Freedom of Information (FOI) Statistics

Data for all central government Freedom of Information (FOI) requests closed in the fiscal years 2010-11 to current quarter. Fields include request numbers, receiving ministry, applicant type, start date, end date, due date, request type, processing days, overdue days, on hold days, status, extensions and disposition. Fees paid, request description, publication status and reason fields have been added to the latest data..

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Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:47 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 18:47 (UTC)
contact_email	Rhianna.Begley@gov.bc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Open Information", "fr": "Open Information"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["society"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	federated
open_canada_date_published	2015-03-13 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["FOI", "FOIPPA", "Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act", "access to information", "disclose", "general", "government documents", "government records", "personal", "released"], "fr-t-en": ["FOI", "FOIPPA", "Loi sur l'accès à l'information et la protection de la vie privée", "accès à l'information", "divulguer", "général", "documents gouvernementaux", "dossiers gouvernementaux", "personnel", "publié"]}
open_canada_subject	["society_and_culture"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	irregular