2021-2022: Annual report to Parliament - Access to Information Act

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Organizational Structure
3. Delegation Order
4. Performance 2021-2022
5. Training and Awareness
6. Policies, Guidelines, Procedures and Initiatives
7. Summary of Key Issues and Actions Taken on Complaints
8. Monitoring Compliance
9. Reporting on Access to Information Fees for the Purposes of the Service Fees Act
Appendix A: Delegation Order
Appendix B: Statistical Report
Appendix C: Supplemental Statistical Report

1. Introduction

The Access to Information Act (ATIA) was proclaimed into force on July 1, 1983. The ATIA gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and any person and corporation present in Canada a right of access to information contained within government records, subject to specific and limited exceptions.

This report is prepared and tabled in Parliament in accordance with section 94 of the ATIA and section 20 of the Service Fees Act. It covers the period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Mandate of Natural Resources Canada

NRCan works to improve the quality of life of Canadians by ensuring that our natural resources are developed sustainably, providing a source of jobs, prosperity and opportunity, while preserving our environment and respecting our communities and Indigenous peoples.

The Minister of Natural Resources Canada has responsibilities in relation to more than 30 acts of Parliament. The Minister’s core powers, duties and functions are set forth in the Department of Natural Resources Act, the Resources and Technical Surveys Act, the Forestry Act, the Energy Efficiency Act and the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act. The department also works in areas of shared responsibilities with provinces, which includes the environment, public safety, economic development, science and technology, and consultations with Indigenous peoples. To fulfill its responsibilities, the department relies on a number of instruments (e.g. policy, regulation, statutory transfers, grants and contributions) and key activities (e.g. science and technology, partnerships and communications).

NRCan has offices and laboratories across the country. About one-third of our employees are located in the National Capital Region, with the remainder working in regional offices: Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, the Western and Pacific Regions and Northern Canada. NRCan also reports on behalf of the Northern Pipeline Agency.

2. Organizational Structure

NRCan’s Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Secretariat centralizes the administration of the ATIA for NRCan, as well as for the Northern Pipeline Agency (NPA) as per a Service Letter of Agreement.

The ATIP Director has full authority delegated by the Minister for the administration of the ATIA. The Director is accountable for ensuring compliance with the ATIA and its related policy instruments. In addition, the Director is responsible for the development, coordination, and implementation of effective practices and procedures within NRCan in order to enable efficient processing of requests under the ATIA.

In 2021-2022, the ATIP Secretariat had a complement of 11 full-time employees dedicated to the administration of the ATIA: one Director, one Deputy Director, three Team Leaders, three ATIP Analysts, one Systems Analyst and two Administrative Assistants. In order to help meet the increase in volume and complexity of requests, the ATIP Secretariat also engaged the support of two consultants and two administrative assistants.

Core functions of the ATIP Secretariat include:

• Processing requests under the ATIA;
• Responding to consultations from other government departments regarding the application of the ATIA on records originating from NRCan;
• Representing the department in dealings with the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, and other government departments and agencies;
• Developing procedures and practices to ensure the proper administration of the ATIA;
• Providing advice, as well as promoting awareness, to ensure that legislative obligations are respected;
• Monitoring departmental compliance with the ATIA, its regulations, and relevant procedures and policies;
• Coordinating, reviewing, approving and publishing new entries and modifications to Info Source, to assist members of the public in exercising their right of access under the ATIA; and
• Preparing the annual report to Parliament and other statutory reports, as well as other materials that may be required by central agencies.

Subject matter experts throughout the department make recommendations related to the disclosure of records subject to requests. Sector Liaison Officers play a key role in the processing of requests and consultations. Their duties include coordinating the retrieval of documents in a timely manner.

3. Delegation Order

Section 95 of the ATIA provides that the head of a government institution may, by Delegation Order, designate one or more officers or employees of that institution to exercise or perform any of the powers, duties or functions of the head related to the administration of the ATIA.

Consistent with best practices, the ATIP Director maintains full-delegated authority and is the principal administrator of the ATIA for NRCan. Full delegation also rests with the ATIP Deputy Director, the Director General responsible for ATIP, the Associate Deputy Minister and the Deputy Minister.

A copy of NRCan’s Delegation Order can be referenced at Appendix A.

