2023 to 2024 Fees Report

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

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His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, 2024

Catalogue No. BC9-31E-PDF

ISSN 2562-2404

This document is available on the Government of Canada website at www.canada.ca.

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Minister’s message

I am pleased to present the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)’s report on fees for 2023–24.

The fees collected by the CRTC help to cover the costs associated with administering regulations. They are recovered in accordance with and under the authority of the Broadcasting Act and the Telecommunications Act.

Starting in 2023-24, following the coming into force of the Online Streaming Act, the CRTC was no longer authorized to collect fees under Part II of the Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997. All other fees remained the same.

I invite you to read this report prepared by the CRTC under the Service Fees Act. I am pleased that this organization is supporting open and transparent fee management, as reflected in this report.

The Honourable Pascale St-Onge, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Canadian Heritage

About this report

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act,^{Endnote i} the Low-Materiality Fees Regulations,^{Endnote ii} and subsection 4.2.8 of the Treasury Board Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities,^{Endnote iii} contains information about the fees the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) had the authority to set in fiscal year 2023–24.

The report covers fees that are subject to the Service Fees Act.

For reporting purposes, fees are categorized by fee-setting mechanism. There are three mechanisms:

1. Act, regulation or fees notice

   The authority to set these fees is delegated to a department, minister or Governor in Council pursuant to an act of Parliament.

2. Contract

   Ministers have the inherent authority to enter into contracts, which are usually negotiated between the minister and an individual or organization, and which cover fees and other terms and conditions. In some cases, that authority may also be provided by an act of Parliament.

3. Market rate or auction

   The authority to set these fees comes from an act of Parliament or a regulation, and the minister, department or Governor in Council has no control in determining the fee amount.

For fees set by act, regulation or fees notice, the report provides totals for fee groupings, as well as detailed information for each fee. The CRTC did not have fees set by contract, market rate or auction.

Fees charged by the CRTC under the Access to Information Act^{Endnote iv}are not subject to the Service Fees Act and are not included in this report. Information on the CRTC’s access to information fees can be found in our annual report to Parliament on the administration of the Access to Information Act which is posted on the CRTC’s website.^{Endnote v}

Remissions

In 2023–24, the CRTC was not subject to the requirements in section 7 of the Service Fees Act and had no authority to remit, so this report does not include remission amounts.

Overall totals, by fee-setting mechanism

The following table presents the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees the CRTC had the authority to charge in 2023–24, by fee-setting mechanism.

Totals, by fee grouping, for fees set by act, regulation or fees notice

A fee grouping is a set of fees relating to a single business line, directorate or program that a department had the authority to charge for those activities.

This section presents, for each fee grouping, the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees the CRTC had the authority to charge in 2023–24 that are set by the following:

• act
• regulation

Details on each fee set by act, regulation or fees notice

This section provides detailed information on each fee the CRTC had the authority to charge in 2023–24 and that was set by the following:

• act
• regulation

• Fee grouping
  • Broadcasting Licence Fees
• Fee
  • Broadcasting Licence Fee - Part I
• Fee-setting authority
  • Broadcasting Act,^{Endnote vi} section 11(1)(c); Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 ^{Endnote vii} (SOR/97–144)
• Year fee-setting authority was introduced
  • 1991
• Last year fee-setting authority was amended
  • 2023^{Footnote 1}
• Service standard
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.
• Performance result
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.
• Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
  • Not subject to the Service Fees Act.
• 2023–24 fee amount ($)
  • The fee is determined by a formula that can be found in the Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997.
• 2023–24 total fee revenue ($)
  • 34,672,540
• 2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)
  • This fee was not subject to remissions.
• Fee adjustment date in 2025–26
  • Not applicable
• 2025–26 fee amount ($)
  • The fee is determined by a formula that can be found in the Broadcasting Fee Regulations (SOR/2024-46)^{Footnote 2}.

• Fee grouping
  • Broadcasting Licence Fees
• Fee
  • Broadcasting Licence Fee - Part II
• Fee-setting authority
  • Broadcasting Act, section 11(1)(c); Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997^{Endnote viii} (SOR/97–144)
• Year fee-setting authority was introduced
  • 1991
• Last year fee-setting authority was amended
  • 2023^{Footnote 3}
• Service standard
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.
• Performance result
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.
• Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
  • Not subject to the Service Fees Act.
• 2023–24 fee amount ($)
  • The fee is determined by a formula that can be found in the Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997.
• 2023–24 total fee revenue ($)

  • Nil

• 2023-24 total remissions issued for the fee ($)
  • This fee was not subject to remissions.
• Fee adjustment date in 2025–26

  • The fee was repealed on April 27, 2023.

• 2025–26 fee amount ($)

  • The fee was repealed on April 27, 2023.

• Fee grouping
  • Telecommunications Fees
• Fee
  • Telecommunications Fees
• Fee-setting authority
  • Telecommunications Act ^{Endnote ix}, section 68(1);Telecommunications Fees Regulations, 2010 ^{Endnote x}(SOR/2010-65)
• Year fee-setting authority was introduced
  • 1993
• Last year fee-setting authority was amended
  • 2023
• Service standard
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.
• Performance result
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.
• Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
  • Not subject to the Service Fees Act.
• 2023–24 fee amount ($)
  • The fee is determined by a formula that can be found in the Telecommunications Fees Regulations, 2010.
• 2023–24 total fee revenue ($)
  • 46,352,827
• 2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)
  • This fee was not subject to remissions.
• Fee adjustment date in 2025–26
  • Not applicable
• 2025–26 fee amount ($)
  • The fee is determined by a formula that can be found in the Telecommunications Fees Regulations, 2010.

• Fee grouping
  • Unsolicited Telecommunications Fees
• Fee
  • Unsolicited Telecommunications Fees
• Fee-setting authority
  • Telecommunications Act, section 41.21(1);Unsolicited Telecommunications Fees Regulations ^{Endnote xi}(SOR/2013-7)
• Year fee-setting authority was introduced
  • 2012
• Last year fee-setting authority was amended
  • 2015
• Service standard
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.
• Performance result
  • Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.
• Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
  • Not subject to the Service Fees Act.
• 2023–24 fee amount ($)
  • The fees are determined by a formula that can be found in the Unsolicited Telecommunications Fees Regulations.
• 2023–24 total fee revenue ($)
  • 3,095,748
• 2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)
  • This fee was not subject to remissions.
• Fee adjustment date in 2025–26
  • Not applicable
• 2025–26 fee amount ($)
  • The fees are determined by a formula that can be found in the Unsolicited Telecommunications Fees Regulations.

Date modified:

2024-11-13