Publications
Reports to Parliament
Commissioner's Annual Reports
Within three months after the end of each financial year, the Information Commissioner submits an annual report to Parliament on the activities of the Office during that financial year.
Special Reports
- Access at issue: The unsustainable status quo (Systemic Investigation into Immigration-related Access to Information Requests, Commissioner Caroline Maynard, May 7, 2024)
- Access at issue: The challenge of accessing our collective memory (Systemic Investigation of Library and Archives Canada, Commissioner Caroline Maynard, April 26, 2022)
- Access at issue: Challenging the status quo (Systemic Investigation of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Commissioner Caroline Maynard, May 25, 2021)
- Access at issue: Nine recommendations regarding the processing of access requests at National Defence (Systemic investigation of National Defence, Commissioner Caroline Maynard, July 22, 2020)
- Access at issue: The need for leadership (Systemic investigation of the RCMP, Commissioner Caroline Maynard, November 17, 2020)
- Investigation into an access to information request for the Long-gun Registry (Special report regarding Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Commissioner Suzanne Legault, May 14, 2015)
- Interference with Access to Information: Part 2 (Special report regarding Public Works and Government Services Canada, Commissioner Suzanne Legault, April 10, 2014)
- Striking the Right Balance for Transparency (Recommendations to modernize the Access to Information Act, Commissioner Suzanne Legault, March 2015)
- Access to information at risk from instant messaging (Commissioner Suzanne Legault, November 28, 2013)
- Interference with Access to Information: Part 1 (Special report regarding Public Works and Government Services Canada, Commissioner Suzanne Legault, March 11, 2011)
- Failing to Strike the Right Balance for Transparency (Commissioner Suzanne Legault, September 2017)
- Response to the report of the Access to Information Review Task Force. (Special report, Commissioner John M. Reid, September 2002).
Annual Report on the Administration of the Access to Information Act
Annual Report on the Administration of the Privacy Act
Submissions
Letters to Parliamentary Committees
Letter to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance (NFFN) (September 2024)
- Letter to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) (June 2024)
- Letter to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) (May 2024)
- Letter to the Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples (APPA) (March 2024)
- Letter to Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) (March 2024)
- Letter to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI): Funding mechanism (May 2023)
Access to Information Act
Privacy Act
Correspondence with Government Officials
- Letter to the President of the Treasury Board (June 2024)
- Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Board (June 2024)
- Letter to the Acting Secretary of the Treasury Board - Concerns Regarding Methodology Used by TBS Regarding OIC's Collective Agreement Increase (May 2024)
- Letter to the President of the Treasury Board - Observations from the Information Commissioner following meetings with various ministers (July 2021)
- 2015-2016 Letter to the Minister of Justice and President of the Treasury Board regarding the impact of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision
- 2012-2013 Letter to Treasury Board President on institutions being abolished or amalgamated
- 2012-2013 Government institutions being modified or abolished
Corporate Reports
Departmental Plans
The Departmental Plan (DP) is an annual report tabled in Parliament each spring which provides parliamentarians and Canadians with a high-level h3 of the OIC's plans and priorities. This report provides details on the Office’s main priorities over the next three years by strategic outcome(s), program activity(ies) and expected results.
- 2024-2025 Departmental Plan
- 2023-24 Departmental Plan
- 2022-23 Departmental Plan
- 2021-22 Departmental Plan
- 2020-2021 Departmental Plan
- 2019-2020 Departmental Plan
- 2018-2019 Departmental Plan
- 2018–2019 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
- 2018-2019 Gender-based analysis plus
- 2018-2019 Planned evaluation coverage over the next five fiscal years
- 2018-2019 Upcoming internal audits for the coming fiscal year
- 2018-2019 Raison d’être, mandate and role
- 2018-2019 Operating context and key risks
- 2017-2018 Departmental Plan
- 2016-2017 Report on Plans and Priorities
- 2015-2016 Report on Plans and Priorities
Departmental Results Reports
The Departmental Results Report (DRR) is an annual report tabled in Parliament each fall. The DRR provides parliamentarians and Canadians with an overview of the OIC’s performance and achievements for the past fiscal year as measured against expected results identified in the corresponding Report on Plans and Priorities (RPPs).
- 2022-23 Departmental Results Report
- 2021-22 Departmental Results Report
- 2020-21 Departmental Results Report
- 2019-20 Departmental Results Report
- 2018-2019 Departmental Results Report
- 2017-2018 Departmental Results Report
- 2016-2017 Departmental Results Report
- 2015-2016 Departmental Performance Report
- 2014-2015 Departmental Performance Report
- 2013-2014 Departmental Performance Report
Strategic Planning Reports
Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
Future-Oriented Financial Statements
- 2023-24 Future-Oriented Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
- 2022-23 Future-Oriented Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
- 2021-22 Future-Oriented Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
- 2020-2021 Future-Oriented Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
- 2019-2020 Future-Oriented Statement of Operations (unaudited)
- 2018-2019 Future-Oriented Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
- 2017-2018 Future-Oriented Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
- 2016-2017 Future Oriented Financial Statements
- 2015-2016 Future Oriented Financial Statements
Quarterly Financial Reports
- 2024-2025 Quarterly Financial Report - For the quarter ended September 30, 2024
- 2024-2025 Quarterly Financial Report - For the quarter ended June 30, 2024
- 2023-2024 Quarterly Financial Report - For the quarter ended December 31, 2023
- 2023-2024 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2023
- 2023-2024 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2023
- 2022-2023 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2022
- 2022-2023 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2022
- 2022-2023 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2022
- 2021-2022 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2021
- 2021-2022 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2021
- 2021-2022 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2021
- 2020-2021 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2020
- 2020-2021 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2020
- 2020-2021 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2020
- 2019-2020 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2019
- 2019-2020 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2019
- 2019-2020 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2019
- 2018-2019 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2018
- 2018-2019 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2018
- 2018-2019 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2018
- 2017-2018 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2017
- 2017-2018 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2017
- 2017-2018 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2017
- 2016-2017 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2016
- 2016-2017 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2016
- 2016-2017 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2016
- 2015-2016 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2015
- 2015-2016 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2015
- 2015-2016 Quarterly Financial Report - ended June 30, 2015
- 2014-2015 Quarterly Financial Report -ended June 30, 2014
- 2014-2015 Quarterly Financial Report - ended December 31, 2014
- 2014-2015 Quarterly Financial Report - ended September 30, 2014