Office of the Intelligence Commissioner

The Office of the Intelligence Commissioner is an independent quasi-judicial agency of the Government of Canada. The Office of the Intelligence Commissioner supports the fulfillment of the Intelligence Commissioner’s oversight mandate as set out in the Intelligence Commissioner Act (IC Act). The Intelligence Commissioner approves – or does not approve – certain national security and intelligence activities planned by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and authorized by their respective ministers.



What we do




Fraudulent calls alert 

There have been recent reports of fraudulent phone calls that appear to be from the Office of the Intelligence Commissioner, using a spoofed Office of the Intelligence Commissioner phone number. The Office of the Intelligence Commissioner does not make unsolicited phone calls to individual Canadians.

If you’ve received a suspicious phone call and wish to report it, contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, the agency responsible for dealing with fraudulent calls of this nature.

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