Tag: Statistics

  • Annual Statistical Report is due March 31

    Annual Statistical Report is due March 31

    If your institution is in Ontario, responds to freedom of information requests, and is not a federal agency or otherwise regulated by the access-to-information framework under the federal Access to Information Act, you have an obligation to file a statistical report every year with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO).

  • FOI Requests Dropped Sharply During COVID-19

    FOI Requests Dropped Sharply During COVID-19

    Freedom of Information (“FOI”) requests filed to provincial and municipal institutions in Ontario dropped by 27% in 2020, from 60,394 requests filed across the province in 2019 down to 44,167 requests filed in 2020. This drop occurred during a year dominated by the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary

    Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary

    Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary. In this post, I show you how to make it easy and provide a free file closing worksheet to help you get started.

  • How many FOI requests should my institution expect to receive?

    How many FOI requests should my institution expect to receive?

    Every year, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) publishes a statistical report which shows how many FOI requests each institution in Ontario received in a given year, as well as other statistics related to the performance of each institution’s FOI program, such as how many requests were completed in a given year, how…