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Governments collect a great deal of information about individuals and corporations for a variety of purposes. Much of this information is protected under privacy and access to information laws as well as specific statutes such as the Statistics Act. However, there are some categories of personal and corporate information that is released to the public either for promotional or regulatory reasons. This guide identifies the major types of Canadian information sources of this nature.
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Personal Information
Awards
Donations to Political Parties
- Financial reports (Elections Canada)
- Financial Statements and Contributions (Elections Ontario)
Employment Related Disclosure
- Government-Wide Reporting (Treasury Board) includes Travel and Hospitality and Disclosure of Contracts
- Public Sector Salary Disclosure (Ontario Ministry of Finance)
- Insider trading - Ontario Securities Commission SEDI and Warning List
- Registry of Lobbyists (Officer of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada)
- Law Society of Upper Canada Regulatory Notices (by name)
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Discipline Committee Schedule
- Orders in Council Database (Privy Council Office, Government of Canada)
- Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario Illegal Practitioners
Missing Children
Unclaimed Bank Accounts and Dividends
- Bank Accounts - Unclaimed Balances
- Dividends - Unclaimed Funds Database
Winnings in Lotteries
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation "Publishing winners is important to demonstrate the integrity of our lottery games. For every winner there are a number of other players who did not win but have a legitimate desire to know that someone won. OLG reserves the right to publish the name, address and photograph of any lottery winner. The names of winners at gaming sites are released only with the permission of the winner."
Corporate Information
Charities
- Charities Listings (Canada Revenue Agency)
Commercial information
- Canadian Copyrights Database
- Canadian Importers Database
- Canadian Industrial Designs Database
- Canadian Patents Database
- Canadian Trade-marks Database
- Insolvency Name Search (requires payment)
- Litigation Status Report (Competition Bureau)
Communication sector
Environment
- Canadian Metals and Minerals Recycling Database
- E-Decisions (Ontario Municipal Board)
- Environmental Penalty Annual Reports (Ontario)
- Environmental Review Tribunal Decisions and Orders
- Major Applications and Projects before the NEB (National Energy Board) and Regulatory Document Index
Health, Welfare and Labour
- Consumer Product Safety (Health Canada)
- Drug Product Database (Health Canada)
- MedEffect Canada- Advisories, Warnings and Recalls (Health Canada)
- Adverse Drug Reaction Database (Health Canada)
- Latest Recalls and Advisories - Consumer, Drugs, Vehicles, Food
- Food Recall Alerts-High Risk
- Ontario Ministry of Labour - Convictions Archive
- Ontario Ministry of Labour - Court Bulletins
- Reports on Long-Term Care Homes (Ontario Ministry of Health)
- Fatality Reports Database (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety)
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