Statistical Tables - 2007-2008 - Access to Information
Access to Information Requests - April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008
These figures are based on Statistical Reports provided by 232 of the 237 federal institutions subject to the Access to Information Act during the period for which the statistical information is reported1. Five institutions, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, Marine Atlantic Inc, Northwest Territories Water Board, Nunavut Surface Rights Board and Ridley Terminals Inc. did not submit Statistical Reports.
| Requests received during this reporting period |
31,487 |
| Requests brought forward from previous reporting period |
5,776 |
| Total number of requests |
37,263 |
| Requests completed |
30,530 |
| Requests carried forward to next reporting period |
6,733 |
| Please note: These totals include transfers of requests between institutions. |
Disposition of completed requests
| Requests where all information was disclosed |
17.8% |
5,430 |
| Requests where information was disclosed in part |
55.4% |
16,915 |
| Requests where all information was excluded |
0.9% |
264 |
| Requests where all information was exempted |
2.1% |
633 |
| Requests transferred to another institution |
1.3% |
383 |
| Requests where information was given informally |
0.6% |
175 |
Requests which could not be processed
(by reasons such as insufficient information provided by applicant, no records exist or abandonment by applicant) |
22.0% |
6,730 |
| Total |
30,530 |
Source of Requests
| Requests received from businesses |
41.9% |
13,202 |
| Requests received from the public |
34.2% |
10,762 |
| Requests received from the media |
14.0% |
4,411 |
| Requests received from organizations |
9.1% |
2,850 |
| Requests received from academics |
0.8% |
262 |
| Total Requests Received |
31,487 |
Institutions ranked in order of number of requests received
| 1) Citizenship and Immigration Canada |
36.9% |
11,434 |
| 2) Canada Revenue Agency |
6.1% |
1,903 |
| 3) National Defence |
5.7% |
1,779 |
| 4) Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
5.4% |
1,662 |
| 5) Transport Canada |
3.9% |
1,217 |
| 6) Health Canada |
3.7% |
1,147 |
| 7) Canada Border Services Agency |
3.3% |
1,030 |
| 8) Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada |
2.4% |
736 |
| 9) Privy Council Office |
2.2% |
688 |
| 10) Environment Canada |
2.1% |
659 |
| 11) Other Departments |
28.1% |
9,232 |
| Total |
31,487 |
Time Required to Complete Requests
(including requests for which extensions were required)
| 0 to 30 days |
57.2% |
17,476 |
| 31 to 60 days |
19.6% |
5,971 |
| 61 to 120 days |
11.3% |
3,459 |
| 121 days or over |
11.9% |
3,624 |
| Total |
30,530 |
Extension Time Required
| |
30 days or less |
31 days or over |
| Searching |
1,209 |
1,864 |
| Consultation |
921 |
2,889 |
| Third Party |
144 |
1,279 |
Exemptions
It should be noted that a single Access Request can be indicated as being exempted for multiple reasons.
All such exemptions must be reported.
| Section 19 |
Personal information |
29.5% |
12,119 |
| Section 15 |
International affairs and defence |
20.4% |
8,365 |
| Section 21 |
Operations of government |
13.8% |
5,685 |
| Section 16 |
Law enforcement and investigations |
12.0% |
4,924 |
| Section 20 |
Third party information |
9.2% |
3,790 |
| Section 13 |
Information obtained in confidence |
4.1% |
1,686 |
| Section 23 |
Solicitor-client privilege |
3.4% |
1,381 |
| Section 14 |
Federal-provincial affairs |
2.6% |
1,063 |
| Section 24 |
Statutory prohibitions |
2.5% |
1,005 |
| Section 18 |
Economic interests of Canada |
1.5% |
619 |
| Section 22 |
Testing procedures |
0.5% |
221 |
| Section 26 |
Information to be published |
0.2% |
97 |
| Section 17 |
Safety of Individuals |
0.2% |
96 |
| Section 25 |
Severability |
0.0% |
0 |
| Total |
41,051 |
Exclusions
It should be noted that a single Access Request can be indicated as being excluded for multiple reasons. All such exclusions
must be reported.
| Section 69(1)(g) |
35.4% |
845 |
| Section 69(1)(a) |
20.4% |
486 |
| Section 69(1)(e) |
19.3% |
461 |
| Section 68(a) |
10.2% |
243 |
| Section 69(1) |
6.2% |
147 |
| Section 69(1)(c) |
3.0% |
71 |
| Section 69(1)(d) |
2.9% |
70 |
| Section 69(1)(f) |
1.2% |
28 |
| Section 68(1) |
0.8% |
18 |
| Section 69(1)(b) |
0.3% |
7 |
| Section 68(b) |
0.2% |
5 |
| Section 68(c) |
0.1% |
3 |
| Total |
2,384 |
Costs and Fees for Operations
| Requests completed |
30,530 |
| Cost of operations |
$43,910,746.96 |
| Cost per completed request |
$1,425.04 |
| Fees collected |
$404,208.63 |
| Fees collected per completed request |
$13.24 |
| Fees waived |
$183,617.59 |
| Fees waived per completed request |
$6.01 |
[1] The number of institutions subject to the
Access to Information Act may vary from one year to another. This variance occurs as new institutions become subject to the legislation, if the status of the institutions changes, and if two or more institutions merge to create one institution.
