Access and Privacy Laws and Commissions

Canadian Provinces and Territories

Alberta

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
• Personal Information Protection Act
• Health Information Act
  

British Columbia

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
• Personal Information Protection Act

Manitoba

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
• Personal Health Information Act
  

New Brunswick

• Right to Information Act (1978)
• Protection of Personal Information Act (1998)

Newfoundland

• Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Access provisions were proclaimed on January 17, 2005)

Northwest Territories

• Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (1994)

Nova Scotia

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Nunavut

• Nunavut has adopted the laws of the Northwest Territories until it has replaced those laws with its own.

Ontario

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
• Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004
• Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Prince Edward Island

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Quebec

• Act Respecting Access to Documents Held by Public Bodies and the Protection of Personal Information (current as of August 1st, 2007).  Applies to the personal information holdings of the provincial, regional, municipal and local governments
  
• Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (current as of August 1st, 2007) applies to personal information held by private sector businesses operating in Québec.
  

Saskatchewan

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (1991)
  
• Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (1993)
• The Privacy Act (1978) grants Saskatchewan residents civil protection against violations of their personal privacy
  
• The Public Disclosure Act (1996) relates to disclosing information about serious criminal offenders to protect victims and the public
  

Yukon Territory

• Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

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