Crown Prosecution Service of Canada

The Crown Prosecution Service of Canada (CPSC) is an office of the Canadian federal government's Department of Justice, which is responsible for overseeing the administration of justice on behalf of the Attorney General of Canada (the head of the Department of Justice) and the federal government. The CPSC is led by the Crown Attorney of Canada, who is the third-most high-ranking member of the Department of Justice, after the Attorney General and his deputy, the Solicitor General of Canada. The delegation of public prosecution at the federal level to the CPSC significantly frees up the Attorney General for acting as legal counsel to the federal government in all capacities, and the Solicitor General to oversee the two law enforcement agencies under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, namely the Canada Sheriff Service and Corrections Canada.