The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) is responsible for supervising and regulating a broad range of financial service sectors. FSRA issues guidance to make it easier for the public, new entrants and incumbents to understand what is legally binding, what is FSRA’s interpretation or application of law and what information is designed to be helpful. All guidance is issued in accordance with FSRA's Guidance Framework.

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Status Category Guidance Number Guidance Name
Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0200INF Pension Sector Emergency Management Response
Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0201INF Pension Sector Emergency Management Response
Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0206INF Pension Sector Emergency Management Response
Active Miscellaneous PE0193ORG Pension Scams Cost You More than Retirement Savings
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0188ORG Pension Policy Review Project
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0186ORG Pension Policies
Active Plan Types PE0159ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Inactive Plan Types PE0520ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0414ORG Pension Plan Survival and the PCO A Two Way Street
Inactive Registration PE0555ORG Pension Plan Document Checklist
Active Administration - Pensions PE0296INT Pension Plan Administrator Roles and Responsibilities
Active Administration - Pensions PE0118ORG Pension Fund Administration – Responsibilities of Fund Holders
Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0066ORG Pension Forms
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0109ORG Pension Decisions
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0113ORG Pension Bulletins (Prior to October 2009)
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0110ORG Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0293ORG Pension Assessments - Frequently Asked Questions
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0030ORG Pension Assessments
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0416ORG PCO Affected by Government Constraints New Approach to Communications Adopted
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0418ORG PCO Advisory Committee Members
Inactive Benefits PE0131ORG Payments from a Defined Contribution/Money Purchase Benefit
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0312ORG Payment on Wind Up
Active Wind up PE0182ORG Payment of Immediate Pensions & Other Benefits
Inactive Wind up PE0632ORG Payment of Immediate Pensions
Active Wind up PE0179ORG Payment of Benefits on Partial Wind Up
Active Spousal Rights PE0090ORG Payment of A Survivor Pension Small Amount - Section 44(7) of the Pension Benefits Act
Active Commuted Value PE0087ORG Payment of a Small Amount under Section 50(1) of the Pension Benefits Act
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0211ORG Payable from Pension Fund
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0250ORG Payable from Pension Fund
Active Benefits PE0264ORG Past Benefits - Members Option
Inactive Surplus PE0585ORG Partial Wind Up - Identification and Administration of Surplus Compliance with PBA, 1990 ss. 70(6)
Active Surplus PE0162ORG Partial Wind Up - Identification and Administration of Surplus
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0233ORG Partial Asset Transfers Under s. 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Inactive Membership PE0375ORG Part-time Employees and YMPE Test
Active Investments - Pensions PE0147ORG Overview of Statements of Investments Policies and Procedures (SIPP) Requirements
Active Wind up PE0021ORG Overpayments and Plan Wind Up - FAQs
Inactive Funding PE0658ORG Other Changes to the Regulation - O.Reg. 239/09
Active Wind up PE0283ORG Original and Successor Pension Plans - Section 81 Does Not Preclude Wind Up of Original Plan
Inactive Wind up PE0638ORG Original and Successor Pension Plans
Active Spousal Rights PE0209ORG Options to Spouse on Marriage Breakdown
Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0292ORG Options for Prescribed Filings - Frequently Asked Questions
Active Administration - Pensions PE0084ORG Opting out of the new grow-in provisions by JSPPs and MEPPs
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0444ORG Ontario Life Income Funds (LIFs) Direct Transfer of Locked-in Funds and Administration Issues
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0388ORG Ongoing Cases under the PBA and Regulations
Inactive Locking in PE0494ORG On Termination
Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0574ORG Obligation to Sell Assets
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0350ORG Notification of Change of Carrier
