Access to Information Act (Canada)
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The Access to Information Act (Canada) is a federal law that grants the public a legal right to access records under the control of Canadian government institutions, subject to specific exemptions and exclusions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Access to Information Act (Canada) canonical | 2 |
| Access to Information Act | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2412194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Access to Information Act (Canada) Context triple: [Canada Revenue Agency, follows, Access to Information Act (Canada)]
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A.
Privacy Act (Canada)
The Privacy Act (Canada) is a federal law that governs how Canadian government institutions collect, use, and disclose personal information about individuals.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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C.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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D.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
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E.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Access to Information Act (Canada) Target entity description: The Access to Information Act (Canada) is a federal law that grants the public a legal right to access records under the control of Canadian government institutions, subject to specific exemptions and exclusions.
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A.
Privacy Act (Canada)
The Privacy Act (Canada) is a federal law that governs how Canadian government institutions collect, use, and disclose personal information about individuals.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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C.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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D.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
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E.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian federal statute
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freedom of information law ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ATIA ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Treasury Board of Canada
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surface form:
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
|
| allows | extensions of time limits in specific circumstances ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal government institutions ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceDate | 1983-07-01 ⓘ |
| containsProvisionOn |
access request procedures
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complaint mechanisms ⓘ exclusions from the Act ⓘ exemptions to disclosure ⓘ fees for access requests ⓘ grounds for refusing access ⓘ investigations by the Information Commissioner ⓘ judicial review by the Federal Court ⓘ time limits for responding to access requests ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo | provincial government institutions ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| exclusionCategory |
Cabinet confidences
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library or museum material ⓘ material placed in the National Archives by or on behalf of persons or organizations other than government institutions ⓘ published material ⓘ |
| exemptionCategory |
confidential business information
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international affairs ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ national security ⓘ personal information ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | freedom of information legislation in other democracies ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
|
| language |
English
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French ⓘ |
| legalRightGranted | right of access to records under the control of federal government institutions ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Information Commissioner of Canada ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian access to information regime ⓘ |
| providesFor |
appeal to the Federal Court
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independent review of refusals by the Information Commissioner ⓘ |
| purpose |
to make government more transparent and accountable
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to provide a right of access to information in records under the control of government institutions ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | open government ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Privacy Act (Canada) ⓘ |
| requires |
federal institutions to assist requesters
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federal institutions to respond to access requests within statutory time limits ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1982-07-07 ⓘ |
| shortName |
Access to Information Act (Canada)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Access to Information Act
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| standardTimeLimit | 30 days to respond to an access request ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
specific exclusions
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specific exemptions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Access to Information Act (Canada) Description of subject: The Access to Information Act (Canada) is a federal law that grants the public a legal right to access records under the control of Canadian government institutions, subject to specific exemptions and exclusions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Access to Information Act (Canada)
→
shortName
→
Access to Information Act (Canada)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Access to Information Act