Summary

The Ministry of Education is committed to providing Ontario students with an excellent and accountable elementary/secondary education, so that their futures and that of the Province will be characterized by continued prosperity, stability and growth.

Ministry program summary

Operating expense

VoteProgramEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1001Ministry Administration Program$21,927,400$21,927,400-$15,245,597
1002Elementary and Secondary Education Program$24,098,739,300$23,311,812,000$786,927,300$22,887,324,407
1003Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster$59,582,300$61,078,800($1,496,500)$57,613,684
1004Child Care and Early Years Programs$1,431,195,900$1,315,242,100$115,953,800$1,175,451,387
 Total operating expense to be voted$25,611,444,900$24,710,060,300$901,384,600$24,135,635,075
 Statutory appropriations$67,014$71,066,014($70,999,000)$564,569,290
 Ministry total operating expense$25,611,511,914$24,781,126,314$830,385,600$24,700,204,365
 Consolidation adjustment - Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario (TFO)$5,974,800$1,965,100$4,009,700($2,483,000)
 Consolidation adjustment - Education Quality and Accountability Office$689,000$1,869,600($1,180,600)$419,000
 Consolidation adjustment - Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)$11,781,200$11,674,700$106,500$5,029,100
 Consolidation adjustment - school board trust debt payment reclassification($65,723,500)($65,723,500)-($65,836,548)
 Consolidation adjustment - schools($806,966,600)($216,854,800)($590,111,800)($121,340,426)
 Consolidation adjustment - colleges($24,618,100)($24,067,300)($550,800)($25,329,782)
 Consolidation adjustment - hospitals($3,500,000)($3,500,000)-($3,850,812)
 Other adjustments – non-cash actuarial adjustment for Teachers' Pension Plan, the Financial Administration Act($452,001,000)-($452,001,000)-
 Total including consolidation & other adjustments$24,277,147,714$24,486,490,114($209,342,400)$24,486,811,897

Operating assets

VoteProgramEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1002Elementary and Secondary Education Program$2,627,100$2,700,000($72,900)$2,155,949
1003Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster$1,000$1,000--
 Total operating assets to be voted$2,628,100$2,701,000($72,900)$2,155,949
 Ministry total operating assets$2,628,100$2,701,000($72,900)$2,155,949

Capital expense

VoteProgramEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1002Elementary and Secondary Education Program$1,241,072,400$1,451,291,100($210,218,700)$1,231,608,403
1004Child Care and Early Years Programs$2,000$6,662,700($6,660,700)$6,642,885
 Total capital expense to be voted$1,241,074,400$1,457,953,800($216,879,400)$1,238,251,288
 Statutory appropriations$3,340,600$3,145,600$195,000$1,653,286
 Ministry total capital expense$1,244,415,000$1,461,099,400($216,684,400)$1,239,904,574
 Consolidation adjustment - Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario (TFO)$970,000$376,100$593,900$1,523,000
 Consolidation adjustment - Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)$2,310,700$762,200$1,548,500$3,528,100
 Consolidation adjustment - Education Quality and Accountability Office$184,000$363,600($179,600)($9,000)
 Consolidation adjustment - schools($341,270,100)($647,403,000)$306,132,900($537,626,069)
 Total including consolidation & other adjustments$906,609,600$815,198,300$91,411,300$707,320,605

Capital assets

VoteProgramEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1002Elementary and Secondary Education Program$7,692,500$3,060,400$4,632,100$4,566,319
1004Child Care and Early Years Programs$1,000$1,000-$4,650,789
 Total capital assets to be voted$7,693,500$3,061,400$4,632,100$9,217,108
 Ministry total capital assets$7,693,500$3,061,400$4,632,100$9,217,108
 Ministry total operating and capital including consolidation and other adjustments (not including assets)$25,183,757,314$25,301,688,414($117,931,100)$25,194,132,502

Reconciliation to previously published data

Operating expense2015‑16 estimatesActual 2014‑15
Restated total operating expense$24,781,126,314$24,700,204,365
Total operating expense previously publishedfootnote 1$24,781,126,314$24,697,799,365
Government reorganization  
Transfer of functions from other ministries-$2,405,000

Ministry Administration Program - vote 1001

To provide the overall direction required for the Ministry of Education to meet its objectives and to provide the administrative and support services for the operational programs of the ministry.

