Fee for statistical data

Fees

🍁 In Simple Terms

Requesting immigration statistics that the department has not already published costs a fee based on database access time, a base charge for the first ten minutes and an additional charge per minute after that. Departmental employees and employees of other federal institutions are exempt.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada

Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 314

(1)The following fees are payable for processing an application for immigration statistical data that have not been published by the Department: (a)$100 for the first 10 minutes or less of access to the Department’s database in order to respond to such an application; and (b)$30 for each additional minute or less of such access.

Exception

(2)The following persons are not required to pay the fees referred to in subsection (1): (a)an employee of the Department; and (b)an employee of the Data Development Division of the Department of Employment and Social Development.

Payment

(3)The fee referred to in subsection (1)(b) is payable at the time the service is rendered.

In Practice

Related Regulations

r. 313Fee — $30 r. 315.1Fee — $85

Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 314 (authoritative, may differ from this display)

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