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
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0025ORG What's New in Service Providers
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0026ORG HSP Best Practices: Don't make your business vulnerable by collecting signatures on blank treatment forms
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0027ORG Health Service Providers 2016-17 Market Conduct Compliance: Examination Results
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0028ORG Health Service Providers 2017/2018 Market Conduct Compliance: Examination Results
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0031ORG Apply Now for a Health Service Provider Licence
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0033ORG Public Registry of Licensed Health Service Providers
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0001ORG Reliance Model of Reciprocal Licensing
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0031ORG How to Obtain Approval to Offer a Life Licence Qualification Program (LLQP) Training Course in Ontario
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0032ORG How to Obtain or Amend an Insurance Company Licence
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0033ORG Becoming a Licensed General Insurance Agent
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0034ORG Do you have a licence issued in another province or territory?
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0035ORG Do you want to be licensed in another province or territory?
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0036ORG Licensing Link Enhancements for Life Insurance Agents
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0037ORG How to Obtain an Insurance Agent Corporation or Partnership Licence under the Insurance Act
Insurance Inactive Licensing - Insurance PC0040ORG FSCO updates Licensing Link to help life insurers better monitor their agents
Mortgage Active Licensing - Mortgage Brokering MB0032ORG Licensing FAQ
Mortgage Inactive Licensing - Mortgage Brokering MB0033ORG Applying for a New Licence
Mortgage Active Licensing - Mortgage Brokering MB0047INT New mortgage agent and broker licensing requirements
Mortgage Active Licensing - Mortgage Brokering MB0045APP Accreditation of Licensing Courses for the Mortgage Brokering Sector
Mortgage Active Licensing - Mortgage Brokering MB0046INT Licensing exemption for Permitted Clients that are not Individuals
Mortgage Inactive Forms - Mortgage Brokering MB0023ORG Mortgage Brokering Forms
Mortgage Active Forms - Mortgage Brokering MB0038INT Amended Disclosure Forms 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 for Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages
Insurance Active Investments - Insurance PC0014ORG Investments by Insurers Guideline
CU-CP Active Resolution Planning CU0082INT Resolution Planning
General Regulatory Active Administrative Monetary Penalties - General Regulatory GR0012APP Use of proceeds from enforcement under regulation “Money retained outside the consolidated revenue fund” Guidance
General Regulatory Active Administrative Monetary Penalties - General Regulatory GR0013APP Enforcement: General Administrative Monetary Penalties Guidance
General Regulatory Active Whistle-blower GR0015APP Whistle-blower Guidance
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0384ORG Enforcement Matters to be Published Charges - Charges are Laid under the PBA
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0385ORG Charges are Laid under the PBA - Union Drawn Steel
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0386ORG Results of Charges Laid Under the PBA and Regulations
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0387ORG Charges Laid under the PBA and Regulations - Union Drawn Steel Co. Ltd. and Maysfield Properety Management (1987) Inc.
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0388ORG Ongoing Cases under the PBA and Regulations
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0530ORG Rules of Practice for Proceedings Under Section 89 of the Act: General, PreHearing Conferences, Settlement Conferences, Disclosure, Written Hearings, Electronic Hearings
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0530ORG Rules of Practice for Proceedings Under Section 89 of the Act: General, PreHearing Conferences, Settlement Conferences, Disclosure, Written Hearings, Electronic Hearings
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0531ORG Draft Consent Document for Filing Commission Consent with the Court for Surplus Distribution under ss. 8(2) of Regulation 909
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0532ORG Release of Hearing Documents Filed with the Commission
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0533ORG Records of Proceedings for Appeal Purposes
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0534ORG Pre-Hearing Conference Procedures
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0535ORG Role of Presiding Officer at Pre-Hearing Conference
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0536ORG Notice of Pre-Hearing Conference
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0537ORG Release of Pre-Hearing Conference Documents Filed with the Commission
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0538ORG Continuation of Proceedings for Certain Applications Under the Current PBA once the Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act, 1997 (FSCO) comes into Force
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0539ORG Commission Procedures Sub-committee - Procedures Ready for Publication
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 Pension Decisions PE0578ORG Notices and Orders
Pensions Inactive Pension Decisions PE0529ORG Commission Meetings - Purpose and Procedure
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0497ORG Application of Pre and Post 1987 Vesting And Locking-In Rules
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0486ORG Shortened Life Expectancy
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0487ORG Interest Locked in
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0488ORG Locked-in RRSP Can Purchase Annuity At Age 55
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0489ORG Effect Of Legislation on Locked in RRSP Funds
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0490ORG How to Administer Locked-In Money as a Pension
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0491ORG Locked-in RRSP Funds - Annuities
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0492ORG Locked-in RRSP Cannot Be Transferred To A RRIF (also ref: Life Income Fund)
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0493ORG Locking In of Pension Funds When Member Leaves the Country
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0494ORG On Termination
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0495ORG Non-Redeemable RRSP Investment
Pensions Inactive Locking in PE0496ORG Self-Directed RRSPs And Home Mortgages
Mortgage Active Cybersecurity MB0048INF Mortgage Broker Regulators' Council of Canada Principles for Cybersecurity Preparedness for the Mortgage Brokering Sector
Insurance Active Insurance Prudential PC0045APP Risk Based Supervisory Framework for Ontario-incorporated Insurance Companies and Reciprocals
Pensions Inactive Forms - General PE0518ORG Computer-generated Forms
Pensions Inactive Forms - General PE0661ORG FAQs - Forms (2010 - 2011)
Pensions 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