2017 to 2018 Fees Report

ISSN 2562-5144

Minister’s message

On behalf of the Department for Women and Gender Equality^{Footnote 1} , I am pleased to present the Status of Women Canada 2017 to 2018 Report on Fees.

On June 22, 2017, the Service Fees Act received royal assent, thereby repealing the User Fees Act.

The Service Fees Act introduces a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through enhanced reporting to Parliament, improved transparency and oversight. The act provides for:

• a streamlined approach to consultation and the approval of new or modified fees
• a requirement for services to have service standards and reporting against these standards, along with a policy to remit fees to fee payers when standards are not met
• an automatic annual fee adjustment by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to ensure that fees keep pace with inflation
• annual detailed reporting to Parliament in order to increase transparency

This 2017 to 2018 Fees Report is the first report to be prepared under the Service Fees Act. The report includes new information such as a detailed listing of all fees along with future year fee amounts. Additional fee information will be included starting next fiscal year, once our department has fully transitioned to the Service Fees Act regime.

I welcome the increased transparency and oversight that the Service Fees Act’s reporting regime embodies, and I am fully committed to transitioning my department to this modern framework.

The Honourable Maryam Monsef, P.C., M.P.
Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality

General fees information

The tables that follow provide information on each category of fees, including:

• the name of the fee category
• the date that the fee (or fee category) was introduced and last amended (if applicable)
• service standards
• performance results against these standards
• financial information regarding total costs, total revenues and remissions

In addition to the information presented by fee category, there is a summary of the financial information for all fees as well as a listing of fees under the department’s authority. This listing includes the existing fee dollar amounts and the adjusted dollar fee amount for a future year.

General and financial information by fee category

Financial totals for all fee categories

Fees under the department’s authority