Over the past several years I’ve undertaken research exploring how, how often, and for what reasons governments in Canada have accessed telecommunications data. As one facet of this line of research I worked with Dr. Adam Molnar and Benjamin Ballard to understand the regularity at which policing agencies across Canada have sought, and obtained, warrants to lawfully engage in real-time electronic surveillance. Such data is particularly important given the regularity at which law enforcement agencies call for new powers; how effective are historical methods of capturing communications data? How useful are the statistics which are tabled by governments?
Note: Last updated with available report on December 13, 2022.
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Government of Canada
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
Alberta
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2011
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
- Alberta-Electronic Interception Report for 2020
British Columbia
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2011
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2020
- British Columbia-Electronic Interception Report for 2021
Government of Canada
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2011
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
- Government of Canada-Electronic Interception Report for 2020
Manitoba
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2011 (Unavailable through Queen’s Printer)
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2020
- Manitoba-Electronic Interception Report for 2021
New Brunswick
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2011
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- New Brunswick-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Official Message Stating No Reports Produced 2015-2020
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2001
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2004
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2020
- Newfoundland-Electronic Interception Report for 2021
Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2011
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- Nova Scotia-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- NOTE: As of December 13, 2022 no additional reports have been posted. This was confirmed by opening all Gazettes from 2015-Dec 7, 2022 and searching each for “195” and assessing if this revealed annual reports which are issued pursuant to S. 195 of the Criminal Code. The last batch of reports were published in 2015, for the years 2009-2013.
Ontario
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2011
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- Ontario-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
Quebec
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 1999
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2000
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2001
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2002
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2003
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2004
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2011
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- Quebec-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 1998
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2000
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2001
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2002
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2003
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2004
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2005
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2006
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2007
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2008
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2009
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2010
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2012
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2013
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2014
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2015
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2016
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2017
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2018
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2019
- Saskatchewan-Electronic Interception Report for 2020