Letter to the President of the Treasury Board
Commissioner Maynard tables her 2024–2025 Annual Report in Parliament
Final report concerning Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Final report concerning Port Alberni Port Authority
Final report concerning Correctional Service Canada
Helpful information on how the Office of the Information Commissioner approaches investigations and interprets the Access to Information Act.
The Access to Information Act gives a right to access information under the control of government institutions. The Act also provides a right to complain to the Information Commissioner about matters related to an access request made under the Act, such as the following:
Individuals may also complain about other matters related to requesting and accessing records under Part 1 of the Act, even if they did not make an access request.
In all instances, complainants may authorize someone else to submit a complaint(s) on their behalf.
More information: Types of complaints; How the OIC processes and investigates complaints
The Access to Information Act gives Canadians the right to request information from federal institutions. If you submitted a request for information to a federal institution under the Act and you are not satisfied with how it was processed, you may file a complaint with the OIC.
Statistics about the OIC’s complaint caseload (complaints submitted and concluded) over several fiscal years, and related work. The graphs are updated quarterly and are supplemented by data in the Information Commissioner’s annual report.
Guidance for institutions on how the OIC approaches investigations and on the information Commissioner's interpretation of the Act is available to everyone.
The Information Commissioner reports directly to Parliament. She appears before parliamentary committees and makes written submissions to them. She also publishes her annual report to Parliament and issues special reports when required. Upon request, the Commissioner provides expert advice to parliamentarians on access to information matters.
Gatineau, Quebec, June 17, 2025 – The Information Commissioner of Canada, Caroline Maynard, has tabled her 8th Annual Report to Parliament, highlighting her ongoing efforts to uphold Canadians’ right to access government records while emphasizing the need for a legislative reform.
Gatineau, Quebec, March 3, 2025
Today marks the beginning of my second mandate as Canada’s Information Commissioner. I am energized by the opportunities ahead and eager to build upon the foundation I was able to put in place during the last seven years.
Throughout my time as Commissioner, my focus has always been obtaining results for Canadians by fulfilling my mandate of upholding the right of access to information through my investigations, the issuance of orders and the judicial processes to enforce these orders.
