ESDC’s Administrative Burden Baseline: Update 2024

The Administrative Burden Baseline (ABB) provides Canadians with a clear metric on the total number of requirements in federal regulations and associated forms that impose an administrative burden on business. This baseline contributes to the openness and transparency of the federal regulatory system.

All federal regulations administered by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) that have requirements that impose administrative burden on business are identified below.

Based on active regulations that relate to ESDC, six meet the ABB guidance requirements and were in force as of June 30, 2024. ESDC’s 2024 count of regulatory-based requirements, 3,121, remains unchanged from the 2023 count.

Count of the requirements in federal regulations administered by ESDC that impose an administrative impact on business

Title of the regulation	Statutory orders and regulations number	2024 count
Canada Disability Savings Regulations	2008-186	924
Canada Education Savings Regulations	2005-151	489
Canada Pension Plan Regulations	c. 385	60
Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations	96-445	5
Employment Insurance Regulations	96-332	93
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations	2002-227 (2)	1,550
Total count	n/a	3,121

Contact person

Colin Spencer James
Employment and Social Development Canada
Phase IV 3^rd floor
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau QC K1A 0J9
E-mail: colin.s.james@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

Related links

• Administrative Burden Baseline (2014) Baseline Count

ESDC’s Administrative Burden Baseline count for previous years can be requested from the Regulatory Affairs team at ESDC’s Strategic and Service Policy Branch by emailing: ESDC.NC.Regulatory_Affairs-Affaires_Reglementaires.NC.EDSC@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca