Welcome to the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative website

This website is designed to inform small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small business stakeholders about the federal government's endeavours to alleviate the burden of complying with government regulations.

The Government has taken important steps to reduce the administrative and paperwork burden on Canadian businesses. In March 2009, the Government fulfilled its Budget 2007 commitment to reduce paperwork burden by 20 per cent under the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative (PBRI).

To find out more about the PBRI, please click on the items listed on the left-hand side menu.

Analysis of the 2008 Statistics Canada Survey of Regulatory Compliance Costs