The Elections Canada website contains the agency's most recent audited financial statements, the Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control over Financial Reporting, and the corresponding annex on the development and assessment of the agency's system of internal controls.
General and Financial Information
User fee
Fees for the processing of requests under the Access to Information Act
Fee type
Other products and services
Fee-setting authority
Access to Information Act
Year introduced
1988
Year last amended
1992
Performance standard
A response is provided within 30 days following receipt of a request. The response time may be extended under section 9 of the Access to Information Act.
Performance results
Elections Canada responded to 51% of requests within 30 days*, 18% within 31 to 60 days, 20% within 61 to 120 days, 5% within 121 to 180 days, and 6% within 181 to 365 days. No request took longer than a year to process.
Other information
Under the Access to Information Act, fees under $25 may be waived when this is deemed to be in the public interest. Fees waived during 2015–16 totalled $10.
*Includes cases where a notice of extension is sent to the requester within 30 days of receipt of the request.
Financial Information, 2016–17 (dollars)
Forecast revenue
Actual revenue
Full cost
220
453
180,794
Financial Information, 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20 (dollars)