Environmental petitions

Environmental petitions are a unique way for Canadian residents—acting as individuals or on behalf of an organization—to bring their concerns and questions about environmental issues related to sustainable development to the attention of the federal ministers with a guaranteed response.

Environmental petitions catalogue

Explore our catalogue of environmental petitions from the past 7 years. Browse titles and request full copies or responses.

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What to know before submitting an environmental petition

Understanding what a petition requires is key to making it effective. Learn what to include and how the process works before submitting your petition.

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Submit an environmental petition

Any Canadian resident can submit a petition on environmental matters related to sustainable development that falls within the scope of the federal government’s responsibilities.

Submit a petition

Contact our environmental petitions team

If you have questions or require further guidance, contact
the Petitions team.

Email

petitions@oag-bvg.gc.ca

Phone

1-888-761-5953
(TTY: 613-954-8042)

Mail

Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Attention: Environmental Petitions
240 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G6

For inquiries not related to petitions, please visit the main contact page. We encourage you to reach out through the appropriate channels for a prompt response.

Follow-up environmental petitions

Once petitioners have received a response to their petitions, they may submit follow-up petitions to address subsequent questions or to inquire about the status of the issues they raised. The Office of the Auditor General of Canada cannot directly act to address issues raised in petitions.

Request for copies of environmental petitions

Copies of full petitions and related responses are available on request. We have provided a summary for petitions received in the last 7 years. Summaries are not available for older petitions, but titles are available if you want to request a copy. Please note that petitions are subject to a retention period of 15 years. Petitions will be provided in the language that they were originally written in.