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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General Regulatory Active Administrative Monetary Penalties - General Regulatory GR0013APP Enforcement: General Administrative Monetary Penalties Guidance
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0514ORG 1) How To Get Assistance from the PCO 2) Telephone Enquiries to the PCO
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0447ORG 1995 Maximum Withdrawals
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0448ORG 1996 Maximum Withdrawal Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0449ORG 1997 Maximum Withdrawal Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0450ORG 1998 Maximum Withdrawal Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0451ORG 1999 Maximum Withdrawal Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0452ORG 2000 Maximum Withdrawal Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0453ORG 2001 LIF Maximum Withdrawal Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0454ORG 2002 LIF Maximum Withdrawal Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0455ORG 2003 LIF Maximum Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0467ORG 2004 LIF Maximum Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0468ORG 2005 LIF Maximum Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0469ORG 2006 LIF Maximum Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0470ORG 2007 LIF Maximum Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0471ORG 2008 Schedule 1 Life Income Fund (LIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0472ORG 2008 Schedule 1.1 Life Income Fund (LIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Auto Active Indexation AU0015ORG 2009 Indexation Percentage under Bill 59/198, 2009 Indexation Percentage and Revised Deductibles/Monetary Amounts under Bill 164, and Changes to the Conservative Mennonite Automobile Brotherhood Assistance Plan Exemption Identification Card
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0473ORG 2009 Schedule 1 Life Income Fund (LIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0474ORG 2009 Schedule 1.1 Life Income Fund (LIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Funding PE0675ORG 2009 Solvency Funding Relief Measures
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0475ORG 2010 Schedule 1 Life Income Fund (LIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0476ORG 2010 Schedule 1.1 Life Income Fund (LIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0477ORG 2011 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0478ORG 2012 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Funding PE0673ORG 2012 Solvency Funding Relief Measures for Private Sector Pension Plans - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0479ORG 2013 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0480ORG 2014 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0481ORG 2015 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0482ORG 2016 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Pensions Inactive Funding PE0672ORG 2016 Solvency Funding Relief Measures for Private Sector Pension Plans - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Mortgage Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - Mortgage Brokering MB0001ORG 2017 Annual Information Return Results Summary Report
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0483ORG 2017 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Insurance Inactive Filing - Insurance PC0011ORG 2018 Annual Return Instructions to Ontario incorporated insurers and reinsurers, fraternal societies, and reciprocal insurance exchanges
Pensions Active Funding PE0002ORG 2018 Funding Reform for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0484ORG 2018 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Insurance Inactive Actuarial Information PC0005ORG 2018 LIFE MEMORANDUM TO THE APPOINTED ACTUARY
Insurance Inactive Actuarial Information PC0006ORG 2018 PROPERTY AND CASUALTY MEMORANDUM TO THE APPOINTED ACTUARY
Pensions Inactive Funding PE0013ORG 2018 Report on the Funding of Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Ontario - 15th Annual Report
Auto Active SABS AU0124ORG 2019 Automobile Insurance Legislated and Regulatory Adjustments and Optional Indexation Rates Under the Statutory Accident Benefit Schedule
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0152ORG 2019 Life Income Fund (LIF) and Locked-In Retirement Income Fund (LRIF) Maximum Annual Income Payment Amount Table
Auto Active Indexation AU0129DEC 2024 Automobile Insurance Indexation Amounts
Pensions Active Miscellaneous PE0641INF A guide for employers - Communicating the value of your pension plan
Pensions Active Locked-in Accounts PE0040ORG A Guide to Applying for Special Access
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0615ORG A Guide To The Wind Up Of A Pension Plan
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0112ORG A Guide To Understanding Your Pension Plan
Pensions Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0003ORG Ability to Take Contribution Holidays and Pay PBGF Assessments
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
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0006ORG About the HSP Licence
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0007ORG About the HSP Principal Representative
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0021ORG Access to Claimant Personal Health Information
Pensions Inactive Surplus PE0600ORG Access To Surplus In Continuing Plans Permitted
