Administrative Burden Baseline: Update 2026

The Administrative Burden Baseline provides Canadians with a clear metric on the total number of requirements in federal regulations and associated forms that impose administrative burden on business. This baseline contributes to the openness and transparency of the federal regulatory system.

The federal regulations that are administered by the department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada that have requirements that impose administrative burden on business are identified below.

Between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, the department's total count of administrative burden requirements did not change. There were no regulatory changes that affected the existing count of administrative burden requirements in any of the department's regulations. In addition, there were no changes to forms or schedules attached to or associated with the regulations. As a result, the baseline count remains unchanged from the 2025 baseline count of 244.