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 Sort descending Guidance Number Guidance Name
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)
Auto Active Non-renewal risk AU0082ORG Non-Renewal Risk Due to Broker Cancellation
Co-operative Active Offerings CC0001INT High-Risk Offerings issued under the Co-operative Corporations Act
Auto Active OPCF 47 AU0075ORG Understanding the operation of OPCF 47 - Optional Accident Benefits
Auto Active Payment Processing AU0038ORG Processing Direct Payments to Service Providers for "Listed Expenses"
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
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 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)
Auto Active Preferred Provider Networks AU0012ORG Best Practices for Preferred Provider Networks (PPNs)
Insurance Inactive Premium Information PC0012ORG Notice - Premium Information for Cost Assessment - Non-Ontario incorporated Property and Casualty insurance companies and reciprocals
Auto Active Professional Services Guideline AU0027ORG Professional Services Guideline
Auto Active Professional Services Guideline AU0031ORG Updated Professional Services Guideline
Insurance Active Purchasing PC0016ORG Borrowing to Purchase Life Insurance Products - Risks and Suitability
Auto Inactive Rate Approvals AU0122ORG Auto Quarterly Rate Approvals
Auto Inactive Rate Filing AU0063ORG FOIPOP and Rate Filings
CU-CP Active Recovery Planning CU0069INT Recovery Planning
Pensions Inactive Recovery Planning PE0544ORG Applications to the Commission - Funding Deficiency - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(7)
Pensions Active Refunds PE0160ORG Refund of Additional Voluntary Contributions to Active Members
Pensions Active Refunds PE0271ORG Application for Reimbursement of Employer Overpayment from a Continuing Pension Plan
Pensions Active Refunds PE0272ORG Application for Refund of Contributions to Plan Members or Former Members
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0540ORG Applications to the Commission for Consent to a Refund - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(7) and (8)*
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0541ORG Refund to Active Members - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(2)*
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0542ORG Refund of Additional Voluntary Contributions to Active Members - PBA, 1990 ss. 63(2)
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0543ORG Locking-in Provisions - Prior Consent of the Commission Required for Refunds, PBA 1990 ss. 63(7) and (8)
Pensions Inactive Refunds PE0545ORG Notice To Members A Necessary Pre-Condition - PBA, 1987 ss. 79(4)*
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
Insurance Inactive Registered Participant List PC0038ORG Companies registered under the Prepaid Hospital and Medical Services Act as of April 1, 2019
Pensions Active Registration PE0161ORG Registration of a Pension Plan and a Pension Plan Amendment
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0549ORG Changing Province Of Registration
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0550ORG Common Problems
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0551ORG Preparing An Application For Registration
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0552ORG Preparation of an Application for Registration of a Pension Plan
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0553ORG Guide To Completing A Pension Plan Document Checklist - PBA s. 98
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0554ORG Preparation of an Application for Registration of a Plan Amendment
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0555ORG Pension Plan Document Checklist
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Pensions Inactive Registration PE0557ORG Legal Effect, PBA, 1987 s. 10, s. 16 & s. 17
Auto Active Regulation AU0016ORG Changes to Ontario Regulation 283/95: Disputes Between Insurers
Auto Active Regulation AU0019ORG Publication of Private Arbitration Decisions Involving Ontario Regulation 283/95: Disputes Between Insurers
Auto Active Rental Vehicles AU0064ORG Rental Vehicles and the Priority Rules
Auto Inactive Rental Vehicles AU0088ORG Protecting Yourself When Renting an Automobile
Insurance Inactive Reporting - Insurance PC0039ORG New reporting requirement is effective immediately: Report the life insurers you represent, have a contract with and/or on whose behalf you sell insurance products
Insurance Active Reporting - Insurance PC0043INT Life agent reporting requirements and related insurer obligations
Mortgage Inactive Reporting - Mortgage Brokering MB0035ORG Reporting Requirements for Mortgage Administrators
Mortgage Active Reporting - Mortgage Brokering MB0052INT Mortgage Administrators’ Financial Filing Requirements
CU-CP Inactive Request for Publications CU0042ORG Request for Additional DICO Publications
CU-CP Active Reserves CU0011ORG By-Law #6
Auto Active Residual Market AU0067ORG Facility Association amendment to eligibility rules in the residual market
CU-CP Active Resolution Planning CU0082INT Resolution Planning
Mortgage Inactive Resources MB0030ORG Government of Canada Resources
Mortgage Inactive Resources MB0036ORG Webinar Resources
Pensions Active Retirement PE0246ORG Retirement Dates
Pensions Inactive Retirement PE0559ORG Normal Retirement Date - PBA, 1987 ss. 36(1)