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 92 record(s)

Req # A-2023-56908

Records of all operational manuals, policy memos, briefing notes and training documents regarding the new policy on identity verification for personal information requests providing direction on the requirements set out in section 4.1.4 of the Directive on Personal Information Requests and Correction of Personal Information.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

8 page(s)
January 2024

Req # A-2023-59675

Records from January 1 to December 31, 2023, regarding all document alerts issued by the national document centre.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

18 page(s)
January 2024

Req # A-2024-03015

Records from September 1 to 6, 2023, of any Micro Soft Teams conversations within Canada Border Services Agency that include the key words: OGGO, Minh, Cam, ArriveCan, Botler, Testimony, Committee, Navigator, Ossowski, app, cmt. Limited to employees in the National Capital region.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
January 2024

Req # A-2024-05703

Records from January 1, 2022 to 2024, of any audits, metrics, measurement, or statistics related to performance reviews and training completions conducted by Canada Border Services Agency concerning employees of private third party companies, such as security firms, that screen passengers on behalf of airlines at airports located in Vancouver and Toronto.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
January 2024

Req # A-2022-10690

Records from January 1, 2017 to May 1, 2022, relating to live reptile importations destined for Ontario, including but not limited to emails, letters, notes, memorandums, reports, videos, photographs, phone logs and import and export records, including permits and health certificates. Statistics broken down by: year of import or export, number of individual animals imported or exported, species or lowest available taxonomic, the country of origin, the country from where consigned, country to which animals are exported, the animal source (wild-caught, captive-bred, ranched), and the purpose of importation or export such as commercial, zoo, or private collection.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
January 2023

Req # A-2022-10841

Briefing note: 22-00183 - Roxham Road, February 15, 2022.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

7 page(s)
January 2023

Req # A-2022-12532

Briefing note: 19-01733 - Update on the National Immigration Detention Framework, June 24, 2019.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

2 page(s)
January 2023

Req # A-2022-12645

Statistics for Montreal-Trudeau International (YUL), Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Vancouver International (YVR) airports from January 1, 2020 to June 8, 2022, broken down by month and airport providing: the number of people who left Canada, the number of people who entered Canada, the number of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employees who were working on entries into Canada, the number of people who were issued lookouts or sent to secondary inspection. Additionally: for those issued lookouts or sent to secondary the top ten nationalities and their statuses in Canada along with the total numbers and percentages, the number and percentage of those lookouts or secondary inspections that ended up with a complete release, warnings, customs fines, item seizures, any other negative action not related to COVID-19 or any negative action related to COVID-19; plus for this group the top ten nationalities and their statuses in Canada along with the total numbers and percentages. Further, the number of people whose phones, laptops, or other digital devices were accessed by CBSA agents with permission versus accessed without permission by any kind of force, password cracking, versus refused access and the CBSA agent accepted the refusal. Finally, the number of people who had to stay in CBSA secondary inspection area or other custody for more than 1 hour, and the number of doctor, medical or ambulance calls, hospitalizations or deaths of persons in CBSA custody.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

18 page(s)
January 2023

Req # A-2022-24120

Records in effect as of October 20, 2022, of communications from the Canada Border Services Agency to Canadian airlines instructing that temporary foreign workers who do not possess work permit approval letters must purchase round-trip airline tickets before boarding flights to Canada, even if they are from visa-exempt countries or have offers of employment.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
January 2023

Req # A-2022-24845

Records from January 1, 2019 to October 25, 2022, including policies, employee guidelines, and memos relating to the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) social media use. This includes documents explaining the purpose or scope of any social media monitoring activities, as well as information such as which social media sites are used by CBSA, as well as how they are used including sites monitored, and keywords monitored. This may include documents produced by privacy impact assessments related to social media monitoring activities.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

100 page(s)
January 2023
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