Solicitor General of Canada

The Solicitor General of Canada is the second highest ranking official of the Canadian federal government's Department of Justice, which is headed by the Attorney General of Canada, the highest ranking official of the Department of Justice who is a senior member of the Cabinet of Canada. While the Attorney General oversees the Department of Justice generally and acts as chief legal advisor to the federal government, the Solicitor General oversees the two law enforcement agencies under Department of Justice jurisdiction, namely the Canada Sheriff Service and Corrections Canada. This is similar to how the Attorney General's responsibility of public prosecutions is delegated to the Crown Attorney of Canada, the third-highest-ranking member of the Department of Justice who oversees the subordinate Crown Prosecution Service of Canada (CPSC).