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Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) summaries
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The Government of Canada is committed to privacy and the protection of personal information used in the course of providing programs and services to the public.
The Standard on Privacy Impact Assessment within the Directive on Privacy Practices is one of several tools designed to meet this commitment. This appendix was implemented to assure Canadians that privacy principles are being taken into account both when there are proposals for, and during the design, implementation and evolution of programs and services that raise privacy issues.
A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is a project-based assessment which assists government departments and agencies in evaluating the effects of program and service delivery on individual privacy to ensure the protection of personal information.
The Standard on Privacy Impact Assessment makes it mandatory to document, publish and maintain a PIA for all federal programs and services that may have an impact on privacy rights.
The following are summaries of PIAs which have been completed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in:
2025-2026
- Prescribed Presence in the Workplace Monitoring Program
- Simplified Renewal Passport Application in the IRCC Portal New Version (Client Experience Platform - CXP Project 1 Release 2)
2024-2025
- Administration and Verification of Letters of Acceptance and Provincial or Territorial Attestation Letters
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Learning Management System
2023-2024
- Canada-Ukraine Transitional Assistance Initiative (CUTAI)
- International Student Program – Letter of Acceptance (LOA) Verification Tool
- Council of Newcomers
- Temporary Asylum Accommodations for COVID Quarantine
- Rural Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)
2022-2023
2021-2022
- Online Testing Recruitment Service: VidCruiter
- Elections Canada's National Register of Electors Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Data Transfers (Foreign Nationals and Permanent Residents)
- Elections Canada's National Register of Electors Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Data Transfers (New Citizens and Loss of Citizenship Data)
2020-2021
2019-2020
- Social Media Monitoring
- Integrated Payment and Revenue Management System
- Use of Computer Analytics in IRCC Programs – India Temporary Resident Visa (Visitor) Annexes
- IRCC Notification System (ERMS Advantage)
- Human Resources (HR)-to-Pay Data Warehouse (HPDW)
2018-2019
- Use of Computer Analytics in IRCC Programs
- National Register of Electors (NROE) IRCC Citizenship Data Transfers
- Entry/Exit PIA – Executive Summary for Website
- Interim Federal Health Program – Executive Summary
- Application Support Centers
- Youth Advisory Group
- Information Sharing under the Provincial Nominee Program
2017-2018
- Global Visa Application Centre Network (2017-2018)
- Express Entry
- Regulations for Automated Biometric-based Information Sharing with Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom
2016-2017
- Annexes concerning the exchange of information on a case-by-case basis with Australia and New Zealand (operating under the bilateral Memoranda Regarding the Exchange of Information with Australia and New Zealand respectively)
- Enrolment of the Biometric Information of Overseas Refugee Resettlement
- iCARE Pre-Arrival Services Modulest
- Information Collection Arrangement with the Canada Revenue Agency – Citizenship Grants
- Medical surveillance
- Randomized Selection Intake Management Process for Parents and Grandparents Program
2015-2016
- Educational Credential Assessment
- Electronic Travel Authorization
- GCDOCS
- Canada-UK Case-by Case Annex the Memorandum
- Negative Discretion Authority
- Passport Program Transition
- Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act
2014-2015
- Express Entry - archived
- Immigration Contribution Agreement Reporting Environment (iCARE)
- International Student Program
- Temporary Resident Biometrics Project
2013-2014
- Information Sharing with PopData British Columbia
- Global Visa Application Centre Network: Phase 2
- U.S. Service Channel Arrangement
2012-2013
- ATIP Online Request Pilot Project
- Canada/U.S. Information Sharing Treaty
- CIC – RCMP Memorandum of Understanding
- eMedical
- e-Services
- Global Visa Application Centre Network
- Immigration-Contribution Accountability Measurement System (iCAMS) - Tracking of Overseas Orientation Session Graduates
- Temporary Resident Biometrics Project (TRBP)
2011-2012
- Electronic Validation of Citizenship Information with Federal Government Institutions
- Enhancing Effectiveness and Efficiency: The Medical Surveillance Program for Tuberculosis in Ontario (MSP-TB)
- Global Case Management System (GCMS) Phase II
- Mexico Visa Application Centres (VACs)
- Settlement Outcomes Survey
2010-2011
2009-2010
- Four Country Conference High Value Data Sharing Protocol
- Provincial/Territorial Enhanced Driver’s License and Enhanced Identification Card Program
- Regulatory Amendments to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
2008-2009
2007-2008
- Biometrics Field Trial
- C-14 Adoption
- e-Application
- Immigration–Contribution Accountability Measurement System (iCAMS)