4. Performance 2021-2022

Multi-year trends 2019-2020 to 2021-2022

Requests received: In 2021-2022, NRCan received 604 new access to information requests, an increase of 16% from the previous reporting period. This increase was due to numerous requests for departmental dockets that were submitted by separate applicants in the reporting period.

Number of requests completed within legislated timelines: From April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, 457 requests were completed, 421 of which were closed within their legislative timeframe, representing a compliance rate of 92.1%. During the 2020-2021 reporting period, 335 requests were completed, 284 of which were completed within their legislative timeframe, resulting in a compliance rate of 84.8%. In the 2019-2020, 365 requests were completed, 302 of which were completed within their legislative timeframe, resulting in a compliance rate of 82.7%. There was an increase in the compliance rate for 2021-2022, as a result of the department closing more files within their legislative timeframes than late files.

The following tables illustrate the number of requests completed, broken down by completion times and the percentage of requests responded to within their legislative timelines.

Number of active requests outstanding from previous reporting period: In total, 360 requests were carried over from last fiscal period, including 230 requests received during the previous reporting period (2020-2021), and 130 requests carried over for more than one reporting period (prior to fiscal 2020-2021).

Number of active complaints outstanding from previous reporting period: In total, 15 active complaints were carried over from past reporting periods, including one complaint received in 2018-2019, three received in 2017-2018, and 11 received prior to 2016-2017 reporting period.

Application of exemptions and exclusions:

• Exemptions: The multi-year trend from 2019-2020 to 2021-2022 shows that the nature of exemptions and the number of times the exemptions were applied remained fairly consistent from one reporting period to the next. The exemptions applied were mostly related to personal information, third party information and operations of government. In this reporting period, these exemptions were applied 100 times, 169 times, and 364 times, respectively. During the 2020-2021, these exemptions were applied 66 times, 134 times and 259 times, respectively. During the 2019-2020 reporting period, these exemptions were applied 100 times, 136 times and 225 times, respectively.

• Exclusions: In relation to the application of exclusions, section 69 was applied 137 times during the 2021-2022 reporting period. This represents a slight increase from the 2020-2021 reporting period where exclusions were applied 126 times.

Application of extensions: During the current reporting period, NRCan applied extensions to 52% of requests completed. This is an increase from the 2020-2021 and 2019-2020 reporting periods where extensions were applied in 33% and 47% of cases, respectively. For all three reporting periods, extensions were mainly taken to conduct necessary consultations with other government departments. Extensions were also applied to voluminous requests where meeting the original due dates would interfere with the operations of the institution, as well as to conduct consultations with organizations outside of the federal government (referred to as third party).

Consultations completed from other institutions: During the current reporting period 156 consultations were completed. This represents a moderate increase in comparison to 2020-2021, but a continued significant decrease from the 2019-2020 reporting period, where 291 were completed. The decrease in consultations completed was due to the limited capacity to process classified consultations as a result of the restrictions that were put into place to curb the spread of COVID-19.

For more information, a copy of the 2021-2022 Statistical Report can be referenced at Appendix B.

2021-2022 Supplemental Statistical Report on the Access to Information Act

During the 2021-2022 reporting period, NRCAN was able to process requests.

For more information, a copy of the 2021-2022 Supplemental Statistical Report can be referenced at Appendix C.

Requests for which records were “all disclosed” and “disclosed in part”:

From April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, 62 requests were completed for which the records were all disclosed, and 307 requests were completed for which the records were disclosed in part. This represents 14% and 67%, respectively, of the requests completed during the current reporting period.

Impact of COVID-19-related measures on NRCan’s ability to fulfill its Access to Information Act responsibilities and implemented mitigation measures:

In 2021-2022, NRCan continued to adjust exceptional workplace measures to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect federal employees and the public. As a result, all employees, except those providing critical services and support, continued to mainly telework. 

These measures impacted the operations of the ATIP Secretariat as well as the capacity of parties involved in the retrieval of records and/or provision of representations. In order to continue to meet legislative obligations under the ATIA, the ATIP Secretariat maintained the ATIP case management system on the departmental network to allow for the processing of non-classified requests. However, ATIP requests residing on the secure network could not be accessed remotely and capacity to process classified requests was reduced.

