Reports

This report provides an assessment of Ontario’s current economic outlook and the provincial government’s finances.

This report reviews the Ministry of Education’s 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates. The report provides a financial overview of the ministry and examines the ministry’s spending plan. 

This report was prepared to support the Standing Committee on Estimates’ review of the Ministry of Long-Term Care’s 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates. The report provides a financial overview of the ministry and identifies key financial issues, including the commitment to add and redevelop 30,000 long-term care beds and increase the average daily direct care hours provided to long-term care residents.

The purpose of this report is to support the Standing Committee on Estimates’ review of the Ministry of Health’s 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates. The report provides a financial overview of the ministry and identifies key financial issues for the health sector.

In response to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs’ request, this report assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on insolvencies in Ontario.

This report explains how the Province’s new program to reduce electricity costs for industrial and large commercial ratepayers by subsidizing the cost of green energy contracts will work, projects the cost of the program to the Province, and estimates the impact of the program on Ontario electricity ratepayers.

This report provides an update on the Province’s 2020-21 spending plan and reviews actual spending by the Province over the first three quarters of the 2020-21 fiscal year.

This report reviews the Government of Ontario’s housing and homelessness programs, identifies recent program and spending changes, and projects the impact of the Province’s housing and homelessness programs on core housing need and chronic homelessness.

This report provides detailed analysis of Ontario’s labour markets and the impact of COVID-19 on employment in 2020, based on Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS). 

This report provides an updated assessment of Ontario’s current economic outlook and the provincial government’s finances.