Archived - User Fees, Regulatory Charges and External Fees

Fee name: Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)

Fee type: Other Products and Services

Fee-setting authority: Access to Information Act, s. 11(1)(a) and (b)

Year introduced: 1985

Year last amended: 1992

Performance standard: Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request. The response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request. The ATIA provides fuller details.

Performance results: On-time responses (i.e. responses completed within their 30-day or extended statutory deadline) were provided for 99.5% of requests that were completed in 2014–2015.

Other information: Not applicable

Other Information: Not applicable

Fee name: Nunavut Mining Regulations

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Territorial Lands Act

Year introduced: Effective since at least 1978, although exact date fees were introduced prior to 1978 is unknown.

Year last amended: The Canada Mining Regulations (CMR) name was changed to Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations in 2007 and amendments were made to the royalty sections. On April 1, 2014, a modern version of the Regulations was split into two sets of regulations. The Nunavut Mining Regulations apply to Crown lands in Nunavut. The Northwest Territories Mining Regulations apply to the residual Crown lands that are still under the responsibility of the Minister of AANDC post-devolution. AANDC is currently working with the Department of Justice to modify the Nunavut Mining Regulations to allow for the electronic selection of mineral claims on a map using the Internet. The map selection system will replace the current process of physically staking (locating) mineral claims on the ground in Nunavut. The mining industry representatives were consulted by various methods and they are very supportive of the project. Stakeholders will be offered to provide comments through the pre-publication of the proposed amendments in Part I of the Canada Gazette, later in 2016.

Performance standard: Current service standards are set in existing legislation and regulations or published on AANDC's website.

Performance results: All applications processed within set timelines. These timelines vary depending on the transaction. For example, application to record is completed approximately 90 days from the date of receipt. Some files may not be completed within this timeframe if there are issues to be dealt with beforehand.

Other information: The fee or service triggers a series of activities related to land and resource management and the protection of the environment.

The metric system was introduced in the Nunavut Mining Regulations on April 1, 2014, thereby changing the fee schedule to reflect the amounts required by hectares instead of acres, and no complaints about the changes were received.

Reviewed annually, the full costs and estimated full costs for planning years represent the best available cost data at this time.

Fee Name: Northwest Territories Mining Regulations

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Territorial Lands Act

Year introduced: Effective since at least 1978, although exact date fees were introduced prior to 1978 is unknown.

Year last amended: The Canada Mining Regulations (CMR) name was changed to Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations in 2007 and amendments were made to the royalty sections. On April 1, 2014, a modern version of the Regulations was split into two sets of regulations. The Nunavut Mining Regulations apply to Crown lands in Nunavut. The Northwest Territories Mining Regulations apply to the residual Crown lands that are still under the responsibility of the Minister of AANDC post-devolution. As the Northwest Territories Mining Regulations only apply to a very small quantum of lands, there is no plan to update them in the near future or to have them amended to allow for the electronic map selection of mineral claims using the Internet.

Performance standard: Current service standards are set in existing legislation and regulations. There are no other separate service standards created given the low volume of applications. However, the applications are nonetheless treated with the same standards established for Nunavut.

Performance results: All applications processed within set timelines. These timelines vary depending on the transaction. For example, application to record is completed approximately 90 days from the date of receipt. Some files may not be completed within this time frame if there are issues to be dealt with beforehand.

Other information: The fee or service triggers a series of activities related to land and resource management and the protection of the environment.

The metric system was introduced in the Northwest Territories Mining Regulations on April 1, 2014, thereby changing the fee schedule to reflect the amounts required by hectares instead of acres, and no complaints about the changes were received.

Reviewed annually, the full costs and estimated full costs for planning years represent the best available cost data at this time.

The devolution of jurisdiction to the Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT) in April 2014 has been taken into consideration in the above forecast. However, there are remaining user fees that will be excluded from the transfer to the GNWT, which explains why Northwest Territories will have only a small amount of forecasted user fees after devolution.

Fee name: Territorial Land Use

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Territorial Lands Act and Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Year introduced: 1996

Year last amended: 1996 (for the inclusion of the user fee).

