Archive: 2020
Expenditure Monitor 2019-20: Q4
This report provides information on spending by the Province through the end of the 2019-20 fiscal year (March 31, 2020), including changes to the 2019-20 spending plan, actual spending results compared to planned spending and an updated budget deficit projection for 2019-20.
Autism Services
The purpose of this report is to provide Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) with information on the Province’s autism services and program design considerations for the new Ontario Autism Program, scheduled to be in place by 2021.
Tourism, Culture and Heritage
The FAO’s report provides economic analysis of the sectors and reviews the Province’s $1.7 billion spending plan for related programs in 2020-21.
Ontario’s Regional Labour Markets During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This report highlights the pandemic’s impact on labour markets in Ontario’s major cities, based on Statistics Canada’s Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs).
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
This presentation examines the Province’s current fiscal position, economic outlook, and impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spending Plan Analysis: 2020-21
This report provides information on the government’s 2020-21 spending plan of $174.3 billion outlined in the March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update.
A Financial Review: The Decision to Freeze Time-Of-Use Electricity Pricing
The purpose of this report is to: explain time-of-use (TOU) electricity pricing in Ontario, estimate electricity bill savings for residential and commercial (mainly small businesses and farms) ratepayers; and project the cost to the Province from suspending TOU pricing.
Ontario's Job Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The report provides a first indication analysis of Ontario’s April 2020 labour market results in the wake of government measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the province.
Economic and Budget Outlook, Spring 2020
This report shows that the partial shutdown of the Ontario economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic will deliver a severe blow to the province’s revenues, increase spending, and result in substantially higher deficits and debt.
Ontario Health Sector: A Preliminary Review of the Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Hospital Capacity
This report provides a preliminary review of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Ontario health sector, with a focus on hospital capacity.
The Financial Accountability Office was established by the Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013.
