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Info Source Bulletin Number 27


Statistical Information — Personal Information Banks 2003–2004

Personal Information Banks

Personal Information Banks (PIBs) provide a summary description of the type of information about individuals that is held by federal departments and agencies in their records and that has been used, is being used, or is available for use for an administrative purpose or is organized or intended to be retrieved by the name of an individual or by an identifying number, symbol, or other particular assigned to an individual.

Number of institutions registering new PIBs during this period

97

Number of new PIBs registered during this reporting period

809

Number of new institution-specific PIBs registered

78

Number of new standard PIBs registered

731

Number of standard PIBs revised by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

4

  • Discipline (PSE 911)
  • Employee Personnel Record (PSE 901)
  • Pay and Benefits (PSE 904)
  • Values and Ethics Code for the Public Service—formerly titled the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code (PSE 915)