In June 2023, the Globe and Mail launched a project called Secret Canada, an investigation that includes a national database of completed FOI summaries from hundreds of public institutions.
SecretCanada.com is a free, public service. Globe reporters collected the FOI summaries primarily through individual FOI requests sent to each public body. We’ll be repeating this process every year to keep the database up to date.
The vast majority of large public bodies use a records/data management system to track and manage FOI requests. We are seeking access to the following fields:
1.Identifier: The request number or unique identifier for each request.
2.Summary: The most detailed request text available in the tracking system, be that the full request text or a summary written by an FOI coordinator.
3.Date received: The date each FOI was received.
4.Date completed: The date each FOI was completed.
5.Disposition: The disposition for each FOI (records granted in full, in part, denied , etc.).
6.(Not mandatory) Department, division, body or entity:
We are seeking the above information for FOIs that were completed between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
All information you send us will be published for public viewing.