ontario regulation 287/25

made under the

Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009

Made: November 27, 2025
Filed: December 1, 2025
Published on e-Laws: December 1, 2025
Published in The Ontario Gazette: December 20, 2025

PUBLICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

CONTENTS

 

Publication

1. For the purposes of section 11 of the Act, the following information respecting applications for certification by individuals who are already certified in the same occupation by an out-of-province regulatory authority is prescribed:

1.  Information respecting the process for applying for certification, including the application form, any steps the applicant must take to apply, and an explanation of where to submit the application form and any other application materials.

2.  Information respecting an applicant’s rights to any internal review or appeal, including any applicable procedures and deadlines.

3.  Any application or processing fee imposed by the Ontario regulatory authority under subparagraph 1 i of subsection 9 (5) of the Act.

4.  The timelines that apply under section 10 of the Act or section 9.1 of the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006, as the case may be, in respect of an application.

5.  An explanation of any certification requirement described in subsection 9 (3) of the Act that the Ontario regulatory authority imposes.

Reporting

2. (1) For the purposes of section 16.1 of the Act, no later than March 31 in each year after 2026, an Ontario regulatory authority shall report to the co-ordinating Minister and its monitor on the following matters for the preceding calendar year:

1.  For each regulated occupation for which the regulatory authority is authorized to grant a specific authorizing certificate to an individual,

i.  the total number of applications for certification, other than applications for deemed certification under section 10.1 of the Act, that the regulatory authority received from individuals already certified in the same occupation by an out-of-province regulatory authority,

ii.  the total number of applications for deemed certification under section 10.1 of the Act that the regulatory authority received from individuals already certified in the same occupation by an out-of-province regulatory authority,

iii.  the total number of applications for certification that the regulatory authority received from internationally trained individuals, other than applications described in subparagraphs i and ii,

iv.  the total number of applications for certification, other than applications described in subparagraphs i, ii and iii, that the regulatory authority received from individuals applying for certification in the occupation for the first time, and

v.  for each category of application set out in subparagraphs i, ii and iii, the total number of applications that were from individuals who had previously been denied certification under the Act.

2.  For each category of application set out in paragraph 1,

i.  the total number of applications in respect of which the regulatory authority communicated a certification decision, including the total number of each decision type and a breakdown of the reasons for decisions to deny certification,

ii.  the average amount of time taken to communicate a certification decision after receiving the application and everything required by the regulatory authority in respect of the application and a breakdown of the amount of time taken by decision type, and

iii.  the total number of outstanding applications in respect of which the regulatory authority had not communicated a certification decision as of December 31, and a breakdown of the reasons for which the applications remained outstanding as of that date.

3.  With respect to the timelines that apply under subsections 10 (2), (4) and (6) of the Act or subsections 9.1 (2), (4) and (5) of the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006, as the case may be,

i.  the total number of applications for which the regulatory authority met each of the timelines,

ii.  the total number of applications for which the regulatory authority did not meet each of the timelines,

iii.  a breakdown of when the regulatory authority provided the required response, decision or reasons for applications described in subparagraph ii, and

iv.  the total number of applications for which the required response, decision or reasons had not been provided as of December 31.

4.  With respect to the timelines that apply under subsection 10.1 (2) of the Act to applications for deemed certification,

i.  the total number of applications for which the regulatory authority met the timeline under subsection 10.1 (2),

ii.  the total number of applications for which the regulatory authority did not meet the timeline,

iii.  a breakdown of when the regulatory authority provided certification decisions for applications described in subparagraph ii, and

iv.  the total number of applications for which the regulatory authority had not provided a certification decision as of December 31.

5.  For applications for deemed certification under section 10.1 of the Act, any requirements set out in subsection 4 (2) of Ontario Regulation 199/25 (Deemed Certification) made under the Act that the regulatory authority imposed on applicants.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a certification decision includes an issuance of a notice of receipt or a denial of certification in the case of applications for deemed certification under section 10.1 of the Act.

(3) In this section,

“internationally trained individual” means an individual who has been trained in a country other than Canada to practice a regulated occupation and who has applied for certification in the same occupation in Ontario.

Public disclosure

3. The co-ordinating Minister may publicly disclose information reported under section 2 in such manner and format as the co-ordinating Minister considers appropriate.

Commencement

4. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2026 and the day this Regulation is filed.