Legal information related to PIPEDA
Act and Regulations
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
The complete version of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) last amended on April 1, 2011 as posted on the Department of Justice Canada Web site. (bilingual version of the Act in PDF format)
The complete version of PIPEDA that received Royal Assent on April 13, 2000 from the House of Commons Web site. Must be downloaded in several sections. (Print format in PDF)
We have developed a fact sheet that provides an overview of both the Privacy Act and PIPEDA.
The OPC has also developed a fact sheet on Parts 2 to 5 of PIPEDA.
Regulations and orders
Regulations Specifying Investigative Bodies
Regulations Specifying Publicly Available Information
SOR/2001-7 – December 13, 2000
Order Binding Certain Agents of Her Majesty
Orders Exempting Substantially Similar Provincial Legislation
Process for the Determination of "Substantially Similar" Provincial Legislation by the Governor in Council
Vol. 136, No. 31 – August 3, 2002
SOR/2003-374 – 19 November, 2003 – Organizations in the Province of Quebec Exemption Order
SOR/2004-219 – October 12, 2004 – Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act deemed substantially similar to Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
SOR/2004-220 – October 12, 2004 – British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act deemed substantially similar to Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
SOR/2005-399 – November 28, 2005 – Ontario's Personal Health Information Protection Act deemed substantially similar to Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
SOR/2011-265 – November 17, 2011 – Personal Health Information Custodians in New Brunswick Exemption Order
SI/2012-72 – October 10, 2012 – Personal Health Information Custodians in Newfoundland and Labrador Exemption Order
Privacy Principles
Schedule 1 of PIPEDA contains 10 privacy principles, which are referred to throughout the Act.
Background Documents relating to PIPEDA
- Backgrounder
- A Guide to Bill C-6
- Implementation Schedule7
- Discussion Paper (only available in Adobe)