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 Active Benefits PE0236ORG Garnishment of Pensions In Pay
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0237ORG Portability Rights if Vested but not Locked In
Pensions Active Benefits PE0238ORG More Advantageous Pension Benefits or Ancillary Benefits Permitted
Pensions Active Benefits PE0239ORG Indexing
Pensions Active Benefits PE0260ORG Consent Benefits Where Amount of Benefit Not Determinable
Pensions Active Benefits PE0261ORG Amendments for Benefit Improvements - Notice and Funding
Pensions Active Benefits PE0262ORG Union Membership as Condition for Benefit Improvement
Pensions Active Benefits PE0263ORG Settlement of Benefits
Pensions Active Benefits PE0264ORG Past Benefits - Members Option
Pensions Active Benefits PE0275ORG Joint and Survivor Pension Waived
Pensions Active Benefits PE0277ORG Value of a Deferred Pension
Pensions Active Benefits PE0289ORG Immediate Vesting
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0357ORG Definition of Bridge Benefit
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0358ORG Garnishment of Pensions In Pay
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0359ORG Form of Benefit Payment
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0360ORG Pregnancy and Parental Leave
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0361ORG Pregnancy and Parental Leave - Employee Contributions
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0362ORG Pregnancy and Parental Leave Governed By The Employment Standards Amendment Act
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0363ORG Pregnancy and Parental Leave Cannot Be Conditional
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0364ORG Portability Rights If Vested But Not Locked-In
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0365ORG Improvement Of Benefits In Ongoing Plans
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0366ORG Union Membership as Condition for Benefit Improvement
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0367ORG Same-Sex Spousal Benefits - Leshner Ruling Explained
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0368ORG Survivor Benefit Waived
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0369ORG Transfer to Locked-in RRSP May Result In Loss Of Rights
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0406ORG Age-Related Benefit Formulae
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0407ORG Benefit Accrual in Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0408ORG Benefit Accrual in Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans
Auto Inactive Auto Insurance Regulations AU0034ORG Changes to Automobile Insurance Regulations; Guideline Update
Auto Inactive Auto Insurance Regulations AU0042ORG Amendments to Automobile Insurance Regulations
Auto Inactive Auto Insurance General AU0119ORG Link to Auto Insurance Page
HSP Inactive Auto Fraud and Abuse Reduction HP0002ORG Reducing abuse and fraud in health care services for Auto Insurance: everyone has a role to play
Auto Active Attendant Hourly Rate AU0053ORG Superintendent’s Guideline No. 01/18: Attendant Care Hourly Rate Guideline
Auto Active Attendant Hourly Rate AU0054ORG Revised Attendant Care Hourly Rate Guideline and Clarification of Health Care Providers Subject to the Professional Services Guideline
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0031ORG Asset Transfers - Frequently Asked Questions
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0032ORG Trust Issues on Pension Plan Asset Transfer1: Checklist
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0033ORG Asset Transfer Rules before January 1, 2014
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0034ORG Asset Transfers Between Pension Plans
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0035ORG Applications for Transfer of Assets on Sale or Merger
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0036ORG Aegon Canada Inc. and Transamerica Life Canada v. ING Canada Inc.
