Not My Department is a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television in 1987. The show lasted only a single season. Based on Charles Gordon's comedic novel The Governor General's Bunny Hop, the show was essentially an attempt to create a Canadian version of the British sitcom Yes Minister. Prior to its premiere, its original working title was Welcome to Ottawa.
The series starred Harry Ditson as Gerald Angstrum and Shelley Peterson as Margaret Simmons, civil servants in Ottawa working for the Department of Regional Incentive Targets, a government ministry whose sole job was to inherit files that other government ministries did not want to deal with. Alpha Boucher appeared as Henri, the blunt-talking operator of the chip stand outside the department office. The cast also included Barry Stevens, Pierre Chagnon, Chris Wiggins, Robert Benson, Bonnie Brooks, James Edmond and Suzanne Coy.
The series premiered on October 2, 1987, on CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations, although some private affiliates aired it in an alternate time slot or failed to carry it at all. Its debut episode attracted 743,000 viewers, but critical reviews were highly unfavourable The CBC cancelled the series on November 14, 1987, after just six episodes had aired.