In order to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on NRCan’s ability to fulfill its Access to Information Act responsibilities, the following measures were implemented for classified records:

• Applicants were advised that the ATIP Secretariat would work with them to prioritize their requests; stakeholders were provided with options for file processing in an effort to minimize COVID-19 related interruptions; and departmental staff were provided additional support to facilitate file processing.
• With the intention to reduce the backlog of classified files, all classified files affected by reasons related to COVID-19 were tracked in order to appropriately address them as the circumstances related to return to work evolved.
• As soon as restrictions were lifted, ATIP employees were granted priority access to process classified requests on site.
• Additional resources were hired and dedicated to clearing the backlog of classified requests - ongoing.
• The Secretariat regularly tracked files and reported to senior management using an ATIP planner, to ensure that management were regularly updated regarding the status of ATIP requests, including the classified requests.

5. Training and Awareness

As part of our continued efforts to promote general ATIP awareness at NRCan, in 2021-2022, the ATIP Secretariat held 2 one-hour web seminars with various program areas. A total of 43 employees participated.

6. Policies, Guidelines, Procedures and Initiatives

NRCan continues to improve its ATIP practices and performance in order to maintain the highest standards of service.

Format of information released: To support the Interim Directive on the Administration of the ATIA, the ATIP Secretariat continued to provide records in the format requested by the applicant, including machine-readable and reusable formats.

ATIP Online Request Service (AORS): NRCan has been actively participating in the Treasury Board Secretariat’s ATIP Online Request Service. This initiative simplifies the process of requesting government records by providing a convenient solution, which enables Canadians to submit their ATIP requests and application fees online. In 2021-2022, NRCan received 99% of its access to information requests (596 via the AORS). Notably, NRCan has experienced a consistent multi-year trend in the percentage of requests received through the AORS. In 2020-2021, NRCan received 98% of its access to information requests (510) through the AORS.        

Professional Development Program (PDP): To address the government-wide labour shortage of skills and expertise in the ATIP community and strengthen recruitment and retention of ATIP professionals, in May 2019, the ATIP Secretariat developed and finalized a PDP. This program aims to build capacity to meet current and future demand by recruiting new entry-level ATIP officers and supporting them through additional training on an accelerated journey to a Senior ATIP Analyst position. Through the reporting period, the ATIP Secretariat continued to recruit and promote candidates in the program.

Duty to Assist: In order to ensure transparency in the ATIP process and in relation to the “Duty to Assist” requirements, the ATIP Secretariat proactively communicated with applicants to provide timely and complete responses.

7. Summary of Key Issues and Actions Taken on Complaints

In 2021-2022, NRCan received 9 complaints pursuant to the ATIA, including 8 delay complaints and one exemption complaint. In addition, during the reporting period NRCan received 14 findings from the OIC regarding the completed processing of complaints related to the failure to provide certain relevant records, processing delays, extensions applied, as well as the application of exemptions.

8. Monitoring Compliance

The ATIP Secretariat routinely monitored the processing time for access to information requests using statistical reports, which were provided to senior officials, including the Minister’s office, and highlight the overall year to date compliance rate for the department, the number of requests received, and the number of requests closed. The department’s performance statistics, reporting on trends, and changes to the ATIP process were communicated through weekly meetings with departmental and senior officials and using the ATIP Planner.

9. Reporting on Access to Information Fees for the Purposes of the Service Fees Act

The Service Fees Act requires a responsible authority to report annually to Parliament on the fees collected by the institution. With respect to fees collected under the ATIA, the information below is reported in accordance with the requirements of section 20 of the Service Fees Act.

• Enabling authority: ATIA
• Fee payable: $5.00 application fee is the only fee charged for an ATI request
• Total revenue: $1,760
• Fees waived: During the reporting period, NRCan did not charge fees other than the $5 application fee. A total of $1,260 were waived during the reporting period to facilitate the processing of requests.
• Cost of operating the program: $921,116

Appendix A: Delegation Order

Delegation Order – Access to Information Act and Access to Information Regulations

The Minister of Natural Resources, pursuant to section 95 of the Access to Information Act (ATIA), hereby designates the persons holding the positions set out in the schedule hereto, or the persons occupying on an acting basis those positions, to exercise the powers, duties and functions of the Minister as the head of Natural Resources Canada, under the provisions of the ATIA and related regulations set out in the schedule below. This designation supersedes all previous delegation orders.