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0037ORG Asset Transfers (Transamerica v. ING)
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0038ORG Trust Issues On Plan Transfer/Merger (Transamerica)
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0128ORG Types of Asset Transfers
Pensions Active Asset Transfers PE0205APP Supervisory Approach to Defined Benefit Asset Transfers Under the Pension Benefits Act
Pensions Active Asset Transfers PE0223INF FSRA’s Consent to SEPP to JSPP Transactions under sections 80.4 and 81.0.1 of the Pension Benefits Act
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0230ORG Asset Transfer on Reorganization
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0231ORG Interim Transfer of Assets on Purchase and Sale
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0232ORG Asset Transfer Resulting from Sale of Business
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0233ORG Partial Asset Transfers Under s. 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0234ORG Full Asset Transfers Under s. 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0235ORG Withdrawal of Application for Consent to a Transfer of Assets
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0348ORG Asset Transfer - Successor Plans
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0349ORG Asset Transfer - Successor Plans
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0350ORG Notification of Change of Carrier
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0351ORG Types of Asset Transfers
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0352ORG Asset Transfers Between Insurance Contracts or Policies
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0353ORG Interim Transfer of Assets on Purchase and Sale
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0354ORG Superintendent Consent Required for Asset Transfer under subsection 81(8)
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0355ORG Asset Transfers under Section 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0356ORG Superintendent Consent to Transfer of Assets (Sale Before 1188; Transfer After 1188)
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0504ORG General Procedures For Plan Mergers ­ PBA, 1987 ss. 27(1), s. 82
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0505ORG Merger Policy - September 1993 - PBA, 1990 s. 81, O. Reg. 909 s. 7
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0686ORG FAQ - Asset Transfers (2014)
Auto Active Assessments and Examinations AU0127INF Cost of Assessments and Examinations Guideline
Auto Active Arbitration AU0121ORG Private Arbitration Decisions
Mortgage Active Application - Mortgage Brokering MB0021ORG Mortgage Administrator Licence Application - Instructions for completing the application
Mortgage Active Application - Mortgage Brokering MB0022ORG Mortgage Brokerage Licence Application - Instructions for completing the application
FP/FA Active Application - FP/FA FP0001APP Financial Professionals Title Protection – Administration of Applications
CU-CP Inactive Application - CU-CP CU0003ORG Application Standards
CU-CP Active Application - CU-CP CU0085APP Approval or Authorization of Business and Investment Activities under the Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act, 2020
Pensions Active Annuities PE0008ORG Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to Annuity Purchase and Discharge
Pensions Active Annuities PE0195APP Approach to Requirements After Certain Annuity Purchases for Defined Benefit Plans
Pensions Active Annuities PE0229ORG Mortality Tables and Sex Discrimination
Pensions Inactive Annuities PE0345ORG Guaranteed Annuity Contracts
Pensions Inactive Annuities PE0346ORG Fully Insured Money Purchase Group Annuity
Pensions Inactive Annuities PE0347ORG Mortality Tables and Sex Discrimination
Mortgage Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - Mortgage Brokering MB0001ORG 2017 Annual Information Return Results Summary Report
Mortgage Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - Mortgage Brokering MB0002ORG AIR Summary Results for Previous Years
Mortgage Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - Mortgage Brokering MB0003ORG FAQs on Annual Information Returns and Financial Statements
Mortgage Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - Mortgage Brokering MB0004ORG Annual Information Returns
Mortgage Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - Mortgage Brokering MB0005ORG Mortgage brokerages and administrators: How to check/update your contact information, and file the Annual Information Return (AIR)
HSP Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - HSP HP0003ORG Health Service Providers 2016 AIR Results Summary Report
HSP Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - HSP HP0004ORG Health Service Providers 2017 AIR Results Summary Report
HSP Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - HSP HP0029ORG Licensed Health Service Provider Frequently Asked Questions on the AIR and Annual Regulatory Fee
HSP Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - HSP HP0030ORG Sample - Health Service Provider Annual Information Return (AIR)
HSP Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - HSP HP0034ORG Health Service Provider Sector Reports
HSP Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - HSP HP0035ORG Health Service providers: How to update your contact information and file the Annual Information Return (AIR)
Pensions Active Amendments PE0018ORG Effective Date of a Plan Amendment that Reduces Benefits - Questions and Answers
Pensions Active Amendments PE0127ORG Change of Custodian – Filing and Amendment Requirements
Pensions Active Amendments PE0133ORG Conversion of a Plan from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution
Pensions Active Amendments PE0240ORG Defined Contribution to Defined Benefit
Pensions Active Amendments PE0241ORG For Applications Received after March 26, 1992
Pensions Inactive Amendments PE0273ORG Reduction of Accrued Benefits and/or Refunds or Payments to Avoid Revocation by Canada Revenue Agency of Registration of a Pension Plan
Pensions Active Amendments PE0297ORG Conversion of a Plan from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution
Pensions Inactive Amendments PE0325ORG Challenge To An Adverse Amendment
Pensions Inactive Amendments PE0326ORG Registration of Amendments
Pensions Inactive Amendments PE0327ORG Surplus Withdrawal Amendments
Pensions Inactive Amendments PE0379ORG From Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution
Pensions Active Amendments PE0302INT Actions to avoid deregistration of a pension plan under the Federal Income Tax Act
Insurance Active Amalgamations and Portfolio Transfers PC0021ORG Amalgamations and Portfolio Transfers