Canada
In Canada, the equivalent position is the Clerk of the Privy Council, who functions as Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister of Canada and heads the Privy Council Office. Canada's provinces and territories also have equivalent officials as the head of their respective public services, as in the list below:
- Ontario: Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council
- Quebec: Secrétaire général du Conseil exécutif (Secretary General of the Executive Council)
- Nova Scotia: the head of the civil service is the Clerk of the Executive Council, while the Secretary to the Cabinet is a separate position.
- New Brunswick: Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to Cabinet
- Prince Edward Island: the head of the civil service is the Clerk of the Executive Council, while the Premier's Principal Secretary advises the Premier and Cabinet on matters of policy and strategy
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
- Manitoba: Clerk of the Executive Council
- Saskatchewan: Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary
- Alberta: Deputy Minister of Executive Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
- British Columbia: Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary
- Yukon: Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Minister of the Executive Council Office
- Northwest Territories: Secretary to the Cabinet
- Nunavut: Secretary to Cabinet
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)