Section 696.87 — Criminal Code: Annual report

The Chief Commissioner must, within five months after the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister a report that contains the following information for that fiscal year: the number of applications received; statistics on applicants that, to the extent possible, are disaggregated by gender identity, age, race, ethnic origin, language, disability, income and any other identity factor that is considered in the course of a gender-based analysis; the number of investigations started and the number of investigations completed; the number of matters that the Commission directed to courts for new trials or hearings; the number of matters that the Commission referred to courts of appeal for hearings and determinations; the number of applications dismissed; the outcomes of matters that the Commission directed to courts for new trials or hearings; the outcomes of matters that the Commission referred to courts of appeal for hearings and determinations; the average length of time between the receipt of an application and the Commission’s final decision; the number of applicants in need who received supports; the amounts paid to service providers under paragraph 696.84(1)(c), disaggregated, to the extent possible, by the nature of the supports provided by the service providers; and any other information on the Commission’s activities that the Chief Commissioner considers relevant. The Minister must cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 30 days on which that House is sitting after the day on which the report is received. The Commission must publish the annual report on its website after it has been tabled.