Survey of Deputy Ministers and Chief Administrative Officers

Every two years, IPAC conducts surveys among Deputy Ministers, CAOs of Canada's largest cities and IPAC Regional Groups on the top issues they anticipate will dominate their agenda.

2009 Survey now available

The analysis of comparative results of the 2009 DM/CAO/Members survey are posted below.


2007 Survey Results

The results of the 2007 survey as well as the Deputy Minister workshop held at the 2007 Annual Conference in Winnipeg are in the report below. IPAC conducted a survey of all IPAC members using the same questions as in the DM/CAO survey. The results of that member survey were compared to the DM/CAO survey. This comparison is also available below.


2007 IPAC Survey of Deputy Ministers and CAOs (Report)
2007 IPAC Survey of Deputy Minsiters and CAOs (Results)(Powerpoint)
2007 IPAC’s 2007 Survey of DMs and CAOs: Questions