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0099ORG Accessing Plan Records and Information
Mortgage Active Licensing - Mortgage Brokering MB0045APP Accreditation of Licensing Courses for the Mortgage Brokering Sector
Auto Active Unfair or Deceptive Acts AU0139DEC Acquisitions Warranting Relief from Lowest Available Rate Requirement
Pensions Active Amendments PE0302INT Actions to avoid deregistration of a pension plan under the Federal Income Tax Act
Pensions Inactive Miscellaneous PE0184ORG Active Pension Policies
Pensions Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0306ORG Actuarial Assumption Guidelines for Final Average Plans - Approval of Actuarial Reports
Pensions Inactive Filing - Pensions PE0307ORG Actuarial Assumptions Guidelines Solvency Valuations
Pensions Active Filing - Pensions PE0257ORG Actuarial Filing for Plan Amendments
Pensions Inactive Funding PE0004ORG Actuarial Guidance Consultations
HSP Inactive Licensing - HSP HP0008ORG Add/ Remove a HSP Director, Officer or Partner
Pensions Active Spousal Rights PE0208ORG Additional Options to Spouse on Marriage Breakdown
Pensions Inactive Surplus PE0582ORG Adequacy of Surplus Withdrawal Application
Pensions Active Family Law PE0225INT Administration of pension benefits upon marriage breakdown
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0210ORG Administrative Fees and Expenses Payable from Pension Fund
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0249ORG Administrative Fees and Expenses Payable from Pension Fund
Insurance Inactive Administrative Monetary Penalties - Insurance PC0042ORG Administrative Monetary Penalties in the Insurance Sector
Pensions Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0019ORG Administrative Penalties
Pensions Inactive Supervisory Approach PE0015ORG Administrative Penalties Guideline
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0251ORG Administrator Role and Responsibilities
Pensions Active Administration - Pensions PE0121ORG Administrator’s Management of Inquiries and Complaints from Plan Beneficiaries
General Regulatory Inactive Advisory Board GR0007ORG Advisory Board
Pensions Inactive Asset Transfers PE0036ORG Aegon Canada Inc. and Transamerica Life Canada v. ING Canada Inc.
General Regulatory Active Innovation GR0018DEC Affiliated insurers carrying on business as a common undertaking pursuant to s. 392.2(8) of the Insurance Act
Auto Inactive Claims Process AU0086ORG After an Auto Accident: Understanding the Claims Process
Pensions Inactive Benefits PE0406ORG Age-Related Benefit Formulae
Pensions Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0024ORG Agreement Respecting Multi-jurisdictional Pension Plans
Mortgage Inactive Annual Information Return (AIR) - Mortgage Brokering MB0002ORG AIR Summary Results for Previous Years
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0176ORG Allocation of Assets in a Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plan Providing Defined Benefits Guaranteed in Whole or in Part by the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund
Pensions Inactive Wind up PE0619ORG Allocation of Assets in a Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plan Providing Defined Benefits Guaranteed in Whole or in Part by the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund
Pensions Inactive Surplus PE0606ORG Allocation of Surplus Distributed to Members and Former Members on Wind Up
Pensions Active Surplus PE0167ORG Allocation of Surplus to Members, Former Members and Other Persons on Wind Up - PBA s. 63(7) and 70(5) - Regulation 909 s. 8
Pensions Active Funding PE0258ORG Alternative Settlement Methods for Solvency Valuations
Insurance Active Amalgamations and Portfolio Transfers PC0021ORG Amalgamations and Portfolio Transfers
Pensions Inactive Spousal Rights PE0563ORG Amended Definition of “Spouse” Under the Pension Benefits Act - PBA s. 1 “spouse”
Mortgage Active Forms - Mortgage Brokering MB0038INT Amended Disclosure Forms 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 for Non-Qualified Syndicated Mortgages
Pensions Inactive Administration - Pensions PE0558ORG Amendment - Registration Not Confirmed
Auto Inactive Catastrophic Impairment AU0045ORG Amendment to Catastrophic Impairment Definition
Pensions Active Membership PE0221ORG Amendment to Terminate Membership not Permitted
Pensions Active Benefits PE0261ORG Amendments for Benefit Improvements - Notice and Funding
Auto Inactive Forms - Auto AU0041ORG Amendments to Accident Benefit Forms - Application for Determination of Catastrophic Impairment (OCF-19) and Standard Benefit Statement
Auto Inactive Auto Insurance Regulations AU0042ORG Amendments to Automobile Insurance Regulations
Pensions Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0440ORG_ Amendments to the ITA (Canada) Regulation and Effect on LIFs
Auto Inactive Forms - Auto AU0011ORG Amendments to the Ontario Automobile Policy (OAP 1) and related forms
Auto Inactive Garage Policy AU0005ORG Amendments to the Ontario Garage Automobile Policy
Auto Inactive Forms - Auto AU0070ORG Amendments to the Ontario Garage Automobile Policy (OAP 4) and related forms, and amendments to the Ontario Automobile Policy (OAP 1) and related forms
Auto Inactive Forms - Auto AU0013ORG Amendments to the Ontario Garage Policy (O.A.P. 4) and Other Commercial Automobile Insurance Forms
Auto Inactive Filing - Auto AU0050ORG Amendments to the Private Passenger Automobile Filing Guidelines and Technical Notes
Auto Inactive Settlement AU0043ORG Amendments to the Settlement Disclosure Notice