Original signed by: The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, P.C., M.P. Minister of Natural Resources Canada
Date: November 17, 2021

Appendix B: Statistical Report

Statistical Report on the Access to Information Act

Name of institution: Natural Resources Canada
Reporting period: 2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31

Section 1: Requests Under the Access to Information Act

1.1  Number of requests

	Number of Requests
Received during reporting period	604
Outstanding from previous reporting periods	360
Outstanding from previous reporting period	230
Outstanding from more than one reporting period	130
Total	964
Closed during reporting period	457
Carried over to next reporting period	507
Carried over within legislated timeline	367
Carried over beyond legislated timeline	140

1.2  Sources of requests

Source						Number of Requests
Media						274
Academia						26
Business (private sector)						20
Organization						54
Public						64
Decline to Identify						166
Total						604

1.3  Channels of requests

Source						Number of Requests
Online						596
E-mail						6
Mail						2
In person						0
Phone						0
Fax						0
Total						604

Section 2: Informal Requests

2.1 Number of informal requests

	Number of Requests
Received during reporting period	240
Outstanding from previous reporting periods	314
Outstanding from previous reporting period	133
Outstanding from more than one reporting period	181
Total	554
Closed during reporting period	193
Carried over to next reporting period	361

2.2  Channels of informal requests

Source						Number of Requests
Online						231
E-mail						9
Mail						0
In person						0
Phone						0
Fax						0
Total						240

2.3 Completion time of informal requests

Completion Time

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
7	5	43	51	26	61	0	193

2.4 Pages released informally

Less Than 100 Pages Released		100-500 Pages Released		501-1000 Pages Released		1001-5000 Pages Released		More Than 5000 Pages Released
Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2.5 Pages re-released informally

Less Than 100 Pages Re-released		100-500 Pages Re-released		501-1000 Pages Re-released		1001-5000 Pages Re-released		More Than 5000 Pages Re-released
Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released	Number of Requests	Pages Released
153	3532	33	7167	6	5179	0	0	1	7264

Section 3: Applications to the Information Commissioner on Declining to Act on Requests

	Number of Requests
Outstanding from previous reporting period	0
Sent during reporting period	0
Total	0
Approved by the Information Commissioner during reporting period	0
Declined by the Information Commissioner during reporting period	0
Withdrawn during reporting period	0
Carried over to next reporting period	0

Section 4: Requests Closed During the Reporting Period

4.1 Disposition and completion time

Disposition of Requests	Completion Time
	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	6	26	19	9	1	1	0	62
Disclosed in part	30	84	58	90	19	21	7	309
All exempted	0	6	2	1	0	1	0	10
All excluded	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	6
No records exist	8	33	1	1	0	0	1	44
Request transferred	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Request abandoned	21	0	0	0	1	1	2	25
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Declined to act with the approval of the Information Commissioner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	66	152	82	102	21	24	10	457

4.2 Exemptions

Section		Number of Requests	Section	Number of Requests	Section	Number of Requests	Section	Number of Requests
13(1)(a)		5	16(2)	62	18(a)	3	20.1	0
13(1)(b)		16	16(2)(a)	0	18(b)	8	20.2	0
13(1)(c)		22	16(2)(b)	0	18(c)	0	20.4	0
13(1)(d)		1	16(2)(c)	1	18(d)	1	21(1)(a)	224
13(1)(e)		0	16(3)	0	18.1(1)(a)	0	21(1)(b)	115
14		67	16.1(1)(a)	0	18.1(1)(b)	4	21(1)(c)	23
14(a)		1	16.1(1)(b)	0	18.1(1)(c)	0	21(1)(d)	2
14(b)		0	16.1(1)(c)	0	18.1(1)(d)	0	22	1
15(1)		0	16.1(1)(d)	0	19(1)	110	22.1(1)	0
15(1) - I.A.*		61	16.2(1)	0	20(1)(a)	0	23	23
15(1) - Def.*		0	16.3	0	20(1)(b)	90	23.1	0
15(1) - S.A.*		5	16.4(1)(a)	0	20(1)(b.1)	0	24(1)	3
16(1)(a)(i)		0	16.4(1)(b)	0	20(1)(c)	63	26	3
16(1)(a)(ii)		0	16.5	0	20(1)(d)	16
16(1)(a)(iii)		0	16.6	0
16(1)(b)		1	17	0
16(1)(c)		7
16(1)(d)		0

