ESDC's Administrative Burden Baseline: 2014 Baseline Count

In its Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, the Government committed to build on the efforts of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative by requiring departments, through the Administrative Burden Baseline, to provide a count of the requirements in federal regulations that impose an administrative burden on business.

All federal regulations administered by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) that have requirements that impose administrative burden on business are identified in the following table. The total 2014 count is 2,791.

The count reflects the fact that ESDC and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) have a shared responsibility for the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). As a result, IRPR administrative burden requirements that impose administrative burden on employers that require a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) are to be counted by ESDC. The burden on employers that are LMIA- exempt is reflected in the count for CIC. When the same administrative burden requirements may be imposed on either LMIA-exempt employer (section 209.2) or LMIA-applicable employer (IRPR section 209.3), they are counted by both ESDC and CIC.

Count of the requirements in federal regulations administered by ESDC that impose an administrative impact on business
Title of the regulation SOR Number 2014 Baseline Count
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations 2002-227 1062
Canada Disability Savings Regulations 2008-186 970
Canada Education Savings Regulations 2005-151 606
Canada Pension Plan (Social Insurance Number) Regulations c. 386 4
Canada Pension Plan Regulations c. 385 51
Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations 96-445 5
Employment Insurance Regulations 96-332 93
Total count: 2791

Contact Person

Gail Mitchell
Employment and Social Development Canada
3rd Floor, 140 Promenade du Portage, Phase IV, Gatineau, QC
819-654-3512
gail.mitchell@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

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