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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Sector Status Category Guidance Number Guidance Name
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0607ORG No Obligation For Other Plans To Accept Transfer
Pensions Active Commuted Value PE0170ORG No Obligation For Other Plans To Accept Transfer
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0442ORG No Provision for Small Amounts
Pensions Active Funding PE0138ORG No Provision to Amortize Negative Solvency Balance
Pensions Inactive Funding PE0401ORG No Suspension of Contributions in Defined Contribution Plans
Pensions Active Membership PE0219ORG No Transfer Rights on Suspension of Plan Membership
Pensions Inactive Membership PE0502ORG No Transfer Rights on Suspension of Plan Membership - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(1)
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0608ORG No Transfers Outside Canada
Pensions Active Commuted Value PE0171ORG No Transfers Outside Canada
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0495ORG Non-Redeemable RRSP Investment
Auto Active Non-renewal risk AU0082ORG Non-Renewal Risk Due to Broker Cancellation
Pensions Inactive Retirement PE0559ORG Normal Retirement Date - PBA, 1987 ss. 36(1)
Pensions Active Miscellaneous PE0291ORG Nortel Ontario Beneficiary Direction, Consent & Waiver
Insurance Inactive Filing - Insurance PC0008ORG Notice - Filing of 2018 Annual Return for Ontario - Extra provincial insurance companies licensed in Ontario
Insurance Inactive Filing - Insurance PC0010ORG Notice - Filing of 2018 Annual Return for Ontario - Ontario incorporated insurers and reinsurers, fraternal societies, and reciprocal insurance exchanges
Insurance Inactive Premium Information PC0012ORG Notice - Premium Information for Cost Assessment - Non-Ontario incorporated Property and Casualty insurance companies and reciprocals
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0630ORG Notice and Consent Requirements on Partial Plan Wind Up
Insurance Inactive Filing - Insurance PC0009ORG Notice of Filing of 2018 Annual Return for Ontario - Ontario incorporated farm mutuals
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0536ORG Notice of Pre-Hearing Conference
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0629ORG Notice of Proposal for Partial Wind Up
Pensions Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0340ORG Notice of Revised Annual Information Return
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0545ORG Notice To Members A Necessary Pre-Condition - PBA, 1987 ss. 79(4)*
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0578ORG Notices and Orders
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0575ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, s. 87, ss. 89(5)
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0576ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, s. 87, ss. 89(5)
Pensions 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)
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0350ORG Notification of Change of Carrier
Pensions Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0574ORG Obligation to Sell Assets
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0494ORG On Termination
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0388ORG Ongoing Cases under the PBA and Regulations
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0444ORG Ontario Life Income Funds (LIFs) Direct Transfer of Locked-in Funds and Administration Issues
Auto Active Loss Trend AU0132APP Ontario private passenger automobile annual review based on industry data
CU-CP Active Risk Management CU0047ORG Operational Risk Advisory #1 - Outsourcing Servicing of Owned ATM's
CU-CP Active Risk Management CU0049ORG Operational Risk Advisory #2 - Potential Risks Associated with Providing Banking Services to Money Service Businesses (MSBs)
CU-CP Active Risk Management CU0088APP Operational Risk and Resilience
Auto Active Risk Management AU0137INF Operational risk management framework in rating and underwriting of automobile insurance
Pensions Active Administration - Pensions PE0084ORG Opting out of the new grow-in provisions by JSPPs and MEPPs
Auto Active Indexation AU0022ORG Optional Indexation Benefit Guideline
Pensions Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0292ORG Options for Prescribed Filings - Frequently Asked Questions
Pensions Active Spousal Rights PE0209ORG Options to Spouse on Marriage Breakdown
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0638ORG Original and Successor Pension Plans
Pensions Active Wind up PE0283ORG Original and Successor Pension Plans - Section 81 Does Not Preclude Wind Up of Original Plan
Auto Active Forms - Auto AU0111ORG Other Automobile Insurance Forms
Pensions Inactive Funding PE0658ORG Other Changes to the Regulation - O.Reg. 239/09
Auto Active Filing - Auto AU0107ORG Other than Private Passenger Automobile Filing Guidelines - Major
Auto Active Filing - Auto AU0108ORG Other than Private Passenger Automobile Filing Guidelines - Minor
