However, an increasing number of PSAC members work in non-federal sectors: in women's shelters, universities, security agencies and casinos.

In Northern Canada, PSAC represents most unionized workers employed in the Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

From 1981 onward, PSAC's Equal Opportunities Committee included all equity-seeking groups.

By 1999, the union started holding conferences for racially visible members, Aboriginal Peoples and workers with disabilities.

In 2004, the first network of Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis members was formed to advance their rights within and beyond the union.