Step 2: Submit Your FOI Request and Fee
MFIPPA requires a non-refundable $5 application fee for every access request. The application fee may be paid by cash, money order, credit/debit or cheque.
Fees for the processing of a Freedom of Information Request are set by Ontario Regulation 823.
If you do not include the $5 application fee with your request, the request will be considered incomplete and will not be processed until the fee has been paid.
Fee Schedule
| Type of fee | Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Application fee | $5 | The fee is mandatory and must be paid at the time you make your request. |
| Photocopies | $.20 per page | Payable before records are released. |
| USB Key | $10 per USB | Payable before records are released. |
| Large scale paper copies of maps/plans |
Rate established by the City’s User Fees By-law 2017-24. |
Payable before records are released. |
| Search, retrieval and preparation time | $7.50 per 15 minutes | The time required to search, retrieve and prepare the records. |
| Search, retrieval and preparation time using computer programming | $15 per 15 minutes | If computer programming time is required to search, retrieve and prepare records. |
How to submit your FOI request:
By mail
Clerk's Services, 2nd Floor,
P.O. Box 5000, Station A,
200 Brady Street,
Sudbury, ON P3A 5P3
If you submit a request by mail, please include a cheque or money order payable to the City of Greater Sudbury. Please do not include cash if you are mailing your request.
In person
Submit a request in person by scheduling an appointment. Contact Clerk's Services at 705-674-4455, extension 4209 to make an appointment.
By email
If you email your application, call Clerk’s Services to pay the application fee over the phone by credit card: 705-674-4455, extension 4209. Please do not provide credit card information via email.