Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates

In its Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, the Government committed to build on the efforts of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative by requiring departments and agencies, through the Administrative Burden Baseline, to provide a count of the requirements in federal regulations that impose an administrative burden on business.

Administrative burden includes planning, collecting, processing and reporting of information, completing forms and retaining data required by the federal government to comply with a regulation. This includes filling out license applications and forms, as well as finding and compiling data for audits and becoming familiar with information requirements.

Reporting period

• Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates - 2023
• Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates - 2022
• Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates - 2021
• Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates - 2020
• Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates - 2019
• Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates - 2018
• Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates - 2017

For more information

Government-Wide Forward Regulatory Plans

The Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management

The Federal Regulatory Management and Modernization

The Canada–United States Regulatory Cooperation Council

To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit the Canada Gazette and the Consulting with Canadians websites.