Appendix A: statistical report

Statistical report on the Access to Information Act

Name of institution: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Reporting period: 01/04/2018 au 31/03/2019

Part 1: Requests under the Access to Information Act

1.1 Number of requests

Source	Number of requests
Received during reporting period	1,794
Outstanding from previous reporting period	449
Total	2,243
Closed during reporting period	1,719
Carried over to next reporting period	524

1.2 Sources of requests

Source	Number of requests
Media	160
Academia	13
Business (private sector)	1,377
Organization	85
Public	89
Decline to Identify	70
Total	1,794

1.3 Informal requests

1 to 15 days	16 to 30 days	31 to 60 days	61 to 120 days	121 to 180 days	181 to 365 days	More than 365 days	Total
110	135	113	58	0	0	0	416

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

2.1 Disposition and completion time

Disposition of requests	1 to 15 days	16 to 30 days	31 to 60 days	61 to 120 days	121 to 180 days	181 to 365 days	More than 365 days	Total
All disclosed	3	19	31	30	10	7	2	102
Disclosed in part	1	26	58	119	40	50	42	336
All exempted	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	6
All excluded	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
No records exist	508	625	31	2	1	1	0	1,168
Request transferred	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Request abandoned	31	13	6	5	3	7	25	90
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
Total	555	684	129	161	54	66	70	1,719

2.2 Exemptions

Section	Number of requests
13(1)(a)	14
13(1)(b)	1
13(1)(c)	3
13(1)(d)	3
13(1)(e)	0
14	26
14(a)	8
14(b)	1
15(1)	42
15(1) - A.I.*	0
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)	4
16(1)(c)	8
16(1)(d)	0
16(2)	93
16(2)(a)	0
16(2)(b)	0
16(2)(c)	12
16(3)	1
16.1(1)(a)	0
16.1(1)(b)	1
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	1
18(a)	0
18(b)	0
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)	251
20(1)(a)	0
20(1)(b)	80
20(1)(b.1)	0
20(1)(c)	41
20(1)(d)	7
20.1	0
20.2	0
20.4	0
21(1)(a)	138
21(1)(b)	112
21(1)(c)	33
21(1)(d)	2
22	1
22.1(1)	0
23	27
24(1)	2
26	0

2.3 Exclusions

Section	Number of requests
68(a)	5
68(b)	0
68(c)	0
68.1	0
68.2(a)	0
68.2(b)	0
69(1)	1
69(1)(a)	1
69(1)(b)	0
69(1)(c)	1
69(1)(d)	2
69(1)(e)	4
69(1)(f)	0
69(1)(g) re (a)	7
69(1)(g) re (b)	0
69(1)(g) re (c)	11
69(1)(g) re (d)	2
69(1)(g) re (e)	9
69(1)(g) re (f)	9
69.1(1)	0

2.4 Format of information released

Disposition	Paper	Electronic	Other formats
All disclosed	30	70	2
Disclosed in part	98	237	1
Total	128	307	3

2.5 Complexity

2.5.1 Relevant pages processed and disclosed
Disposition of requests	Number of pages processed	Number of pages disclosed	Number of requests
All disclosed	4,798	1,989	102
Disclosed in part	53,042	33,075	336
All exempted	245	0	6
All excluded	95	0	2
Request abandoned	21,446	10,215	90
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	0	3

2.5.2 Relevant pages processed and disclosed by size of requests
Disposition	Less than 100 pages processed number of requests	Less than 100 pages processed pages disclosed	101-500 pages processed number of requests	101-500 pages processed pages disclosed	501-1000 pages processed number of requests	501-1000 pages processed pages disclosed	1001-5000 pages processed number of requests	1001-5000 pages processed pages disclosed
All disclosed	94	1,033	6	837	1	112	1	7
Disclosed in part	225	5,427	86	11,037	15	4,086	10	12,525
All exempted	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
All excluded	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Request abandoned	70	83	10	553	1	0	9	9,579
Neither confirmed nor denied	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	399	6,543	103	12,427	17	4,198	20	22,111