Vote summary

Operating expense

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1Ministry administration$21,927,400$21,927,400-$15,245,597
 Total operating expense to be voted$21,927,400$21,927,400-$15,245,597
SMinister's salary, the Executive Council Act$47,841$47,841-$49,301
SParliamentary Assistant's salary, the Executive Council Act$16,173$16,173-$12,824
SBad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act$1,000$1,000-$30,651
 Total statutory appropriations$65,014$65,014-$92,776
 Total operating expense$21,992,414$21,992,414-$15,338,373

Standard account by item and sub-items

Operating expense

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmountAmount
1001-1Ministry administration  
 Salaries and wages $17,793,800
 Employee benefits $2,640,900
 Transportation and communication $805,600
 Services $11,183,700
 Supplies and equipment $362,400
 Subtotal $32,786,400
 Less: recoveries $10,859,000
 Total operating expense to be voted $21,927,400
 Sub-items:  
 Main Office  
 Salaries and wages$2,223,000 
 Employee benefits$297,300 
 Transportation and communication$153,800 
 Services$162,500 
 Supplies and equipment$61,500$2,898,100
 Financial and Administrative Services  
 Salaries and wages$6,921,800 
 Employee benefits$1,200,800 
 Transportation and communication$477,800 
 Services$1,751,700 
 Supplies and equipment$192,800 
 Subtotal$10,544,900 
 Less: recoveries$4,157,800$6,387,100
 Human Resources  
 Salaries and wages$1,881,300 
 Employee benefits$260,500 
 Transportation and communication$66,000 
 Services$225,000 
 Supplies and equipment$31,500 
 Subtotal$2,464,300 
 Less: recoveries$1,290,700$1,173,600
 Communications Services  
 Salaries and wages$6,747,700 
 Employee benefits$864,900 
 Transportation and communication$108,000 
 Services$1,024,700 
 Supplies and equipment$76,600 
 Subtotal$8,821,900 
 Less: recoveries$4,187,500$4,634,400
 Legal services  
 Salaries and wages$20,000 
 Employee benefits$17,400 
 Services$3,588,300 
 Subtotal$3,625,700 
 Less: recoveries$1,223,000$2,402,700
 Audit services  
 Services$1,328,100$1,328,100
 Information systems  
 Services$3,103,400$3,103,400
 Total operating expense to be voted $21,927,400
 Statutory appropriations  
StatutoryMinister's salary, the Executive Council Act $47,841
StatutoryParliamentary Assistant's salary, the Executive Council Act $16,173
 Statutory appropriations  
 Other transactions  
StatutoryBad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act $1,000
 Total operating expense for Ministry Administration Program $21,992,414

Elementary and Secondary Education Program - vote 1002

The program provides policy and program direction, as well as financial support, to district school boards, schools and agencies in Ontario in order to foster and sustain a high-quality education system for all students in the province. The program aims to achieve four primary outcomes as described in Achieving Excellence, A Renewed Vision for Education in Ontario: excellence in student achievement; equitable access to rich learning experiences for all students; promotion of student well-being; and enhanced public confidence in publicly funded education. This program supports the implementation of a vision of public education that is responsive, high quality, accessible and integrated from early learning and child care to adult education. The Ontario curriculum, as the basis of student learning, recognizes that, today and in the future, students need to be critically literate in order to synthesize information, make informed decisions, communicate effectively, and thrive in an ever-changing 21st Century, global community.

Key components of the program are: supporting the implementation of a rigorous curriculum; supporting student learning and maintaining challenging standards of achievement, and supporting excellence in teaching and leading; provision of financial support to a streamlined and efficient education system with a focus on teaching and learning in the classroom; accountability for the funding of elementary and secondary education; and operation of provincial schools for deaf, blind, deaf/blind and students with severe learning disabilities.

Vote summary

Operating expense

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1Policy and program delivery$23,946,905,400$23,163,308,100$783,597,300$22,746,892,593
2Educational operations$151,833,900$148,503,900$3,330,000$140,431,814
 Total operating expense to be voted$24,098,739,300$23,311,812,000$786,927,300$22,887,324,407
STeachers' pension plan$1,000$71,000,000($70,999,000)$564,435,281
SBad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act$1,000$1,000-$41,233
 Total statutory appropriations$2,000$71,001,000($70,999,000)$564,476,514
 Total operating expense$24,098,741,300$23,382,813,000$715,928,300$23,451,800,921

Operating assets

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
4Policy and program delivery$2,627,100$2,700,000($72,900)$2,155,949
 Total operating assets to be voted$2,627,100$2,700,000($72,900)$2,155,949
 Total operating assets$2,627,100$2,700,000($72,900)$2,155,949

