximately 1.2 million words translated	March 31, 2026
Approximately 93% of translations from English to French^{table 3 note 2}	March 31, 2026
Approximately 7% of translations from French to English^{table 3 note 2}	March 31, 2026
Translation by the GCtranslate tool^{table 3 note 3}
69 federal organizations able to use GCtranslate	June 30, 2026
Approximately 380 million words translated by GCtranslate	June 30, 2026
Approximately 70% of translations by GCtranslate from English to French	June 30, 2026
Approximately 30% of translations by GCtranslate from French to English	June 30, 2026
Table 3 Notes Table 3 Note 1 Because 2025–2026 was an election year, the year started off more slowly than usual. Work returned to the usual pace in September. Return to table 3 note 1 referrer Table 3 Note 2 This percentage excludes the number of words translated for Parliament, the number of words translated with the GCtranslate tool and the number of words translated by on-site employees of the Translation Bureau. The term “on-site employee” means a Translation Bureau translator who provides services exclusively to a specific client, sometimes on site at the client’s location. Return to table 3 note 2 referrer Table 3 Note 3 GCtranslate is an artificial intelligence–enabled translation tool (rated up to Protected B) that was developed by Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau. The tool, which was launched on June 10, 2025, and is available to the Canadian public service, relies on the expertise of language professionals and data from the Translation Bureau, all of which are key to the tool’s value and reliability. Return to table 3 note 3 referrer

Interpretation

Table 4: Interpretation
Data	Date
Over 37,800 hours of interpretation (in all languages, including sign languages), including: over 18,800 hours of interpretation for Parliament^{table 4 note 1} over 19,000 hours of departmental interpretation	March 31, 2026
5 requests for interpretation in Indigenous languages representing 668 hours of interpretation	March 31, 2026
5,926 hours of closed captioning for Parliament^{table 4 note 1}	March 31, 2026
8,325 hours of interpretation in sign languages, tactile interpretation and oral transliteration	March 31, 2026
Table 4 Note Table 4 Note 1 Because 2025–2026 was an election year, the year started off more slowly than usual. Work returned to the usual pace in September. Return to table 4 note 1 referrer

Interpreter accreditation exams^{table 5 note 1}

Table 5: Interpreter accreditation exams
	October 2021	November 2022	June 2023	November 2023	May 2024	November 2024	November 2025	Total
Total number of candidates	52	71	38	55	35	21	60	332
Total number who passed	9	17	4	3	1	0	10	44
Pass rate	17.3%	23.9%	10.5%	5.5%	2.9%	0.0%	16.7%	13.3%
Table 5 Notes Table 5 Note 1 This data is recorded by calendar year. Return to table 5 note 1 referrer

Interpretation – Incidents reported to Parliament^{table 6 note 1}

Table 6: Interpretation – Incidents reported to Parliament
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 (up to March 31, 2026)
Number of incidents reported to Parliament^{table 6 note 2} ^{table 6 note 3}	62	53	85	44	43	15	11
Table 6 Note Table 6 Note 1 This data is recorded by calendar year. Return to table 6 note 1 referrer Table 6 Note 2 The term “incident” refers to any reported situation that interrupted interpretation services. Return to table 6 note 2 referrer Table 6 Note 3 Incident reporting practices were updated in 2024 following the implementation of a new tracking system. As a result, statistics reported from 2024 onward are produced using a different methodology than those reported for 2020 to 2023 and may not be directly comparable. Return to table 6 note 3 referrer

Terminology

Table 7: Terminology
Data	Date
Nearly ##M searches in TERMIUM Plus® and approximately ##M pages consulted	Pending
Over 1,000 terminology searches processed	March 31, 2026
Over 1,100 terms reviewed in the context of terminology committee work	March 31, 2026
Nearly 2,700 records created and nearly 9,700 records updated in the Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank	March 31, 2026

Language Portal of Canada

Language Portal of Canada’s data are published in Canadian Heritage’s official languages annual reports Canadian Heritage’s official languages annual reports.

Table 8: Language Portal of Canada
Data (Activities/Initiatives)	2025–2026	Date
Posts on the Portal’s social media accounts	1,890	March 31, 2026
Posts published on the Our Languages blog^{table 8 note 1}	38	March 31, 2026
Views of the pages in the Portal’s Indigenous languages section	Approximately 16,000	March 31, 2026
Annual budget	$3.2M	March 31, 2026
Table 8 Note Table 8 Note 1 Short text that is dated, signed and posted on a blog and whose content is entirely at the discretion of the author. Return to table 8 note 1 referrer

Succession

Table 9: Succession
Data	Date
7 partnerships^{table 9 note 1}: Canadian Association of Schools of Translation (translation) Laval University (interpretation) McGill University (translation) University of Montréal (translation) University of Ottawa (interpretation and translation) University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières (interpretation) Saint-Boniface University (translation)	March 31, 2026
52 scholarships awarded to interpretation students, for a total of $214,178^{table 9 note 2}	March 31, 2026
39 students enrolled in an interpretation program 4 students in the masters program in conference interpretation 15 students in the specialized graduate diploma (DESS) program in conference interpretation^{table 9 note 3} 20 students in the graduate microprogram in interpretation^{table 9 note 4}	March 31, 2026
36 student translators at the Translation Bureau^{table 9 note 2}	March 31, 2026
Table 9 Notes Table 9 Note 1 The Translation Bureau has partnership agreements with some Canadian universities and with the Canadian Association of Schools of Translation. Return to table 9 note 1 referrer Table 9 Note 2 These data are from the summer 2025, fall 2025 and winter 2026 academic terms. Return to table 9 note 2 referrer Table 9 Note 3 Program offered at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières. Return to table 9 note 3 referrer Table 9 Note 4 Program offered at Laval University. Return to table 9 note 4 referrer

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