About this report

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act and subsection 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General had the authority to set in 2018–19.

Government of Canada departments may set fees for services, licences, permits, products, the use of facilities, for other authorizations of rights or privileges, or to recover, in whole or in part, costs incurred in relation to a regulatory scheme.

This report contains information about all fees that are under the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General’s authority.

The information reported includes fees that:

• fall under the Service Fees Act.

The information covers fees set by:

• act, regulation or fees notice.

For fees set by act, regulation or fees notice, the report provides totals for fee groupings, as well as detailed information for each individual fee.

Remissions

A remission is a partial or full return of a fee to a fee payer who paid for a service for which a department deemed that the service standard was not met.

At the time of this report being tabled, the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General is not subject to the requirements pursuant to section 7 of the Service Fees Act and its related instrument, therefore it does not have a remission policy.

No other remissions related to fees were issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General since it did not have or seek other authorities to remit.

Overall totals, by fee type

The following table presents the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General had the authority to charge in fiscal year 2018–19, by fee type.

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

The following table presents the single fee grouping, the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General had the authority to charge in fiscal year 2018-2019 that are set by any of the following:

• Act
• Regulation

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

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

This section provides detailed information on each fee that the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General had the authority to charge in fiscal year 2018 to 2019 and that was set by any of the following:

• Act
• Regulation

The heraldic prerogative was transferred to Canada by Her Majesty The Queen in 1988.

Upon the adoption of the Canadian Heraldic Authority Fee Order in 1991, Parliament provided the authority to the Canadian Heraldic Authority, under the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, to collect processing fees from petitioners wishing to obtain a coat of arms. A grant of arms involves negotiations with the client, biographical research, the preparation and approval of designs, the preparation of warrants and Letters Patent, and the services of calligraphers and artists.

The established pricing policy states that the client pays calligraphers and artists directly through standing offer agreements negotiated by the Canadian Heraldic Authority.