Expenditure Estimates for the Ministry of Community and Social Services (2017-18)

The 2017-2018 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Ministry of Community and Social Services for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2017.

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Summary

The Ministry of Community and Social Services promotes resilient and inclusive communities through delivering and funding programs that help people achieve their potential, build independence and improve their quality of life.

Ministry program summary

Vote	Program	Estimates 2017-18	Estimates 2016-17	Difference between 2017-18 and 2016-17	Actual 2015-16
	Operating expense
701	Ministry Administration Program	$38,464,900	$37,179,100	$1,285,800	$34,173,657
702	Adults' Services Program	$12,232,302,500	$11,342,200,100	$890,102,400	$11,174,480,849
703	Poverty Reduction Strategy Program	$66,426,300	$13,134,300	$53,292,000	$4,496,467
	Total operating expense to be voted	$12,337,193,700	$11,392,513,500	$944,680,200	$11,213,150,973
	Statutory appropriations	$28,095,914	$39,611,914	($11,516,000)	$39,598,368
	Ministry total operating expense	$12,365,289,614	$11,432,125,414	$933,164,200	$11,252,749,341
	Consolidation adjustment - hospitals	($18,934,800)	($18,280,800)	($654,000)	($19,259,071)
	Total including consolidation & other adjustments	$12,346,354,814	$11,413,844,614	$932,510,200	$11,233,490,270
	Operating assets
702	Adults' Services Program	$32,636,000	$45,304,000	($12,668,000)	$26,276,021
	Total operating assets to be voted	$32,636,000	$45,304,000	($12,668,000)	$26,276,021
	Ministry total operating assets	$32,636,000	$45,304,000	($12,668,000)	$26,276,021
	Capital expense
702	Adults' Services Program	$46,124,900	$39,207,000	$6,917,900	$37,958,712
	Total capital expense to be voted	$46,124,900	$39,207,000	$6,917,900	$37,958,712
	Statutory appropriations	$26,446,000	$28,314,700	($1,868,700)	$26,112,215
	Ministry total capital expense	$72,570,900	$67,521,700	$5,049,200	$64,070,927
	Capital assets
702	Adults' Services Program	$3,310,000	$1,950,500	$1,359,500	$2,628,162
	Total capital assets to be voted	$3,310,000	$1,950,500	$1,359,500	$2,628,162
	Ministry total capital assets	$3,310,000	$1,950,500	$1,359,500	$2,628,162

	Ministry total operating and capital including consolidation and other adjustments (not including assets)	$12,418,925,714	$11,481,366,314	$937,559,400	$11,297,561,197

Reconciliation to previously published data

Operating expense	2016-17 Estimates	2015-16 Actual
Total operating expense previously published ^{footnote 1[1]}	$11,418,515,114	$11,249,912,674
Government reorganization
Transfer of functions from other Ministries	$15,270,100	$4,496,467
Transfer of functions to other Ministries	($1,659,800)	($1,659,800)
Restated total operating expense	$11,432,125,414	$11,252,749,341

Capital expense	2016-17 Estimates	2015-16 Actual
Total capital expense previously published ^{footnote 2[2]}	$67,314,700	$64,070,927
Government reorganization
Transfer of functions from other Ministries	$207,000	-
Restated Total capital expense	$67,521,700	$64,070,927

Ministry Administration Program - vote 701

The Ministry Administration Program supports the development and implementation of the Ministry’s priorities by providing senior management, corporate offices and field staff with policy and program direction, strategic financial and resource management advice, as well as administrative and operational support services.

Vote summary

Item number	Item	Estimates 2017-18	Estimates 2016-17	Difference between 2017-18 and 2016-17	Actual 2015-16
	Operating expense
1	Ministry Administration	$38,464,900	$37,179,100	$1,285,800	$34,173,657
	Total operating expense to be voted	$38,464,900	$37,179,100	$1,285,800	$34,173,657
S	Minister’s salary, the Executive Council Act	$47,841	$47,841	-	$49,301
S	Parliamentary Assistant’s salary, the Executive Council Act	$16,173	$16,173	-	$16,667
S	Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act	$1,000	$1,000	-	-
	Total statutory appropriations	$65,014	$65,014	-	$65,968
	Total operating expense	$38,529,914	$37,244,114	$1,285,800	$34,239,625

