Appendix A: statistical report
Statistical report on the Access to Information Act
Name of institution: Environment and Climate Change Canada, ATIP Secretariat
Reporting period: 2017-04-01 to 2018-03-31
Part 1: Requests under the Access to Information Act
Requests | Number of requests |
---|---|
Received during reporting period | 1 999 |
Outstanding from previous reporting period | 472 |
Total | 2 471 |
Closed during reporting period | 2 022 |
Carried over to next reporting period | 449 |
Source | Number of requests |
---|---|
Media | 219 |
Academia | 13 |
Business (private sector) | 1 423 |
Organization | 81 |
Public | 227 |
Decline to Identify | 36 |
Total | 1 999 |
Completion time 1 to 15 days |
Completion time 16 to 30 days |
Completion time 31 to 60 days |
Completion time 61 to 120 days |
Completion time 121 to 180 days |
Completion time 181 to 365 days |
Completion time More than 365 days |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 55 | 131 |
35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
Note: All requests previously recorded as “treated informally” will now be accounted for in this section only.
Part 2: Requests closed during the reporting period
Disposition of requests | Completion time 1 to 15 days |
Completion time 16 to 30 days |
Completion time 31 to 60 days |
Completion time 61 to 120 days |
Completion time 121 to 180 days |
Completion time 181 to 365 days |
Completion time More than 365 days |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All disclosed | 1 |
27 | 54 |
44 | 28 |
5 | 1 | 160 |
Disclosed in part | 5 |
35 | 80 | 111 | 58 | 94 | 39 | 422 |
All exempted | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
All excluded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
No records exist | 460 | 738 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 238 |
Request transferred | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Request abandoned | 49 | 13 | 6 |
10 | 23 | 11 | 52 | 164 |
Neither confirmed nor denied | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 532 |
818 | 176 | 176 | 113 | 114 | 93 | 2 022 |
Section | Number of requests |
---|---|
13(1) a) | 13 |
13(1) b) | 9 |
13(1) c) | 15 |
13(1) d) | 7 |
13(1) e) | 0 |
14 | 23 |
14 a) | 36 |
14 b) | 6 |
15(1) | 32 |
15(1) - A.I.* | 2 |
15(1) - Déf.* | 0 |
15(1) - A.S.* | 0 |
16(1) a)(i) | 0 |
16(1) a)(ii) | 0 |
16(1) a)(iii) | 0 |
16(1) b) | 5 |
16(1) c) | 18 |
16(1) d) | 0 |
16(2) | 69 |
16(2) a) | 0 |
16(2) b) | 0 |
16(2) c) | 15 |
16(3) | 0 |
16.1(1) a) | 0 |
16.1(1) b) | 0 |
16.1(1) c) | 0 |
16.1(1) d) | 0 |
16.2(1) | 0 |
16.3 | 0 |
16.4(1) a) | 0 |
16.4(1) b) | 0 |
16.5 | 0 |
17 | 0 |
18 a) | 0 |
18 b) | 2 |
18 c) | 0 |
18 d) | 0 |
18.1(1) a) | 0 |
18.1(1) b) | 0 |
18.1(1) c) | 0 |
18.1(1) d) | 0 |
19(1) | 351 |
20(1) a) | 0 |
20(1) b) | 156 |
20(1) b.1) | 0 |
20(1) c) | 50 |
20(1) d) | 12 |
20.1 | 0 |
20.2 | 0 |
20.4 | 0 |
21(1) a) | 171 |
21(1) b) | 165 |
21(1) c) | 28 |
21(1) d) | 1 |
22 | 5 |
22.1(1) | 0 |
23 | 57 |
24(1) | 4 |
26 | 1 |
* I.A.: International Affairs; Def.: Defence of Canada; S.A.: Subversive Activities
Section | Number of requests |
---|---|
68 a) | 7 |
68 b) | 0 |
68 c) | 0 |
68.1 | 0 |
68.2 a) | 0 |
68.2 b) | 0 |
69(1) | 1 |
69(1) a) | 3 |
69(1) b) | 0 |
69(1) c) | 3 |
69(1) d) | 3 |
69(1) e) | 19 |
69(1) f) | 2 |
69(1) g) re a) | 30 |
69(1) g) re b) | 0 |
69(1) g) re c) | 18 |
69(1) g) re d) | 5 |
69(1) g) re e) | 14 |
69(1) g) re f) | 19 |
69.1(1) | 0 |
Disposition | Paper | Electronic | Other formats |
---|---|---|---|
All disclosed | 69 | 91 | 0 |
Disclosed in part | 127 | 295 | 0 |
Total | 196 | 386 | 0 |
2.5 Complexity
Disposition of requests | Number of pages processed | Number of pages disclosed | Number of requests |
---|---|---|---|
All disclosed | 15 576 | 7 147 | 160 |
Disclosed in part | 76 218 | 46 131 | 422 |
All exempted | 3 876 | 0 | 12 |
All excluded | 133 | 0 | 6 |
Request abandoned | 14 335 | 5 547 | 164 |
Neither confirmed nor denied | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 110 138 |
58 825 |
759 |
Disposition | Less than 100 pages processed number of requests |
Less than 100 pages processed pages disclosed |
101 to 500 pages processed number of requests |
101 to 500 pages processed pages disclosed |
501 to 1000 pages processed number of requests |
501 to 1000 pages processed pages disclosed |
1001 to 5000 pages processed number of requests |
1001 to 5000 pages processed pages disclosed |
More than 5000 pages processed number of requests |
More than 5000 pages processed pages disclosed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All disclosed | 130 |
