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Federal Access to Information Requests

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner handles Access to Information forms submitted under the Access to Information Act.
Access to Information Request Form
Determine which institution holds the information, and submit your request.
Access to Information and Privacy Coordinators
This list, alphabetized by institution, provides the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the ATIP Coordinators in all ATIP Offices across the federal government. Any request for federally held information not submitted to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner should be submitted to the relevant Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator on this list.

Freedom of Information Request and Complaint Process Flowchart
"This document outlines how an access to information request made under the federal Access to Information Act is processed, as well as how a complaint/appeal in respect of such access requests may be made; the steps involved in these two processes are laid out in two separate flowcharts. The processes under provincial legislation are very similar." - Courtesy of LexisNexis Practice Advisor Canada.

CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute This link opens in a new window
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a not-for-profit organization initiated by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make primary sources of Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. CanLII seeks to gather legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions on a single Web site.

CanLII Connects
A companion website to the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII), CanLII Connects provides authoritative analysis and commentary on Canadian legal matters.