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Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada: Info Source





Additional Information

For general information about making a request for access to information or personal information, see Make an access to information or personal information request.

To make a request for information online, access the Access to Information and Personal Information Online Request Service.

To make a request for information under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act by mail, mail your letter or completed Access to Information Request Form (Access to Information Act) or Personal Information Request Form (Privacy Act), along with any necessary documents (such as consent or the $5 application fee for a request under the Access to Information Act), to the following address:

Assistant Director
Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP)
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0M6

In accordance with the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, an area on the premises will be made available to review original materials on site if that is the applicant's preference (and it is practical to do so), or if it is not practical to create copies of the material.

Please note: Each request made to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, which includes Elections Canada and the Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections, must be accompanied by an application via credit card. For request made by mail, this should be paid by enclosing a cheque or money order made payable to the Receive General for Canada.

The Government of Canada encourages the release of information through requests outside of the formal request processes. To make an informal request, contact:

Elections Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0M6

Telephone: 613-993-2975
Toll-free in Canada and the United States: 1-800-463-6868
Toll-free in Mexico: 001-800-514-6868
For people who are deaf or hard of hearing TTY, toll-free in Canada and the United States: 1-800-361-8935
Fax: 613-954-8584
Toll-free fax in Canada and the United States: 1-888-524-1444
Contact us form: https://csep-pesc.elections.ca/en-CA/intake/
Website: www.elections.ca

Commissioner of Canada Elections
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0M6

Telephone: 1-855-759-6740
Teletypwriter (TTY): 1-855-759-6734
Fax: 819-939-1801 or 1-800-663-4908
E-mail: info@cef-cce.ca
Website: www.cef-cce.caa

You may also wish to search summaries of completed access to information requests for which Elections Canada has already provided responses https://open.canada.ca/en/access-to-information, as this information may be more easily obtained. You may also wish to review available open data regarding Elections Canada https://search.open.canada.ca/opendata/.

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer conducts privacy impact assessments (PIAs) to ensure that privacy implications will be appropriately identified, assessed and resolved before a new or substantially modified program or activity involving personal information is implemented. Summaries of completed PIAs are available https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/pro/atip&document=index&lang=e.