1 546 |
25 |
5 092 |
3 |
494 |
2 |
15 |
0 | 0 |
Disclosed in part | 276 |
7 382 |
107 |
15 729 |
23 |
9 941 |
16 |
13 079 |
0 |
0 |
All exempted | 9 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
All excluded | 6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Request abandoned | 133 |
296 |
19 |
1 214 |
8 |
1 776 |
4 |
2 261 |
0 |
0 |
Neither confirmed nor denied | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total | 555 |
9 224 |
153 |
22 035 |
34 |
12 211 |
23 |
15 355 |
0 |
0 |
Disposition | Consultation required | Assessment of fees | Legal advice sought | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All disclosed | 64 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67 |
Disclosed in part | 270 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 314 |
All exempted | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
All excluded | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
Abandoned | 36 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 57 |
Neither confirmed nor denied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 380 | 12 | 59 | 3 | 454 |
2.6 Deemed refusals
Number of Requests Closed Past the Statutory Deadline | Principal Reason Workload |
Principal Reason External Consultation |
Principal Reason Internal Consultation |
Principal Reason Other |
---|---|---|---|---|
279 | 181 | 70 | 17 | 11 |
Number of days past deadline | Number of requests past deadline where no extension was taken | Number of requests past deadline where an extension was taken | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 to 15 days | 8 | 23 | 31 |
16 to 30 days | 0 | 20 | 20 |
31 to 60 days | 2 | 32 | 34 |
61 to 120 days | 1 | 45 | 46 |
121 to 180 days | 1 | 25 | 26 |
181 to 365 days | 2 | 68 | 70 |
More than 365 days | 1 | 51 |
52 |
Total | 15 | 264 | 279 |
Translation requests | Accepted | Refused | Total |
---|---|---|---|
English to French | 0 | 0 | 0 |
French to English | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Part 3: Extensions
Disposition of requests where an extension was taken | 9(1)(a) Interference with operations |
9(1)(b) Consultation Section 69 |
9(1)(b) Consultation Other |
9(1)(c) Third-party notice |
---|---|---|---|---|
All disclosed | 95 | 0 | 55 | 13 |
Disclosed in part | 218 | 5 | 240 | 141 |
All exempted | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
All excluded | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
No records exist | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Request abandoned | 84 | 3 | 80 | 52 |
Total | 417 | 9 | 389 |
214 |
Length of extensions | 9(1)(a) Interference with operations |
9(1)(b) Consultation Section 69 |
9(1)(b) Consultation Other |
9(1)(c) Third-party notice |
---|---|---|---|---|
30 days or less | 317 | 4 | 46 |
4 |
31 to 60 days | 58 | 1 |
116 |
206 |
61 to 120 days | 42 | 4 |
189 |
4 |
121 to 180 days | 0 | 0 |
38 |
0 |
181 to 365 days | 0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
365 days or more | 0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
Total | 417 | 9 |
389 |
214 |
Part 4: Fees
Fee type | Fee collected Number of requests |
Fee collected amount |
Fee waived or refunded Number of requests |
Fee waived or refunded Amount |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | 1 816 | $9 080 | 196 |
$980 |
Search | 4 | $308.75 | 1 |
$50 |
Production | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Programming | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Preparation | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Alternative format | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Reproduction | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Total | 1 820 | $9 388.75 | 197 | $1 030 |
Part 5: Consultations received from other institutions and organizations
Consultations | Other Government of Canada institutions | Number of pages to review | Other organizations | Number of pages to review |
---|---|---|---|---|
Received during reporting period | 199 | 6 695 | 19 | 1 252 |
Outstanding from the previous reporting period | 21 | 3 007 | 5 | 204 |
Total | 220 |
9 702 | 24 | 1 456 |
Closed during the reporting period | 196 |
8 844 | 20 | 1 091 |
Pending at the end of the reporting period | 24 | 858 |
4 | 365 |
