ESDC’s Administrative Burden Baseline: Update 2025
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, 7 meet the ABB guidance requirements and were in force as of June 30, 2025. ESDC’s 2025 count of regulatory-based requirements is 3,064, which is a reduction from the 2024 count of 3,121.
| Title of the regulation | Statutory orders and regulations number | 2025 count |
|---|---|---|
| Accessible Canada Act Regulations | 2021-241 | 8 |
| Canada Disability Savings Regulations | 2008-186 | 924 |
| Canada Education Savings Regulations | 2005-151 | 433 |
| Canada Pension Plan Regulations | c. 385 | 51 |
| 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 | 3,064 |
Contact person
Colin Spencer James
Employment and Social Development Canada
Phase IV 3rd floor
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau QC K1A 0J9
E-mail: colin.s.james@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Related links
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