* I.A.: International Affairs  Def.: Defence of Canada  S.A.: Subversive Activities

4.3 Exclusions

Section		Number of Requests		Section		Number of Requests		Section		Number of Requests
68(a)		9		69(1)		0		69(1)(g) re (a)		69
68(b)		0		69(1)(a)		4		69(1)(g) re (b)		0
68(c)		0		69(1)(b)		0		69(1)(g) re (c)		21
68.1		0		69(1)(c)		0		69(1)(g) re (d)		7
68.2(a)		0		69(1)(d)		2		69(1)(g) re (e)		18
68.2(b)		0		69(1)(e)		8		69(1)(g) re (f)		22
				69(1)(f)		1		69.1(1)		0

4.4  Format of information released

Paper		Electronic					Other
		E-record		Data set	Video	Audio
0		371		0	0	0	0

4.5 Complexity

4.5.1 Relevant pages processed and disclosed for paper and e-record formats

Number of Pages Processed	Number of Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests
24,882	16,934	412

4.5.2 Relevant pages processed per request disposition for paper and e-record formats by size of requests

Disposition	Less Than 100 Pages Processed		100-500 Pages Processed		501-1000 Pages Processed		1001-5000 Pages Processed		More Than 5000 Pages Processed
	Number of Requests	Pages Processed	Number of Requests	Pages Processed	Number of Requests	Pages Processed	Number of Requests	Pages Processed	Number of Requests	Pages Processed
All disclosed	59	755	2	576	0	0	1	1961	0	0
Disclosed in part	274	5830	26	5790	7	4367	2	2666	0	0
All exempted	7	101	2	344	1	644	0	0	0	0
All excluded	5	45	1	289	0	0	0	0	0	0
Request abandoned	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1514	0	0
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Declined to act with the approval of the Information Commissioner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	369	6731	31	6999	8	5011	4	6141	0	0

4.5.3 Relevant minutes processed and disclosed for audio formats

Number of Minutes Processed	Number of Minutes Disclosed	Number of Requests
0	0	0

4.5.4 Relevant minutes processed per request disposition for audio formats by size of requests

Disposition	Less Than 60 Minutes Processed		60 - 120 Minutes Processed		More than 120 Minutes Processed
	Number of Requests	Minutes Processed	Number of Requests	Minutes Processed	Number of Requests	Minutes Processed
All disclosed	0	0	0	0	0	0
Disclosed in part	0	0	0	0	0	0
All exempted	0	0	0	0	0	0
All excluded	0	0	0	0	0	0
Request abandoned	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	0	0	0	0	0
Declined to act with the approval of the Information Commissioner	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0

4.5.5 Relevant minutes processed and disclosed for video formats

Number of Minutes Processed	Number of Minutes Disclosed	Number of Requests
0	0	0

4.5.6 Relevant minutes processed per request disposition for video formats by size of requests

Disposition	Less Than 60 Minutes Processed		60 - 120 Minutes Processed		More than 120 Minutes Processed
	Number of Requests	Minutes Processed	Number of Requests	Minutes Processed	Number of Requests	Minutes Processed
All disclosed	0	0	0	0	0	0
Disclosed in part	0	0	0	0	0	0
All exempted	0	0	0	0	0	0
All excluded	0	0	0	0	0	0
Request abandoned	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	0	0	0	0	0
Declined to act with the approval of the Information Commissioner	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0

4.5.7 Other complexities

Disposition	Consultation Required	Legal Advice Sought	Other	Total
All disclosed	13	0	0	13
Disclosed in part	126	0	0	126
All exempted	2	0	0	2
All excluded	0	0	0	0
Request abandoned	2	0	0	2
Neither confirmed nor denied	0	0	0	0
Declined to act with the approval of the Information Commissioner	0	0	0	0
Total	143	0	0	143

4.6 Closed requests

4.6.1  Requests closed within legislated timelines

Number of requests closed within legislated timelines	421
Percentage of requests closed within legislated timelines (%)	92.12253829

