ontario regulation 175/26

made under the

Ticket Sales Act, 2017

Made: June 9, 2026
Filed: June 10, 2026
Published on e-Laws: June 10, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: June 27, 2026

Amending O. Reg. 318/18

(ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES — GENERAL)

1. Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 318/18 is revoked and the following substituted:

Interpretation

1. (1) In this Regulation,

“order” means an order made under subsection 30 (1) of the Act; (“ordonnance”)

“prescribed provision” means a provision of the Act set out in Column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Regulation. (“disposition prescrite”)

(2) The contravention of each prescribed provision is classified as minor, moderate or major as indicated opposite the prescribed provision in Column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Regulation.

Amount of administrative penalties

1.1. (1) For the purposes of this section, the base amount of an administrative penalty for a contravention of a prescribed provision by a ticket business is,

(a) if the contravention of the prescribed provision constitutes a minor contravention,

(i) $300, in the case of a ticket business that is not a corporation, and

(ii) $3,000, in the case of a ticket business that is a corporation;

(b) if the contravention of the prescribed provision constitutes a moderate contravention,

(i) $500, in the case of a ticket business that is not a corporation, and

(ii) $5,000, in the case of a ticket business that is a corporation; and

(c) if the contravention of the prescribed provision constitutes a major contravention,

(i) $1,000, in the case of a ticket business that is not a corporation, and

(ii) $10,000, in the case of a ticket business that is a corporation.

(2) For the purposes of subsection 30 (3) of the Act, the amount of an administrative penalty for a contravention of a prescribed provision is,

(a) in the case of a first order issued against the ticket business for a contravention of the prescribed provision, the base amount;

(b) in the case of a second order issued against the ticket business for a contravention of the prescribed provision, one and half times the base amount; and

(c) in the case of a third or subsequent order issued against the ticket business for a contravention of the prescribed provision, two and a half times the base amount.

(3) If 24 months have elapsed without an order having been issued against a ticket business for the contravention of a prescribed provision, any previous order issued against the ticket business for a contravention of the prescribed provision shall not be taken into account for the purposes of subsection (2).

2. (1) Subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “one provision listed in any of the items of Column 1 of Table 1” and substituting “prescribed provision”.

(2) Subsection 2 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “provision listed in any of the items of Column 1 of Table 1” and substituting “prescribed provision”.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following Schedule:

SchedulE 1
Prescribed prOVISIONS and CLASSIFICATIONS OF CONTRAVENTIONS

Item	Column 1 Provision of the Act	Column 2 Classification of contravention of provision
1.	Subsection 2 (1)	Moderate
2.	Subsection 2 (3)	Major
3.	Subsection 2 (3.1)	Major
4.	Section 3	Major
5.	Paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (1)	Minor
6.	Paragraph 2 of subsection 5 (1)	Minor
7.	Clause 6 (1) (a)	Major
8.	Clause 6 (1) (b)	Moderate
9.	Subsection 6 (2)	Minor
10.	Clause 6 (3) (a)	Moderate
11.	Clause 6 (3) (b)	Major
12.	Clause 6 (3) (c)	Major
13.	Clause 6 (4) (a)	Moderate
14.	Clause 6 (4) (b)	Major
15.	Clause 6 (4) (c)	Major
16.	Subsection 6 (5)	Major
17.	Subsection 6 (6)	Major
18.	Subsection 7 (2)	Moderate
19.	Subsection 7 (3)	Moderate
20.	Subsection 8 (1)	Minor
21.	Subsection 8 (2)	Minor
22.	Clause 8.1 (1) (a)	Moderate
23.	Clause 8.1 (1) (b)	Moderate
24.	Subsection 8.1 (2)	Moderate

 

Commencement

4. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 9 of Schedule 58 to the Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures), 2019 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Le ministre des Services au public et aux entreprises et de l'Approvisionnement,

Stephen Crawford

Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Date made: June 9, 2026
Pris le : 9 juin 2026