Standard account by item and sub-items

Vote - item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount	Amount
	Operating expense
701-1	Ministry Administration
	Salaries and wages		$19,874,700
	Employee benefits		$2,601,300
	Transportation and communication		$1,492,900
	Services		$14,096,800
	Supplies and equipment		$399,200
	Total operating expense to be voted		$38,464,900
	Sub-items:
	Executive Offices
	Salaries and wages	$1,801,900
	Employee benefits	$189,700
	Transportation and communication	$85,400
	Services	$14,000
	Supplies and equipment	$34,800	$2,125,800
	Business Services
	Salaries and wages	$6,942,900
	Employee benefits	$942,400
	Transportation and communication	$284,500
	Services	$1,288,100
	Supplies and equipment	$71,100	$9,529,000
	Human resources
	Salaries and wages	$1,980,400
	Employee benefits	$182,700
	Transportation and communication	$26,500
	Services	$165,900
	Supplies and equipment	$6,600	$2,362,100
	Communications services
	Salaries and wages	$1,512,500
	Employee benefits	$96,300
	Transportation and communication	$73,700
	Services	$497,000
	Supplies and equipment	$18,400	$2,197,900
	Legal services
	Salaries and wages	$40,000
	Employee benefits	$5,100
	Transportation and communication	$34,300
	Services	$4,709,100
	Supplies and equipment	$21,200	$4,809,700
	Audit services
	Services	$861,400	$861,400
	Information Services
	Salaries and wages	$7,597,000
	Employee benefits	$1,185,100
	Transportation and communication	$988,500
	Services	$6,561,300
	Supplies and equipment	$247,100	$16,579,000
	Total operating expense to be voted		$38,464,900
	Statutory appropriations
Statutory	Minister’s salary, the Executive Council Act		$47,841
Statutory	Parliamentary Assistant’s salary, the Executive Council Act		$16,173
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act		$1,000
	Total operating expense for Ministry Administration Program		$38,529,914

Adults' services Program - vote 702

Through the Adults’ Services Program effective and accountable community-based services are directed to those most in need. Ontario’s Social Assistance programs provide financial and employment supports to eligible individuals who are in need, including people with disabilities, and their families.

The Community and Developmental Services include Community Services, Developmental Services, and the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy. The Community Services programs provide funding for community-based services and supports for women experiencing violence and their children, human trafficking victims and survivors, and individuals who are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or deafblind. The Developmental Services programs provide services and supports for adults with a developmental disability and children with developmental and/or physical disabilities through community-based service providers, and direct funding through Passport and Special Services at Home. These programs promote greater social inclusion, independence and choice for adults with a developmental disability and their families by helping them live and participate in their communities. The Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy programs are culturally appropriate programs designed and delivered by and for indigenous peoples to improve healing, health and wellness outcomes.

The Custodian of Adoption Information provides adoption information disclosure services to adopted adults, adoptive parents, and birth families. The Family Responsibility Office works to improve the financial security of families by collecting and distributing child and spousal support payments pursuant to court orders and domestic contracts filed with the courts.

Vote summary

Item number	Item	Estimates 2017-18	Estimates 2016-17	Difference between 2017-18 and 2016-17	Actual 2015-16
	Operating expense
3	Financial and employment supports	$9,592,399,200	$8,938,591,900	$653,807,300	$8,847,361,508
6	Community and Developmental Services	$2,586,271,100	$2,348,766,500	$237,504,600	$2,270,961,546
7	Family Responsibility Office	$53,632,200	$54,841,700	($1,209,500)	$56,157,795
	Total operating expense to be voted	$12,232,302,500	$11,342,200,100	$890,102,400	$11,174,480,849
S	Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act	$28,030,900	$39,546,900	($11,516,000)	$39,532,400
	Total statutory appropriations	$28,030,900	$39,546,900	($11,516,000)	$39,532,400
	Total operating expense	$12,260,333,400	$11,381,747,000	$878,586,400	$11,214,013,249
	Operating assets
9	Adults' services	$32,636,000	$45,304,000	($12,668,000)	$26,276,021
	Total operating assets to be voted	$32,636,000	$45,304,000	($12,668,000)	$26,276,021
	Total Operating assets	$32,636,000	$45,304,000	($12,668,000)	$26,276,021
	Capital expense
8	Adults' services	$46,124,900	$39,207,000	$6,917,900	$37,958,712
	Total capital expense to be voted	$46,124,900	$39,207,000	$6,917,900	$37,958,712
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	$26,446,000	$28,314,700	($1,868,700)	$26,112,215
	Total statutory appropriations	$26,446,000	$28,314,700	($1,868,700)	$26,112,215
	Total capital expense	$72,570,900	$67,521,700	$5,049,200	$64,070,927
	Capital assets
11	Adults' services	$3,310,000	$1,950,500	$1,359,500	$2,628,162
	Total capital assets to be voted	$3,310,000	$1,950,500	$1,359,500	$2,628,162
	Total capital assets	$3,310,000	$1,950,500	$1,359,500	$2,628,162

