This section provides information and resources to help you find publications published by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and links to other reports and documents regarding privacy issues.

	View our latest Report on the Privacy Act. (PDF)

• Publications
• Annual Reports to Parliament
• Official Languages Annual Review
• Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs)
• Departmental Performance Reports (DPRs)
• Audits of the Office of the Auditor General and the Public Service Commission

Publications

• Study on the Offices of the Privacy and Information Commissioners of Canada
  
  • The Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners: The Merger and Related Issues
    Report of the Special Advisor to the Minister of Justice, Gérard V. La Forest
    (November 15, 2005)
  • Questions, issues and observations related to a potential merger of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
    (October 21, 2005)

	View our latest Report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. (PDF)

• Canadian Bar Association Canadian Legal Conference and Expo — launch of the document entitled: Learning from A Decade of Experience: Quebec's Private Sector Privacy Act (Print format in PDF), Vancouver, B.C.
  (August 16, 2005)
• Response to the Government of Canada's "Lawful Access" Consultations
  (May 5, 2005)
• Policy Scan Survey — Identification & Authentication Issues in Canada
  (February 2005)
• The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• The Privacy Act
• Review of the Personal Information Handling Practices of the Canadian Firearms Program (PDF)
  (August 29, 2001)
• Your Privacy Responsibilities: A Guide for Businesses and Organizations to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. (PDF)
• Your Privacy Rights: A Guide for Individuals to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. (PDF)
• Genetic Testing and Privacy (PDF only) (1995)
  • ISBN 0-662-58966-1
  • Catalog No. IP34-3/1992

	Quebec's Private Sector Privacy Act (PDF)

• Privacy and The Information Highway (October, 1994)
  Building Canada's Information and Communications Infrastructure
  (Industry Canada, Communications Development and Planning Branch, Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications Sector)
  • ISBN 0-662-61370-8
  • Catalog No. C2-229/1-1994
  • SIT PU 00265-94-03
• Privacy Revealed (1993)
  • ISBN 0-662-90823-9
  • Catalog No. MAS Co28-125/1993E
• Drug Testing and Privacy (PDF only) (1990)
  • ISBN 0-662-57569-5
  • Catalog No. IP34-2/1990
• AIDS and the Privacy Act (PDF only) (1989)
  • ISBN 0-662-56581-9
  • Catalog No. IP34-1/1989

For publications that are not available on-line or to request hard copies of specific documents, please e-mail publications@privcom.gc.ca or call (613) 996-5837. You can also contact Government of Canada Publications at 1(800) 635-7943 or (613) 941-5995.

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Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Annual Reports

• Annual Report to Parliament 2004-2005 — Report on the Privacy Act (HTML format)
  Annual Report to Parliament 2004-2005 — Report on the Privacy Act (Adobe format)
• Annual Report to Parliament 2004 — Report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (HTML format)
  Annual Report to Parliament 2004 — Report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Adobe format)
• Annual Report to Parliament - 2003-2004 (HTML format)
  Annual Report to Parliament - 2003-2004 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report to Parliament - 2002-2003 (HTML format)
  Annual Report to Parliament - 2002-2003 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report to Parliament - 2001-2002 (HTML format)
  Annual Report to Parliament - 2001-2002 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report to Parliament - 2000-2001 (HTML format)
  Annual Report to Parliament - 2000-2001 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1999-2000 (HTML format)
• Annual Report - 1998-1999 (HTML format)
  Annual Report - 1998-1999 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1997-1998 (HTML format)
• Annual Report - 1996-1997 (HTML format)
• Annual Report - 1995-1996 (HTML format)
• Annual Report - 1994-1995 (HTML format)
• Annual Report - 1993-1994 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1992-1993 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1991-1992 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1990-1991 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1989-1990 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1988-1989 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1987-1988 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1986-1987 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1985-1986 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1984-1985 (Adobe format)
• Annual Report - 1983-1984 (Adobe format)

Some documents are not currently available in html format. If you would like to obtain a printed copy, please contact us at info@privcom.gc.ca.

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• OPC Guidelines for the Use of Video Surveillance of Public Places by Police and Law Enforcement Authorities
  February 2006

Official Languages Annual Review

• Official Languages Annual Review 2003-2004 (PDF)

Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs)

• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2005-2006
• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2004-2005
• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2003-2004

Departmental Performance Reports (DPRs)

• Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2005
• Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2004
• Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2003

Audits of the Office of the Auditor General and the Public Service Commission

• Links and postings - Regarding the audits of the Office of the Auditor General and the Public Service Commission