Info Source Bulletin Number 33B - Statistical Reporting

Statistical Tables 2009-2010 — Access to Information

These figures are based on Statistical Reports provided by government institutions subject to the Access to Information Act.

Requests under the Access to Information Act	Number of Requests
Please note: These totals include requests transferred to other institutions.
Requests received during this period	35,154
Requests brought forward from previous period	7,530
Total number of requests	42,684
Requests completed	35,427
Requests carried forward to next period	7,257

Disposition of requests completed	Requests as percentage	Number of Requests
Requests where all information was disclosed	15.8%	5,597
Requests where information was disclosed in part	61.6%	21,810
Requests where all information was excluded	0.7%	263
Requests where all information was exempted	1.6%	570
Requests transferred to another institution	1.0%	367
Requests where information was given informally	0.7%	249
Requests which could not be processed (Reasons can include insufficient information provided by applicant, no records exist or abandonment by applicant)	18.5%	6,571
Total		35,427

Source	Requests as percentage	Number of Requests
Requests received from Businesses	48.5%	17,047
Requests received from the Public	35.2%	12,387
Requests received from the Media	10.5%	3,693
Requests received from Organizations	4.4%	1,559
Requests received from Academics	1.3%	468
Total Requests Received		35,154

Name of institution	Requests as percentage	Number of Requests
1) Citizenship and Immigration Canada	47.3%	16,647
2) Canada Revenue Agency	5.1%	1,798
3) Royal Canadian Mounted Police	4.4%	1,547
4) Health Canada	4.2%	1,481
5) Canada Border Services Agency	3.7%	1,292
6) National Defence	3.3%	1,142
7) Environment Canada	2.5%	890
8) Library and Archives Canada	2.2%	761
9) Public Works and Government Services Canada	2.1%	724
10) Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada	1.8%	638
11) Other Institutions	23.4%	8,234
Total		35,154

Reason	Number of Extensions of 30 days or less	Number of Extensions of 31 days or more
Searching	1,418	2,251
Consultation	879	2,807
Third Party	142	1,397

It should be noted that more than one exemption may be invoked per request. All such exemptions must be reported.

Exemption cited	Description of exemption	Relevant requests as percentage	Number of Relevant Requests
Section 19	Personal information	34.0%	16,544
Section 15	International affairs and defence	22.0%	10,724
Section 16	Law enforcement and investigations	12.1%	5,896
Section 21	Operations of government	11.7%	5,740
Section 20	Third party information	8.1%	3,961
Section 13	Information obtained in confidence	3.6%	1,744
Section 23	Solicitor-client privilege	3.0%	1,464
Section 24	Statutory prohibitions	1.8%	877
Section 18	Economic interests of Canada	1.7%	842
Section 14	Federal-provincial affairs	1.0%	487
Section 22	Testing procedures, tests and audits	0.5%	250
Section 17	Safety of individuals	0.3%	140
Section 26	Information to be published	0.2%	84
Total			48,753

It should be noted that more than one exclusion may be invoked per request. All such exclusions must be reported.

Exclusion cited	Relevant requests as percentage	Number of Relevant Requests
Paragraph 69(1)(g)	36.8%	770
Paragraph 69(1)(e)	17.3%	362
Paragraph 69(1)(a)	14.5%	303
Paragraph 68(a)	11.4%	239
Subsection 69(1)	6.6%	138
Section 68.1	4.5%	94
Paragraph 69(1)(c)	3.2%	67
Paragraph 69(1)(d)	2.6%	55
Paragraph 69(1)(f)	1.0%	20
Section 68.2	0.8%	16
Paragraph 68(b)	0.7%	15
Paragraph 68(c)	0.6%	12
Paragraph 69(1)(b)	0.2%	4
Total		2,095

Description of fees and costs	Amount
Requests completed	35,427
Cost of operations	$47,196,030.62
Average cost per completed request	$1,332.21
Fees collected	$286,996.22
Average fees collected per completed request	$8.10
Fees waived	$188,689.70
Average fees waived per completed request	$5.33