ABOUT FINANCE: LEGISLATION
The following is a list of the legislation for which the Ministry of Finance has primary legislative or administrative responsibility, sorted by the core business and the item or sub-item.
The full text of each Act and its regulations appears on www.e-laws.gov.on.ca, which houses the consolidated Revised Statutes of Ontario in electronic form.
Bills currently in the legislative process are located on the website of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Here you will also find a description of how a bill becomes a law.
Tax Policy, Budget and Revenue Operations
Item 1202-1: Budget and Taxation Policy
City of Toronto Act, 2006 (joint)
Commercial Concentration Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Community Small Business Investment Funds Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Corporations Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Crown Foundations Act, 1996
Employer Health Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Estate Administration Tax Act, 1998 (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Fuel Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Gasoline Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Highway Traffic Act (only specified provisions) (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Income Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Land Transfer Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Liquor Control Act
Mining Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Ministry of Revenue Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Ontario Home Ownership Savings Plan Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Pension Benefits Act (joint with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario)
Race Tracks Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Retail Sales Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Small Business Development Corporations Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Succession Duty Act Supplementary Provisions Act, 1980 (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Taxation Act, 2007 (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999
Tobacco Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Economic, Fiscal and Financial Policy
Item 1203-1: Economic Policy
Statistics Act
Item 1203-5: Provincial-Local Finance Division
Assessment Act
City of Toronto Act, 2006 (joint)
Education Act (joint)
Electricity Act, 1998 (only specific provisions) (joint)
Municipal Act, 2001 (joint)
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Act, 1997
Provincial Land Tax Act, 2006 (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Tax Incentive Zones Act (Pilot Projects), 2002
Tax Increment Financing Act, 2006
Item 1203-8: Treasury Board Office
Auditor General Act
Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993
Financial Administration Act
Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act, 2004
Interim Appropriation Acts
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008
Ministry of Treasury and Economics Act
Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996
Supply Acts
Treasury Board Act, 1991
Financial Services Industry Regulation
Item 1204-1: Financial Services Commission of Ontario
Automobile Insurance Rate Stabilization Act, 2003
Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
Co-operative Corporations Act
Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act, 1994
Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act, 1997
Insurance Act
Loan and Trust Corporations Act
Marine Insurance Act
Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act, 2006
Pension Benefits Act
Prepaid Hospital and Medical Services Act
Registered Insurance Brokers Act
Item 1204-2: Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act
Securities Regulation
Canadian Public Accountability Board Act (Ontario), 2006
Commodity Futures Act
Securities Act
Toronto Futures Exchange Act
Toronto Stock Exchange Act
Trust Beneficiaries’ Liability Act, 2004
Treasury
Statutory Item: Interest on Debt for Provincial Purposes
Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993
Electricity Act, 1998 (joint)
Financial Administration Act
Ontario Loan Acts
Other
MPPs Pension Act, 1996
Province of Ontario Savings Office Act, 1990
Province of Ontario Savings Office Privatization Act, 2002
Skydome Act (Bus Parking), 2002
Social Contract Act, 1993
Unclaimed Intangible Property Act, 1990
Please visit e-laws for complete text of the act.
