Office of the Auditor General of Canada—2020–21 Fees Report

Office of the Auditor General of Canada Fees Report for fiscal year 2020–21

ISSN 2562-2870

Preface

On behalf of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), I am presenting the report on fees for 2020–21Footnote 1, the organization’s fourth annual report under the Service Fees Act.

About this report

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act, including the Low‑materiality Fees Regulations and subsection 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that the OAG had the authority to set in 2020–21.

Government of Canada departments may set fees for services, licences, permits, products, or the use of facilities; for other authorizations of rights or privileges; or to recover, in whole or in part, costs incurred in relation to a regulatory scheme.

For reporting purposes, fees must be categorized under the following three fee-setting mechanisms:

  1. Act, regulation or fees notice
    • An act of Parliament delegates the fee-setting authority to a department, minister or Governor in Council.
  2. Contract
    • The OAG has the authority to enter into contracts, which are negotiated between the OAG and an individual or organization, and which cover fees and other terms and conditions. In some cases, that authority may also be provided by an act of Parliament.
  3. Market rate or auction
    • The authority to set these fees is pursuant to an act of Parliament or regulation, and the minister, department or Governor in Council has no control over the fee amount.

This report contains information about fees that are under the OAG’s authority. No fees under the OAG’s authority are set by market rate or auction or both, or by act, regulation, or fees notice. This report therefore covers only fees set by contract. It provides total revenue and costs only.

Although the fees that the OAG charges under the Access to Information Act were subject to the Service Fees Act, they are not included in this report. Information on the OAG’s access to information fees for 2020–21 can be found in our access to information report, which is posted on our web page: OAG’s website.

Overall totals, by fee-setting mechanism

The following table presents the total revenue and total cost for all fees that the OAG had the authority to set in 2020–21, by fee-setting mechanism.

Overall totals for 2020–21, by fee-setting mechanism

Overall totals for 2020–21, by fee-setting mechanism
Fee-setting mechanism Revenue ($) Cost ($)
Fees set by contract 686,000 1,208,000