Pensions Active Wind up PE0021ORG Overpayments and Plan Wind Up - FAQs
Pensions Active Investments - Pensions PE0147ORG Overview of Statements of Investments Policies and Procedures (SIPP) Requirements
Pensions Inactive Membership PE0375ORG Part-time Employees and YMPE Test
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0233ORG Partial Asset Transfers Under s. 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Pensions Active Surplus PE0162ORG Partial Wind Up - Identification and Administration of Surplus
Pensions Inactive Surplus PE0585ORG Partial Wind Up - Identification and Administration of Surplus Compliance with PBA, 1990 ss. 70(6)
Pensions Active Benefits PE0264ORG Past Benefits - Members Option
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0250ORG Payable from Pension Fund
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0211ORG Payable from Pension Fund
Pensions Active Commuted Value PE0087ORG Payment of a Small Amount under Section 50(1) of the Pension Benefits Act
Pensions Active Spousal Rights PE0090ORG Payment of A Survivor Pension Small Amount - Section 44(7) of the Pension Benefits Act
Pensions Active Wind up PE0179ORG Payment of Benefits on Partial Wind Up
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0632ORG Payment of Immediate Pensions
Pensions Active Wind up PE0182ORG Payment of Immediate Pensions & Other Benefits
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0312ORG Payment on Wind Up
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0131ORG Payments from a Defined Contribution/Money Purchase Benefit
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0418ORG PCO Advisory Committee Members
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0416ORG PCO Affected by Government Constraints New Approach to Communications Adopted
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0030ORG Pension Assessments
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0293ORG Pension Assessments - Frequently Asked Questions
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0110ORG Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0113ORG Pension Bulletins (Prior to October 2009)
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0109ORG Pension Decisions
Pensions Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0066ORG Pension Forms
Pensions Active Administration - Pensions PE0118ORG Pension Fund Administration – Responsibilities of Fund Holders
Pensions Active Administration - Pensions PE0296INT Pension Plan Administrator Roles and Responsibilities
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0555ORG Pension Plan Document Checklist
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0414ORG Pension Plan Survival and the PCO A Two Way Street
Pensions Active Plan Types PE0159ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Pensions Inactive Plan Types PE0520ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0186ORG Pension Policies
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0188ORG Pension Policy Review Project
Pensions Active Miscellaneous PE0193ORG Pension Scams Cost You More than Retirement Savings
Pensions Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0200INF Pension Sector Emergency Management Response
Pensions Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0201INF Pension Sector Emergency Management Response
Pensions Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0206INF Pension Sector Emergency Management Response
Pensions Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0204INF Pension Sector Emergency Management Response (June 2020)
Pensions Active Supervisory Approach PE0197APP Pension Sector Guiding Principles
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0098ORG Pension Unlocking: Non-Hardship
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0105ORG Pensions
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0189ORG Pensions
Pensions Active Benefits PE0058ORG Phased Retirement - Frequently Asked Questions
Pensions Inactive Information and Statements PE0524ORG Photocopies of Files under section 30 of the PBA, 1990
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0626ORG Plan With No Members
Mortgage Inactive Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages MB0009ORG Policies and Procedures -- Non-qualified Syndicated Mortgages
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0237ORG Portability Rights if Vested but not Locked In
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0364ORG Portability Rights If Vested But Not Locked-In
CU-CP Inactive Advertising CU0016ORG Pre Approved Advertising Messages for Cus
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0534ORG Pre-Hearing Conference Procedures
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0360ORG Pregnancy and Parental Leave
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0361ORG Pregnancy and Parental Leave - Employee Contributions
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0363ORG Pregnancy and Parental Leave Cannot Be Conditional