Privy Council Office (Canada)

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Privy Council Office

Bureau du Conseil privé
Agency overview
Formed	1867
Jurisdiction	Government of Canada
Headquarters	Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council building, 80 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Employees	1,169
Annual budget	C$144.9 million (2017–18)
Ministers responsible	Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Karina Gould, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Harjit Sajjan, President of the Privy Council and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Deputy Minister responsible	John Hannaford, Clerk of the Privy Council
Website	http://pco-bcp.gc.ca
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The Privy Council Office (French: Bureau du Conseil privé) is the central agency of the Government of Canada which acts as the secretariat to the Cabinet of Canada – a committee of the King's Privy Council for Canada – and provides non-partisan advice and support to the Canadian ministry, as well as leadership, coordination, and support to the departments and agencies of government.^[4]

The clerk of the Privy Council, who leads the department, is the head of the civil service of Canada, and acts as the deputy minister to the prime minister, who is the minister responsible for the department. The Privy Council Office is located in the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council building (previously known as Langevin Block) on Parliament Hill.