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0577ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, ss. 70(5), ss. 89(5) (Omitted from Winter-Spring 1996 Bulletin 6/3)
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0575ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, s. 87, ss. 89(5)
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0576ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, s. 87, ss. 89(5)
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0578ORG Notices and Orders
Inactive Refunds PE0545ORG Notice To Members A Necessary Pre-Condition - PBA, 1987 ss. 79(4)*
Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0340ORG Notice of Revised Annual Information Return
Inactive Wind up PE0629ORG Notice of Proposal for Partial Wind Up
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0536ORG Notice of Pre-Hearing Conference
Inactive Wind up PE0630ORG Notice and Consent Requirements on Partial Plan Wind Up
Active Miscellaneous PE0291ORG Nortel Ontario Beneficiary Direction, Consent & Waiver
Inactive Retirement PE0559ORG Normal Retirement Date - PBA, 1987 ss. 36(1)
Inactive Locking in PE0495ORG Non-Redeemable RRSP Investment
Active Commuted Value PE0171ORG No Transfers Outside Canada
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0608ORG No Transfers Outside Canada
Inactive Membership PE0502ORG No Transfer Rights on Suspension of Plan Membership - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(1)
Active Membership PE0219ORG No Transfer Rights on Suspension of Plan Membership
Inactive Funding PE0401ORG No Suspension of Contributions in Defined Contribution Plans
Active Funding PE0138ORG No Provision to Amortize Negative Solvency Balance
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0442ORG No Provision for Small Amounts
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0607ORG No Obligation For Other Plans To Accept Transfer
Active Commuted Value PE0170ORG No Obligation For Other Plans To Accept Transfer
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0519ORG No Civil Collection By PCO
Active Wind up PE0676ORG New Requirements for Grow-In, Opting Out of Grow-In and Partial Wind Up
Active Information and Statements PE0287ORG New Provisions Related to the Disclosure of Records
Inactive Forms - General PE0662ORG New FSCO Pension Forms Due to Amended Definition of "Spouse" Under the Pension Benefits Act (Form 1, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 6, and Form 6.1) - 2005
Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0338ORG New Fees
Active Administration - Pensions PE0085ORG New Definitions for "Retired Member" and "Former Member"
Active Wind up PE0180ORG Natural Termination of a Pension Plan
Inactive Wind up PE0627ORG Natural Termination of a Pension Plan
Inactive Commuted Value PE0609ORG Mortality Tables For Calculation - CIA Recommendations
Active Annuities PE0229ORG Mortality Tables and Sex Discrimination
Inactive Annuities PE0347ORG Mortality Tables and Sex Discrimination
Inactive Membership PE0373ORG More Advantageous Pension Benefits or Ancillary Benefits Permitted
Active Benefits PE0238ORG More Advantageous Pension Benefits or Ancillary Benefits Permitted
Active Administration - Pensions PE0203INF Missing Members Principles and Practices
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0446ORG Minimum and Maximum Withdrawals
Inactive Interest PE0424ORG Minimum and Maximum Rates
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0505ORG Merger Policy - September 1993 - PBA, 1990 s. 81, O. Reg. 909 s. 7
Active Information and Statements PE0255ORG Members’ Annual Statements and Termination Statements
Inactive Information and Statements PE0303ORG Members’ Annual Statement
Active Information and Statements PE0254ORG Member's Right to Information, Annual Statements, Termination Statements, Notices, PBA 1990, s. 25-30, 42, O. Reg. 909 s. 28, 39-46 Effective When Published
Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0393ORG Master Trust Arrangements
Active Spousal Rights PE0207ORG Marriage Breakdown and Pension Credits
Inactive Membership PE0500ORG Mandatory vs Voluntary - PBA, 1987 c. 10(1)2, s. 26
Active Membership PE0157ORG Mandatory versus Optional Membership in a Pension Plan
Inactive Retirement PE0560ORG Mandatory Retirement Date
Inactive Retirement PE0561ORG Mandatory Retirement - PBA, 1987 s. 36, s. 42
Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0319ORG Mandatory for MEPPs Established by Collective Agreements or Trust Agreements
Inactive Membership PE0501ORG Mandatory and Voluntary - Changes After Effective Date
Active Administration - Pensions PE0120ORG Management and Retention of Pension Plan Records by the Administrator
Inactive Surplus PE0599ORG Making Application Under ss. 7a(2)(c) - O. Reg. 708/87