Category : Government Spending
Expenditure Monitor 2021-22: Q1
This report provides information on spending by the Province in the first quarter of the 2021-22 fiscal year.
Expenditure Monitor 2020-21: Q4
This report provides information on spending by the Province through the end of the 2020-21 fiscal year (March 31, 2021), including changes to the 2020-21 spending plan, unaudited spending results, an updated budget deficit projection, and the year-end status of the Province’s three unallocated funds.
Economic and Budget Outlook, Spring 2021
This report provides an assessment of Ontario’s current economic outlook and the provincial government’s finances.
Ministry of Education: Spending Plan Review
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.
Ministry of Long-Term Care: Spending Plan Review
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.
Ministry of Health: Spending Plan Review
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.
The Cost of Subsidizing Green Energy Contracts for Industrial and Large Commercial Ratepayers
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.
Expenditure Monitor 2020-21: Q3
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.
Housing and Homelessness Programs in Ontario
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.
Ontario Municipal Finances
This report provides an overview of municipal budgets, estimates the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on municipalities, and assesses the adequacy of federal-provincial financial support to municipalities.
The Financial Accountability Office was established by the Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013.