2.5.3 Other complexities
Disposition	Consultation required	Assessment of fees	Legal advice sought	Other	Total
All disclosed	25	0	2	1	28
Disclosed in part	185	1	25	9	220
All exempted	6	0	1	0	7
All excluded	2	0	1	0	3
Request abandoned	16	5	1	0	22
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	0	0	0	0
Total	234	6	30	10	280

2.6 Deemed refusals

2.6.1 Reasons for not meeting statutory deadline
Number of requests closed past the statutory deadline	Principal reason Workload	Principal reason External consultation	Principal reason Internal consultation	Principal reason Other
203	108	42	9	44

2.6.2 Number of days past deadline
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	3	15	18
16 to 30 days	0	20	20
31 to 60 days	0	22	22
61 to 120 days	0	37	37
121 to 180 days	0	26	26
181 to 365 days	1	29	30
More than 365 days	0	50	50
Total	4	199	203

2.7 Requests for translation

Translation requests	Accepted	Refused	Total
English to French	0	0	0
French to English	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0

Part 3: Extensions

3.1 Reasons for extensions and disposition of requests

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	66	1	22	9
Disclosed in part	203	5	158	114
All exempted	0	0	5	2
All excluded	1	0	1	1
No records exist	3	0	0	2
Request abandoned	42	0	31	37
Total	315	6	217	165

3.2 Length of extensions

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	225	0	40	1
31 to 60 days	62	2	72	157
61 to 120 days	26	4	102	6
121 to 180 days	2	0	2	0
181 to 365 days	0	0	1	1
365 days or more	0	0	0	0
Total	315	6	217	165

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	1,578	$7,890	141	$705
Search	2	$313	2	$313
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	1,580	$8,203	143	$1,018

Part 5: Consultations received from other institutions and organizations

5.1 Consultations received from other Government of Canada 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	232	13,416	28	920
Outstanding from the previous reporting period	24	858	4	365
Total	256	14,274	32	1,285
Closed during the reporting period	208	7,574	27	904
Pending at the end of the reporting period	48	6,700	5	381

5.2 Recommendations and completion time for consultations received from other Government of Canada institutions

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	Total
Disclose entirely	32	36	40	11	3	0	122
Disclose in part	1	10	29	34	4	2	80
Exempt entirely	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Exclude entirely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Consult other institutionn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	3	1	1	0	0	0	5
Total	36	47	70	46	7	2	208

5.3 Recommendations and completion time for consultations received from other organizations

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	Total
Disclose entirely	1	5	2	0	0	18
Disclose in part	2	8	5	1	1	9
Exempt entirely	0	1	0	1	0	0
Exclude entirely	0	0	0	0	0	0
Consult other institution	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total	3	14	7	2	1	28

Part 6: Completion time of consultations on Cabinet confidences

6.1 Requests with legal services

Number of days	Fewer than 100 pages processed Number of requests	Fewer than 100 pages processed pages Disclosed
1 to 15	1	5
16 to 30	1	17
31 to 60	0	0
61 to 120	0	0
121 to 180	0	0
181 to 365	0	0
More than 365	0	0
Total	2	22

6.2 Requests with Privy Council

Number of days	Fewer than 100 pages processed Number of requests	Fewer than 100 pages processed pages Disclosed	101-500 pages processed Number of requests	101-500 pages processed pages Disclosed	501-1,000 pages processed Number of requests	501-1,000 pages processed pages Disclosed	1,001-5,000 pages processed Number of requests	1,001-5,000 pages processed pages Disclosed	More than 5,000 pages processed Number of requests	More than 5,000 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
20	27	11	58

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

9.1 Costs

Expenditure	Amount
Salaries	$1,100,173
Overtime	$120
Goods and Services Professional services contracts: $60,023 Other: $47,444	$107,467
Total	$1,207,760

9.2 Human resources

Resources	Person years dedicated to access to information activities
Full-time employees	15.40
Part-time and casual employees	0.00
Regional staff	0.00
Consultants and agency personnel	0.60
Students	0.00
Total	16.00

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Date modified:: 2020-11-06