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Info Source Bulletin Number 27


Statistical Tables 2003–2004 - Access to Information

Requests received during this reporting period

25,234

Requests brought forward from previous reporting period

5,102

Total number of requests

30,336

Requests completed

25,367

Requests carried forward to next reporting period

4,969

Please note: These totals include transfers of requests between institutions.

Disposition of completed requests

Requests where all information was disclosed

28.2%

7,142

Requests where information was disclosed in part

41.9%

10,632

Requests where all information was excluded

0.9%

220

Requests where all information was exempted

3.1%

798

Requests transferred to another institution

2.2%

555

Requests where information was given informally

1.0%

255

Requests that could not be processed

22.7%

5,765

(for reasons such as insufficient information provided by applicant, no records exist, or abandonment by applicant)

 

 

Total

 

25,367

Source of Requests

Requests received from businesses

41.9%

10,567

Requests received from the public

34.2%

8,634

Requests received from organizations

11.7%

2,963

Requests received from the media

11.2%

2,835

Requests received from academics

0.9%

235

Total requests received

 

25,234

Institutions ranked in order of number of requests received

1)

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

31.2%

7,876

2)

National Defence

7.0%

1,768

3)

Health Canada

6.8%

1,708

4)

Canada Revenue Agency

6.6%

1,668

5)

Library and Archives Canada

3.8%

954

6)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

3.4%

855

7)

Public Works and Government Services Canada

3.3%

831

8)

Environment Canada

2.9%

742

9)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

2.7%

691

10)

Correctional Services Canada

2.3%

570

11)

Other departments

30.0%

7,571

Total

 

25,234

Time Required to Complete Requests

(including requests for which extensions were required)

0 to 30 days

63.9%

16,217

31 to 60 days

15.7%

3,976

61 to 120 days

12.0%

3,032

121 days or over

8.4%

2,142

Total

 

25,367

Extension Time Required

 

30 days 
or under

31 days 
or over

Searching

1,098

1,286

Consultation

2,013

1,581

Third-party

279

1,287

Exemptions

It should be noted that a single request can be indicated as being exempted for multiple reasons. All such exemptions must be reported.

Section 19

Personal information

32.3%

7,877

Section 21

Operations of government

17.8%

4,339

Section 20

Third party information

15.4%

3,751

Section 16

Law enforcement and investigations

9.9%

2,418

Section 15

International affairs and defence

6.5%

1,596

Section 13

Information obtained in confidence

5.1%

1,240

Section 23

Solicitor-client privilege

4.3%

1,052

Section 24

Statutory prohibitions

3.1%

754

Section 18 Economic interests of Canada 2.5% 618
Section 14

Federal-provincial affairs

2.1%

518

Section 22

Testing procedures

0.4%

93

Section 26 Information to be published 0.4% 88
Section 17 

Safety of Individuals

0.3%

62

Total

 

24,406

Exclusions

It should be noted that a single request can be indicated as being excluded for multiple reasons. All such exclusions must be reported.

Section 69(1)(g)

29.4%

541

Section 69(1)(a)

28.7%

527

Section 68(a)

15.0%

276

Section 69(1)(e)

12.1%

222

Section 69(1)(d)

6.2%

114

Section 69(1)(c)

4.5%

82

Section 69(1)(f)

2.7%

49

Section 68(b)

.8%

14

Section 69(1)(b)

.4%

8

Section 68(c)

.3%

5

Total

 

1,838

Costs and Fees for Operations

Requests completed

25,367

Cost of operations

$24,167,847.21

Cost per completed request

$952.73

Fees collected

$330,350.45

Fees collected per completed request

$13.02

Fees waived

$170,595.12

Fees waived per completed request

$6.73