The federal Ministry of the Solicitor General is responsible within the Government of Canada for policing and law enforcement (including Aboriginal policing), national security, corrections and conditional releases.

The portfolio includes the department and four agencies: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) and the National Parole Board (NPB). There are also three review bodies: the RCMP External Review Committee, the RCMP Public Complaints Commission and the Office of the Correctional Investigator.

The department, ministry agencies and review bodies each contribute, specifically and collectively, to the protection of the public and to the maintenance of a just, peaceful and safe society.