4.7 Deemed refusals

4.7.1 Reasons for not meeting legislated timelines

Number of requests closed past the legislated timelines	Principal Reason
	Interference with operations/ Workload	External Consultation	Internal Consultation	Other
36	5	10	1	20

4.7.2 Requests closed beyond legislated timelines (including any extension taken)

Number of days past legislated timelines	Number of requests past legislated timeline where no extension was taken	Number of requests past legislated timeline where an extension was taken	Total
1 to 15 days	0	2	2
16 to 30 days	2	1	3
31 to 60 days	1	7	8
61 to 120 days	2	3	5
121  to 180 days	0	3	3
181 to 365 days	4	3	7
More than 365 days	3	5	8
Total	12	24	36

4.8  Requests for translation

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

Section 5: Extensions

5.1 Reasons for extensions and disposition of requests

Disposition of Requests Where an Extension Was Taken	9(1)(a) Interference With Operations/ Workload	9(1)(b) Consultation		9(1)(c) Third-Party Notice
		Section 69	Other
All disclosed	1	0	16	3
Disclosed in part	24	41	101	39
All exempted	2	0	1	1
All excluded	0	2	0	0
Request abandoned	1	2	2	0
No records exist	0	0	1	0
Declined to act with the approval of the Information Commissioner	0	0	0	0
Total	28	45	121	43

5.2 Length of extensions

Length of Extensions	9(1)(a) Interference With Operations/ Workload	9(1)(b) Consultation		9(1)(c) Third-Party Notice
		Section 69	Other
30 days or less	16	8	43	3
31 to 60 days	7	29	33	23
61 to 120 days	4	7	33	11
121 to 180 days	1	1	10	6
181 to 365 days	0	0	2	0
365 days or more	0	0	0	0
Total	28	45	121	43

Section 6: Fees

Fee Type	Fee Collected		Fee Waived		Fee Refunded
	Number of Requests	Amount	Number of Requests	Amount	Number of Requests	Amount
Application	352	$1,760.00	252	$1,260.00	0	$0.00
Other fees	0	$0.00	0	$0.00	0	$0.00
Total	352	$1,760.00	252	$1,260.00	0	$0.00

Section 7: Consultations Received From Other Institutions and Organizations

7.1 Consultations received from other Government of Canada institutions and other organizations

Consultations	Other Government of Canada Institutions	Number of Pages to Review	Other Organizations	Number of Pages to Review
Received during the reporting period	143	5861	18	4651
Outstanding from the previous reporting period	47	1442	0	0
Total	190	7303	18	4651
Closed during the reporting period	156	6422	17	3846
Carried over within negotiated timelines	4	109	1	805
Carried over beyond negotiated timelines	30	772	0	0

7.2 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	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
Disclose entirely	46	40	12	4	0	1	2	105
Disclose in part	4	18	8	4	0	0	1	35
Exempt entirely	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Exclude entirely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Consult other institution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	5	0	1	0	0	2	7	15
Total	55	59	21	8	0	3	10	156

7.3 Recommendations and completion time for consultations received from other organizations outside the Government of Canada

Recommendation	Number of Days Required to Complete Consultation 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
Disclose entirely	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	12
Disclose in part	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Exempt entirely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Exclude entirely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Consult other institution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	9	2	0	0	0	0	17

Section 8: Completion Time of Consultations on Cabinet Confidences

8.1 Requests with Legal Services

Number of Days	Fewer Than 100 Pages Processed		100-500 Pages Processed		501-1000 Pages Processed		1001-5000 Pages Processed		More Than 5000 Pages Processed
	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed
1 to 15	9	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 to 30	20	231	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31 to 60	21	283	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61 to 120	1	3	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	51	565	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

8.2 Requests with Privy Council Office

Number of Days	Fewer Than 100 Pages Processed		100‒500 Pages Processed		501-1000 Pages Processed		1001-5000 Pages Processed		More Than 5000 Pages Processed
	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	Pages Disclosed	Number of Requests	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

Section 9: Investigations and Reports of finding

9.1 Investigations

Section 32 Notice of intention to investigate	Subsection 30(5) Ceased to investigate	Section 35 Formal Representations
9	0	3

9.2 Investigations and Reports of finding

Section 37(1) Initial Reports			Section 37(2) Final Reports
Received	Containing recommendations issued by the Information Commissioner	Containing orders issued by the Information Commissioner	Received	Containing recommendations issued by the Information Commissioner	Containing orders issued by the Information Commissioner
0	0	0	14	0	0