Performance standard: Current service standards are set in existing legislation and regulations.

Performance results: All permits were issued within the regulated timeline.

Other information: The fee or service triggers a series of activities related to land and resource management and the protection of the environment, all of which are controlled by the nature and scope of the resource development projects, e.g. mine development.

Reviewed annually, the full costs and estimated full costs for planning years represent the best available cost data at this time.

Fee name: Territorial Lands

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Territorial Lands Act

Year introduced: 1996

Year last amended: 1996 (for the inclusion of the user fee).

Performance standard: Performance standards vary depending on research, negotiations and environmental assessment decisions and are shared with clients throughout the process.

Performance results: All authorizations were issued once all pre-conditions met.

Other information: The fee or service triggers a series of activities related to land and resource management and the protection of the environment, all of which are controlled by the nature and scope of the resource development projects, e.g. mine development.

Territorial Lands full cost only reflects the processing of rental; it does not include the full use of land.

The devolution of jurisdiction to the Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT) in April 2014 has been taken into consideration in the above forecast. However, there are remaining user fees that will be excluded from the transfer to the GNWT, which explains why Northwest Territories will have only a small amount of forecasted user fees after devolution.

Reviewed annually, the full costs and estimated full costs for planning years represent the best available cost data at this time.

Fee name: Frontier Lands Registration Regulations (FLRR)

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Canada Petroleum Resource Act (CPRA)

Year introduced: 1988

Year last amended: 1988

Performance standard: Standard requests should be processed within 10 working days. Requests that require additional research take additional time to process (requestor is advised of the delay at the time the request is made). Please refer to Schedule 15 of the FLRR. The tariff of fees for a service set out in these columns is payable at the time the service is rendered. Where a fee is payable pursuant to these Regulations, it is payable to the Receiver General.

Performance results: All standard requests were processed within the established timeline. A number of requests necessitated further research, which resulted in additional processing time. Please refer to Schedule 15 of the FLRR. The fee for a service set out in these columns is payable at the time the service is rendered. Where a fee is payable pursuant to these Regulations, it is payable to the Receiver General.

Other information: Reviewed annually, the full costs and estimated full costs for planning years represent the best available cost data at this time.

Fee name: Territorial Quarrying

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Territorial Lands Act and Mackenzie Valley Land Use Regulations

Year introduced: 1996

Year last amended: 2003

Performance standard: The issuance of a quarrying permit leads to the granting of a land use permit. As such, there is no timeline set in Regulations to process, issue or reject a quarrying permit application.

Performance results: Permits were issued once pre-conditions are met.

Other information: Not applicable

Fee name: Territorial Water

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Northwest Territories Waters Act, Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act and Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Year introduced: 1993, 2002 and 2003 respectively.

Year last amended: 1992, 2002 and 2003 respectively.

Performance standard: Performance standards vary depending on research, negotiations and environmental assessment decisions and are shared with clients throughout the process.

Performance results: All permits and letters patent were issued once all pre-conditions were met.

Other information: The fee or service triggers a series of activities related to land and resource management and the protection of the environment, all of which are controlled by the nature and scope of the resource development projects, e.g. mine development. The Nunavut Waters Regulations under the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act are currently in the process of being written. Industry and other stakeholders have not yet been extensively consulted. Changes to the fee structure are still under consideration.

Reviewed annually, the full costs and estimated full costs for planning years represent the best available cost data at this time.

The devolution of jurisdiction to the Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT) in April 2014 has been taken into consideration in the above forecast. However, there are remaining user fees that will be excluded from the transfer to the GNWT, which explains why Northwest Territories will have only a small amount of forecasted user fees after devolution.

Fee name: Territorial Coal

Fee type: Regulatory

Fee-setting authority: Territorial Lands Act

Year introduced: Effective since at least 1978, although exact date fees were introduced prior to 1978 is unknown.

Year last amended: 2003

Performance standard: Exploration permits are issued once consultations are complete.

Performance results: Permits were issued upon completion of consultations.

Other information: Not applicable

Summary of Financial Information for User Fees and Regulatory Charges, excluding Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP)

External Fees (Policy on Service Standards for External Fees)