Completed Access to Information Requests

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Search the summaries of completed Access to Information (ATI) requests to find information about ATI requests made to the Government of Canada after January 2020. If you find a summary of interest, you can request a copy of the records at no cost using the form below each summary. Requests made through this form are considered informal requests and are not subject to the same requirements as requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA).

If you don’t find what you are looking for you can request additional government records under an institution’s control by contacting the institution’s Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator or by submitting a formal access to information request.

*All information provided will incorporate the necessary exemptions and exclusions as per the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

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Found 104 record(s)

Req # A-2021-11725

Statistics from January 1 to December 31, 2020, on the number of the following makes and models of firearms that were imported into Canada for the purpose of being purchased by Canadians: the M-1 Carbine; the M-1 Garand; the SKS; Mosin-Nagant rifles and carbines; the SVT-40; Lee Enfield rifles and carbines; Carcano rifles and carbines; the AG-42, AG-42B and Ag m/42; the Hakim; the Rashid or the Rasheed; the K-31 and the K-11; Mauser rifles; Mauser carbines; the MAS-36; the MAS-49 and the MAS 49/56; the FN-49; the AR-15; the M-305 and M-305s; the Mini-14; the Stgw-57; the Valmet Hunter, Valmet M-78 and Valmet M78/83S; and the TT-33.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

7 page(s)
September 2021

Req # A-2021-10154

Records of Information Sharing Agreements to which the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is currently a party, in particular with other Canadian Federal or Provincial government departments. This exclude treaties or bilateral agreements with other countries, or agreements requiring the CBSA to share information with international organizations or foreign states.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

13 page(s)
September 2021

Req # A-2021-09758

Statistics from November 1, 2020 to May 11, 2021, concerning the number of removals that have been completed by the Canada Border Services Agency, broken down by the month, the type of removal, the reason for removal, and the country to which the individuals were removed to.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

11 page(s)
September 2021

Req # A-2021-10119

Records from January 1, 2019 to May 12, 2021, on the procedures and uses made of Ministerial relief for individuals seeking entry to or in Canada who otherwise would be inadmissible without that relief, the impact of this system on the immigration and refugee system, on individuals and community, and alternative relief remedies, or changes possible in classifying individuals as posing threats to national security, making them inadmissible. Statistics from January 1, 2010 to May 14, 2021, concerning applications to the Minister for relief, length of time in each case for replies, relief granted in each case, relief denied in each case, length of time after denial to deportation in each case, follow ups where relief is granted if available. Additionally, any Briefing notes, summary notes on ministerial relief applications made public in the last two years and internal reaction, reviews or actions. A list of other matters involving individuals or groups and national security that require ministerial approval.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

3 page(s)
September 2021

Req # A-2021-03653

Operational bulletins, rulings, directives, policies and guidelines pertaining to the administration of Leave Without Pay (LWOP) requests including the decisions of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Labour Relations division, recommendations or directives, or policies on the administration of LWOP. Additionally, decisions or guidance from the CBSA Labour Relations or Human Relations division on interpretation of continuation or continuous period of LWOP.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

72 page(s)
August 2021

Req # A-2021-04575

Statistics from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2018, on the importation per year of animal species into Canada related to the following products or species denoted by Customs Tariff HS codes in section XII, including: all birds, dead parts and derivatives under HS 6701.00 and HS 0505.90; meat under HS 0208.10; rabbits or hares under HS 0208.30; and primates under HS 0210.91

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

63 page(s)
August 2021

Req # A-2021-06487

Records showing the new EC job descriptions including EC08, EC07, EC06, EC05, EC04, EC03, EC02 with the position numbers, that were created by classification officers and Human Resources employees from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021. This is for all the Canada Border Services Agency branches and pertains to the EC classification stream: statistical and survey methods and systems or related to qualitative and quantitative information positions. Additionally, records that explain the difference from one EC level to another and a high-level description that differentiates one level from another.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

171 page(s)
August 2021

Req # A-2021-09563

Statistics from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020, for the Pacific Highway Port of Entry (POE) for actions taken by Border Service Officers (BSOs) broken down by month, including the number of: persons arrested under the Customs Act with a brief description of the reason for arrest and nationality; persons arrested under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act with a brief description of the reason for arrest and nationality; persons arrested under the Criminal Code of Canada or other Acts of Parliament with a brief description of the reason for arrest and nationality; persons allowed to leave with a brief description of the persons gender, age, and nationality; and persons who made refugee claim with description of the persons gender, age, and nationality. Additionally, for the same POE, data per month of the number of: seized items with a description of the item, quantity, value, and reason seized; and reported incidents where BSOs were required to use force, including an account of the number of times firearms were drawn or an intermediate defensive weapon was deployed.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

135 page(s)
August 2021

Req # A-2021-11806

Electronic records belonging to the Enterprise Collaboration and Digital Services Directorate - Enterprise Information Management Division stored in Apollo, including a complete audit trail for each document including those that were deleted. This includes: the name of the file, the path where it was stored on the computer drive, every event that occurred to each document, and the date of each event.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

469 page(s)
August 2021

Req # A-2021-14806

Statistics from January 1, 2015 to July 21, 2021, on the number of temporary residents who have been issued a study permit and found inadmissible to Canada under section 41 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Additionally, the number of deportations of these inadmissible persons in Canada under section 41 of the IRPA.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

2 page(s)
August 2021
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