Program directory · Library and Archives Canada
Access to information and privacy
- Department
- Library and Archives Canada
- Program code
- BSJ03 (LAC)
- Core responsibility
- Providing access to documentary heritage
- In Departmental Plans
- 2023-24 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
As the permanent custodian of the archival records of the Government of Canada, LAC’s ATIP function has the mandate to respond to access to information and privacy requests to provide access to the archival records of over 300 active and inactive federal departments and agencies.
The Access to Information Act gives Canadian citizens and permanent residents as well as individuals and corporations present in Canada the right to seek access records under the control of a federal government institution.
The Privacy Act provides Canadian citizens and individuals present in Canada the right to seek access to their personal information that is held by the federal government and protect that information from its collection, use, retention and unauthorized disclosure.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2023-24. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to information and privacy | This program | 2023-24 – 2028-29 | $50.7M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Budget 2024 measure “Expediting Access to Information”: $84M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2024, PDF page 368 |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of active ATIP requests responded to during reporting period | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of formal Access To Information and Privacy (ATIP) requests that have been responded to within the statutory time limits | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2027-28 | Planned employees (FTEs) 59, against 200 in 2026-27 (−71%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $7.5M, against $24.3M in 2026-27 (−69%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2028-29 | Planned employees (FTEs) 23, against 59 in 2027-28 (−61%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 25% | 2024 | 61% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 72% Target was amended to 65% at the beginning of 2024-2025. Target met. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 70% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | $21M | $25.5M |
| 2024-25 | $8.7M | $25.3M |
| 2025-26 | $29.1M | — |
| 2026-27 | $24.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $7.5M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $3.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 242 | 249 |
| 2024-25 | 84 | 256 |
| 2025-26 | 242 | — |
| 2026-27 | 200 | — |
| 2027-28 | 59* | — |
| 2028-29 | 23* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 plan | $21,023,884 | $6,050,823 | $6,878,029 | |||
| 2024-25 plan | $8,727,626 | $9,635,686 | $8,188,542 | |||
| 2025-26 plan | $29,051,063 | $27,539,947 | $8,086,273 | |||
| 2026-27 plan | $24,313,707 | $7,544,114 | $3,818,970 | |||
| Actual | $25,474,959 | $25,263,490 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
