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Sector Status Category Guidance Number Guidance Name
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0546ORG Application under subsection 78(4) PBA, 1990
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0547ORG Application for Refund of Employer Overpayment - PBA ss. 78(1) and (4), as amended
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0548ORG Extension of Time Limit Under Section 78(4) - PBA s. 105
CU-CP Active Recovery Planning CU0069INT Recovery Planning
Pensions Inactive Recovery Planning PE0544ORG Applications to the Commission - Funding Deficiency - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(7)
Auto Inactive Rate Filing AU0063ORG FOIPOP and Rate Filings
Auto Inactive Rate Approvals AU0122ORG Auto Quarterly Rate Approvals
Insurance Active Purchasing PC0016ORG Borrowing to Purchase Life Insurance Products - Risks and Suitability
Auto Active Professional Services Guideline AU0027ORG Professional Services Guideline
Auto Active Professional Services Guideline AU0031ORG Updated Professional Services Guideline
Insurance Inactive Premium Information PC0012ORG Notice - Premium Information for Cost Assessment - Non-Ontario incorporated Property and Casualty insurance companies and reciprocals
Auto Active Preferred Provider Networks AU0012ORG Best Practices for Preferred Provider Networks (PPNs)
Pensions Active Plan Types PE0026ORG Regulation 177/11 made under the Pension Benefits Act - Questions & Answers - JSPPs
Pensions Active Plan Types PE0081ORG Individual Pension Plans
Pensions Active Plan Types PE0107ORG Individual Pension Plans (IPPs)
Pensions Active Plan Types PE0158ORG Approaches and Revenue Canada Considerations
Pensions Active Plan Types PE0159ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Pensions Active Plan Types PE0290ORG FAQs - Multi-Employer Pension Plans (MEPPs)
Pensions Inactive Plan Types PE0520ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Pensions Inactive Plan Types PE0649ORG FAQs - Jointly Sponsored Pension Plans (JSPP) (2011)
Pensions Inactive Plan Types PE0651ORG FAQs - Individual Pension Plans (2012)
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 Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0003ORG Ability to Take Contribution Holidays and Pay PBGF Assessments
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0028ORG Regulation Changes to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0110ORG Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0111ORG FAQs - Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Pensions Active Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0281ORG Determining PBGF Assessment Base
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0506ORG Assessment Based on Last Report Regulation 909 ss. 3(1) and 37
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0507ORG Assessments Subject to Retail Sales Tax
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0508ORG Assessment As An Administrative Expense - O. Reg. 708/87 s. 33
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0509ORG Assessment for Periods Not Covered by Last Report Regulation 909 ss. 7, 37
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0510ORG Late Assessment Payments - Calculation of Interest - 1995 - O. Reg. 909 s. 37
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0511ORG Late Assessment Payments - Updated Interest Table
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0512ORG Assessment and Member Fees
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0513ORG Coverage and Funding - PBA, 1987 s. 85
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0640ORG Ability to take contribution holidays and pay PBGF assessments – revised as per amendments in Regulation 105/19
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0642ORG Regulation Changes to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) - 2019
Pensions Active Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0683ORG Regulation Changes to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) - 2019
Auto Active Payment Processing AU0038ORG Processing Direct Payments to Service Providers for "Listed Expenses"
Auto Active OPCF 47 AU0075ORG Understanding the operation of OPCF 47 - Optional Accident Benefits
Co-operative Active Offerings CC0001INT High-Risk Offerings issued under the Co-operative Corporations Act
Auto Active Non-renewal risk AU0082ORG Non-Renewal Risk Due to Broker Cancellation
Mortgage Inactive Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages MB0009ORG Policies and Procedures -- Non-qualified Syndicated Mortgages
Mortgage Inactive Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages MB0024ORG Checklists for Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgage Forms effective July 1, 2018
Mortgage Inactive Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages MB0025ORG FAQs on FSCO's Forms Relating to Non-qualified Syndicated Mortgage Transactions
Mortgage Active Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages MB0040INT Mortgage Brokerage Disclosure and Suitability Assessments for Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgage Investments (SMIs) – Responses to Market Disruptions
Mortgage Active Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages MB0041APP Transfer of retail non-qualified syndicated mortgage investments (NQSMIs) (excludes transactions with Permitted Clients) to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) (transfer effective July 1, 2021)
Mortgage Active Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages MB0043INF Mortgage Brokerage Disclosure and Suitability Assessments for Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgage Investments (SMIs) – Responses to Market Disruptions (for Transactions on or after July 1, 2021)
Insurance Active Negative Option PC0018ORG Negative Option Marketing/Billing
Auto Inactive MVACF AU0117ORG Apply to the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund
Auto Inactive MVACF AU0118ORG Apply to the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0016ORG E-blast - MJPPA - to plans without Quebec members
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0017ORG E-blast - MJPPA - to plans with Quebec members
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0024ORG Agreement Respecting Multi-jurisdictional Pension Plans
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0025ORG Questions and Answers on 2016 Agreement Respecting Multi-jurisdictional Pension Plans
Pensions Active Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0269ORG When and How to Change the Province of Registration for a Multi-jurisdictional Pension Plan
Pensions Active Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0270ORG Documents at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario for Plans Registered in Other Jurisdictions
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0420ORG How to Change Province of Registration
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0421ORG Compliance Amendments Required For Quebec Members
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0422ORG Documents At PCO For Plans in Other Provinces
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0663ORG FAQs - Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans (2009)
Auto Inactive Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Card AU0061ORG New background design for Motor Vehicle Liability insurance card
Mortgage Inactive Mortgage Fraud MB0007ORG Your responsibilities to prevent mortgage fraud
Mortgage Inactive Mortgage Fraud MB0010ORG Checklist on Detecting and Preventing Mortgage Fraud
Mortgage Inactive Mortgage Fraud MB0015ORG Checklist on Detecting and Preventing Mortgage Fraud
Mortgage Inactive Mortgage Fraud MB0016ORG FAQs on FSCO's Checklist on Detecting and Preventing Mortgage Fraud
Mortgage Active Mortgage Fraud MB0044INT Detecting and Preventing Mortgage Fraud
Mortgage Active Mortgage Administrator Checklist MB0011ORG Compliance Checklist for Mortgage Administrators
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0029ORG Archived Content
Pensions Active Miscellaneous PE0039ORG Don't let pension information be a mystery
Pensions Active Miscellaneous PE0041ORG Consumer Brochures
Pensions Active Miscellaneous PE0042ORG Know the facts about your registered pension plan
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0043ORG Lester Wong, FSCO's Interim Deputy Superintendent, Pensions
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0044ORG FSCO Deputy Superintendent of Pensions: Statement on pension plans in Ontario
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0046ORG e-Blasts: Pensions
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0047ORG e-Blasts: Pensions
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0050ORG Fact Sheets: News Segments
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0068ORG FSCO - Pension Stakeholder Consultations
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0069ORG Information Sessions
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0073ORG Webinars