Section 10: Court Action

10.1 Court actions on complaints

Section 41

Complainant (1)		Institution (2)		Third Party (3)		Privacy Commissioner (4)				Total
0		0		0		0				0

10.2 Court actions on third party notifications under paragraph 28(1)(b)

Section 44 - under paragraph 28(1)(b)
0

Section 11: Resources Related to the Access to Information Act

11.1 Allocated Costs

Expenditures		Amount
Salaries		$634,894
Overtime		$0
Goods and Services		$286,222
Professional services contracts	$278,941
Other	$7,281
Total		$921,116

11.2  Human Resources

Resources	Person Years Dedicated to Access to Information Activities
Full-time employees	8.005
Part-time and casual employees	0.414
Regional staff	0.000
Consultants and agency personnel	1.150
Students	0.000
Total	9.569

Appendix C: Supplemental Statistical Report

Supplemental Statistical Report on the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act

Name of institution: Natural Resources Canada
Reporting period: 2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31

Section 1: Capacity to Receive Requests under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act

Enter the number of weeks your institution was able to receive ATIP requests through the different channels.

	Number of Weeks
Able to receive requests by mail	52
Able to receive requests by email	52
Able to receive requests through the digital request service	52

Section 2: Capacity to Process Records under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act

2.1 Enter the number of weeks your institution was able to process paper records in different classification levels.

  

	No Capacity	Partial Capacity	Full Capacity	Total
Unclassified Paper Records	0	0	52	52
Protected B Paper Records	0	0	52	52
Secret and Top Secret Paper Records	0	52	0	52

2.2 Enter the number of weeks your institution was able to process electronic records in different classification levels.

  

	No Capacity	Partial Capacity	Full Capacity	Total
Unclassified Electronic Records	0	0	52	52
Protected B Electronic Records	0	0	52	52
Secret and Top Secret Electronic Records	26	26	0	52

Section 3: Open Requests and Complaints Under the Access to Information Act

3.1 Enter the number of open requests that are outstanding from previous reporting periods.

Fiscal Year Open Requests Were Received	Open Requests that are Within Legislated Timelines as of March 31, 2022	Open Requests that are Beyond Legislated Timelines as of March 31, 2022	Total
Received in 2021-2022	180	40	220
Received in 2020-2021	115	50	165
Received in 2019-2020	71	20	91
Received in 2018-2019	1	15	16
Received in 2017-2018	0	12	12
Received in 2016-2017	0	3	3
Received in 2015-2016 or earlier	0	0	0
Total	367	140	507

3.2 Enter the number of open complaints with the Information Commissioner of Canada that are outstanding from previous reporting periods.

Fiscal Year Open Complaints Were Received by Institution	Number of Open Complaints
Received in 2021-2022	6
Received in 2020-2021	0
Received in 2019-2020	0
Received in 2018-2019	1
Received in 2017-2018	3
Received in 2016-2017	0
Received in 2015-2016 or earlier	11
Total	21

Section 4: Open Requests and Complaints Under the Privacy Act

4.1 Enter the number of open requests that are outstanding from previous reporting periods.

Fiscal Year Open Requests Were Received	Open Requests that are Within Legislated Timelines as of March 31, 2022	Open Requests that are Beyond Legislated Timelines as of March 31, 2022	Total
Received in 2021-2022	3	0	3
Received in 2020-2021	0	0	0
Received in 2019-2020	0	0	0
Received in 2018-2019	0	0	0
Received in 2017-2018	0	0	0
Received in 2016-2017	0	0	0
Received in 2015-2016 or earlier	0	0	0
Total	3	0	3

4.2 Enter the number of open complaints with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that are outstanding from previous reporting periods.

Fiscal Year Open Complaints Were Received by Institution	Number of Open Complaints
Received in 2021-2022	0
Received in 2020-2021	0
Received in 2019-2020	0
Received in 2018-2019	0
Received in 2017-2018	0
Received in 2016-2017	0
Received in 2015-2016 or earlier	0
Total	0

Section 5: Social Insurance Number (SIN)

Did your institution receive authority for a new collection or new consistent use of the SIN in 2021-2022?	No