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

VoteProgramEstimates
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 expense2016-17 Estimates2015-16 Actual
Total operating expense previously published footnote 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 expense2016-17 Estimates2015-16 Actual
Total capital expense previously published footnote 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 numberItemEstimates
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 numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmountAmount
 

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 numberItemEstimates
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 numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmountAmountAmount
 

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 numberItemEstimates
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 numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmountAmount
 

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