Recommendation | Number of days required to complete consultation requests 1 to 15 days |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests 16 to 30 days |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests 31 to 60 days |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests 61 to 120 days |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests 121 to 180 days |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests 181 to 365 days |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests More than 365 days |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disclose entirely | 36 | 52 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
Disclose in part | 4 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 2 |
0 | 3 | 68 |
Exempt entirely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Exclude entirely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Consult other institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 41 | 72 | 56 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 196 |
Recommendation | Number of days Required to complete consultation requests 1 to 15 days |
Number of days Required to complete consultation requests 16 to 30 days |
Number of days Required to complete consultation requests 31 to 60 days |
Number of days Required to complete consultation requests 61 to 120 days |
Number of days Required to complete consultation requests 121 to 180 days |
Number of days Required to complete consultation requests 181 to 365 days |
Number of days Required to complete consultation requests More than 365 days |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disclose entirely | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Disclose in part | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Exempt entirely | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Exclude entirely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Consult other institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Part 6: Completion time of consultations on cabinet confidences
Number of days | Fewer than 100 pages processed Number of requests |
Fewer than 100 pages processed pages Disclosed |
101 to 500 pages processed Number of requests |
101 to 500 pages processed pages Disclosed |
501 to 1000 pages processed Number of requests |
501 to 1000 pages processed pages Disclosed |
1001 to 5000 pages processed Number of requests |
1001 to 5000 pages processed pages Disclosed |
More than 5000 pages processed Number of requests |
More than 5000 pages processed pages Disclosed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 to 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 to 30 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 to 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
61 to 120 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
121 to 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
181 to 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More than 365 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 70 | 3 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of days | Fewer than 100 pages processed Number of requests |
Fewer than 100 pages processed pages Disclosed |
101 to 500 pages processed Number of requests |
101 to 500 pages processed pages Disclosed |
501 to 1000 pages processed Number of requests |
501 to 1000 pages processed pages Disclosed |
1001 to 5000 pages processed Number of requests |
1001 to 5000 pages processed pages Disclosed |
More than 5000 pages processed Number of requests |
More than 5000 pages processed pages Disclosed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 to 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 to 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 to 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
61 to 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
121 to 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
181 to 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More than 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Part 7: Complaints and investigations
Section 32 | Section 35 | Section 37 | Total |
---|---|---|---|
40 | 42 | 17 | 99 |
Part 8: Court action
Section 41 | Section 42 | Section 44 | Total |
---|---|---|---|
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Part 9: Resources related to the Access to Information Act
Expenditures | Amount |
---|---|
Salaries | $1 363 308 |
Overtime | $5 755 |
Goods and Services
|
$254 496 |
Total | $1 623 559 |
Resources | Person years dedicated to access to information activities |
---|---|
Full-time employees | 19.30 |
Part-time and casual employees | 0.20 |
Regional staff | 0.00 |
Consultants and agency personnel | 2.00 |
Students | 0.00 |
Total | 21.50 |
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