Standard account by item and sub-items

Vote - item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount	Amount	Amount
	Operating expense
702-3	Financial and employment supports
	Salaries and wages			$169,156,900
	Employee benefits			$26,861,000
	Transportation and communication			$9,315,600
	Services			$79,312,800
	Supplies and equipment			$2,360,600
	Transfer payments
	Ontario Disability Support Program - financial assistance		$5,091,206,900
	Ontario Disability Support Program - employment assistance		$48,857,100
	Ontario Works - financial assistance		$2,737,093,500
	Ontario Works - employment assistance		$208,618,100
	Ontario Drug Benefit Plan		$1,219,616,700	$9,305,392,300
	Total operating expense to be voted			$9,592,399,200
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act			$28,030,900
702-6	Community and sevelopmental services
	Salaries and wages			$25,959,100
	Employee benefits			$8,898,200
	Transportation and communication			$796,200
	Services			$11,293,000
	Supplies and equipment			$199,000
	Transfer payments
	Residential services		$1,485,786,000
	Supportive services		$811,796,200
	Violence Against Women		$148,723,500
	Supports to community living		$58,570,000
	Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy		$34,249,900	$2,539,125,600
	Total operating expense to be voted			$2,586,271,100
702-7	Family Responsibility Office
	Salaries and wages			$31,194,800
	Employee benefits			$4,336,000
	Transportation and communication			$2,298,600
	Services			$15,228,200
	Supplies and equipment			$574,600
	Total operating expense to be voted			$53,632,200
	Total operating expense for Adults' services Program			$12,260,333,400
	Operating assets
702-9	Adults' services
	Advances and recoverable amounts
	Ontario Disability Support Program - Financial Assistance		$32,632,000
	Residential services		$1,000
	Supportive services		$1,000
	Violence Against Women		$1,000
	Supports to Community Living		$1,000	$32,636,000
	Total operating assets to be voted			$32,636,000
	Sub-items:
	Financial and employment supports
	Advances and recoverable amounts
	Ontario Disability Support Program - financial assistance		$32,632,000	$32,632,000
	Community and developmental services
	Advances and recoverable amounts
	Residential services	$1,000
	Supportive services	$1,000
	Violence Against Women	$1,000
	Supports to community living	$1,000	$4,000	$4,000
	Total operating assets to be voted			$32,636,000
	Total Operating assets for Adults' services Program			$32,636,000
	Capital expense
702-8	Adults' services
	Transfer payments
	Capital grants		$501,000
	Partner facility renewal		$41,006,800	$41,507,800
	Other transactions
	Capital Investments			$4,617,100
	Total capital expense to be voted			$46,124,900
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act			$26,446,000
	Total capital expense for Adults' services Program			$72,570,900
	Capital assets
702-11	Adults' services
	Business application software - asset costs			$3,310,000
	Total capital assets to be voted			$3,310,000
	Total capital assets for Adults' services Program			$3,310,000

Poverty Reduction Strategy Program - vote 703

The Poverty Reduction Strategy overseen by the Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy has been established to support Ontario’s multi-year priority outcome of reducing poverty, inequality and exclusion. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Office (PRSO) oversees the cross-enterprise implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy and addresses responsibilities under the Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 including the preparation and tabling of an Annual Report. The PRSO leads initiatives to continue lifting people out of poverty including developing a food security strategy and managing the Local Poverty Reduction fund to support, showcase and evaluate grassroots community action projects that target local solutions to poverty. The program is also responsible for the design and implementation of a Basic Income Pilot that is jointly overseen with the Minister of Community and Social Services.

Vote summary

Item number	Item	Estimates 2017-18	Estimates 2016-17	Difference between 2017-18 and 2016-17	Actual 2015-16
	Operating expense
1	Poverty Reduction Strategy Office	$66,426,300	$13,134,300	$53,292,000	$4,496,467
	Total operating expense to be voted	$66,426,300	$13,134,300	$53,292,000	$4,496,467
	Total operating expense	$66,426,300	$13,134,300	$53,292,000	$4,496,467

Standard account by item and sub-items

Vote - item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount	Amount
	Operating expense
703-1	Poverty Reduction Strategy Office
	Salaries and wages		$3,468,500
	Employee benefits		$364,600
	Transportation and communication		$20,300
	Services		$6,364,800
	Supplies and equipment		$13,500
	Transfer payments
	Basic income pilot	$41,494,600
	Local poverty reduction fund	$14,700,000	$56,194,600
	Total operating expense to be voted		$66,426,300
	Total operating expense for Poverty Reduction Strategy Program		$66,426,300

Updated: January 15, 2026

Published: May 18, 2017

Footnotes

footnote[1] Back to paragraph Total operating expense includes statutory appropriations, special warrants and total operating expense to be voted.
footnote[2] Back to paragraph Total capital expense includes statutory appropriations, special warrants and total capital expense to be voted.