ABOUT FINANCE

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

Crown Foundations Act, 1996
Estate Administration Tax Act, 1998 (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Ministry of Revenue Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999
Pension Benefits Act, 1990 (joint with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario)
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)
Employer Health Tax Act (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)
Land Transfer Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Mining Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Race Tracks Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Retail Sales Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Tobacco Tax Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Income Tax Act (Ontario) (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
City of Toronto Act, 2006 (joint)
Ontario Home Ownership Savings Plan Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Succession Duty Act Supplementary Provisions Act, 1980 (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Small Business Development Corporations Act (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Taxation Act, 2007 (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)
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Act, 1997
Municipal Act, 2001 (joint)
Education Act (joint)
Provincial Land Tax Act (joint) (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Provincial Land Tax Act, (2006) (in force on January 1, 2009) (shared with Ministry of Revenue)
Electricity Act, 1998 (only specific provisions)
Tax Incentive Zone Act (Pilot Projects), 2002
Tax Increment Financing Act, 2006

Item 1203-8 Treasury Board Office     

Auditor General Act
Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 (joint)
Financial Administration Act (joint)
Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act, 2004
Interim Appropriation Acts
Ministry of Treasury and Economics Act
Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996
Supply Act
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 Brokers 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

Commodity Futures Act
Securities Act
Toronto Futures Exchange Act
Toronto Stock Exchange Act
Canadian Public Accountability Board Act (Ontario), 2006
Trust Beneficiaries’ Liability Act, 2004

Treasury

Statutory Item: Interest on Debt for Provincial Purposes

Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 (joint)
Financial Administration Act (joint)
Ontario Loan Acts
Electricity Act, 1998 (joint)

Other

Province of Ontario Savings Office Act, 1990
Province of Ontario Savings Office Privatization Act, 2002
Skydome Act (Bus Parking), 2002
Unclaimed Intangible Property Act, 1990
MPPs Pension Act, 1996
Social Contract Act, 1993      

Please visit e-laws for complete text of the act.