Access to information and privacy annual reports and assessments
Under section 72(1) of the Access to Information Act and section 72(1) of the Privacy Act, the heads of government institutions are required to prepare annual reports to Parliament concerning their administration of the Acts for the fiscal year.
Annual reports
The following are annual reports produced by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.
Access to Information Act annual reports
- 2023-2024 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Access to Information Act
- 2022-2023 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Access to Information Act
- 2021-2022 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Access to Information Act
- 2020-2021 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Access to Information Act
- 2019-2020 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Access to Information Act
Privacy Act annual reports
- 2023-2024 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Privacy Act
- 2022-2023 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Privacy Act
- 2021-2022 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Privacy Act
- 2020-2021 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Privacy Act
- 2019-2020 Annual Report to Parliament on the administration of the Privacy Act
Privacy Impact Assessments
Many federal institutions and agencies are implementing electronic methods to deliver services to Canadians. To ensure that such initiatives comply with privacy requirements, institutions are required to conduct Privacy Impact Assessments in order to identify and evaluate any risks to the personal information at issue. The assessments assist managers and decision-makers to avoid or mitigate privacy risks and to promote fully informed policy, program and system design choices.
Once a Privacy Impact Assessment has been done, institutions are required to produce a summary of the results of the Assessment. It must be made available to the public in a timely manner, in plain language, and in both official languages.