Capital expense

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
3Support for elementary and secondary education$1,241,071,400$1,451,290,100($210,218,700)$1,231,608,403
5Elementary and secondary education – expense related to capital assets$1,000$1,000--
 Total capital expense to be voted$1,241,072,400$1,451,291,100($210,218,700)$1,231,608,403
SAmortization, the financial administration act$1,543,500$1,348,500$195,000$887,773
 Total statutory appropriations$1,543,500$1,348,500$195,000$887,773
 Total capital expense$1,242,615,900$1,452,639,600($210,023,700)$1,232,496,176

Capital assets

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
6Elementary and secondary education$7,692,500$3,060,400$4,632,100$4,566,319
 Total capital assets to be voted$7,692,500$3,060,400$4,632,100$4,566,319
 Total capital assets$7,692,500$3,060,400$4,632,100$4,566,319

Standard account by item and sub-items

Operating expense

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmountAmount
1002-1Policy and program delivery  
 Salaries and wages $70,715,100
 Employee benefits $10,671,400
 Transportation and communication $11,976,800
 Services $70,035,200
 Supplies and equipment $8,355,100
 Transfer payments  
 School board operating grants$16,315,657,900 
 Education property tax non-cash expense$6,899,361,500 
 Education programs - other$343,991,300 
 Provincial benefits trusts$160,590,200 
 Official languages projects$34,321,200 
 Education quality and accountability office$31,282,100 
 Miscellaneous grants$2,515,500$23,787,719,700
 Subtotal $23,959,473,300
 Less: recoveries $12,567,900
 Total operating expense to be voted $23,946,905,400
1002-2Educational operations  
 Salaries and wages $49,556,900
 Employee benefits $7,350,500
 Transportation and communication $1,301,100
 Services $19,646,600
 Supplies and equipment $4,380,000
 Transfer payments  
 Payments in lieu of municipal taxation$63,800 
 Provincial schools student enhancement program$100,000 
 Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario$24,793,700 
 Ontario Education Communications Authority$44,866,300$69,823,800
 Subtotal $152,058,900
 Less: recoveries $225,000
 Total operating expense to be voted $151,833,900
 Statutory appropriations Teachers' pension plan  
 Transfer payments  
StatutoryGovernment vosts, the Teachers' Pension Act $1,000
 Statutory appropriations  
 Other transactions  
StatutoryBad debt expense, The Financial Administration Act $1,000
 Total operating expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program $24,098,741,300

Operating assets

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmount
1002-4Policy and program delivery 
 Deposits and prepaid expenses$2,627,100
 Total operating assets to be voted$2,627,100
 Total operating assets for Elementary and Secondary Education Program$2,627,100

Capital expense

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmountAmount
1002-3Support for elementary and secondary education  
 Transfer payments  
 School board capital grants$1,139,879,600 
 Early Learning Program$52,568,100 
 School board – capital funding for child care$37,412,200 
 Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario$1,000,000 
 Ontario education communications authority$1,600,000$1,232,459,900
 Other transactions  
 Support for elementary and secondary education $8,611,500
 Total capital expense to be voted $1,241,071,400
1002-5Elementary and secondary education – expense related to capital assets  
 Other transactions $1,000
 Total capital expense to be voted $1,000
 Statutory appropriations  
 Other transactions  
StatutoryAmortization, the Financial Administration Act $1,543,500
 Total capital expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program $1,242,615,900

Capital assets

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmount
1002-6Elementary and secondary education 
 Information technology hardware$437,500
 Business application software - asset costs$7,255,000
 Total Capital assets to be voted$7,692,500
 Total Capital assets for Elementary and Secondary Education Program$7,692,500

Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster - vote 1003

The Community Services Information and Information Technology (I&IT) Cluster is responsible for the provision of information and information technology services for the Ministries of Education; Municipal Affairs and Housing; Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade; Training, Colleges and Universities; and Tourism, Culture and Sport. The Cluster organization works in partnership with the ministries to provide timely and cost-effective business solutions that support ministry objectives, promote e-business and e-government as a means of enhancing government service delivery, and ensure solid returns on I&IT investment.

Vote summary

Operating expense

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster$59,582,300$61,078,800($1,496,500)$57,613,684
 Total operating expense to be voted$59,582,300$61,078,800($1,496,500)$57,613,684
 Total operating expense$59,582,300$61,078,800($1,496,500)$57,613,684

Operating assets

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
2Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster$1,000$1,000--
 Total operating assets to be voted$1,000$1,000--
 Total operating assets$1,000$1,000--

Standard account by item and sub-items

Operating expense

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmount
1003-1Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster 
 Salaries and wages$26,457,500
 Employee benefits$3,228,900
 Transportation and communication$647,500
 Services$79,786,800
 Supplies and equipment$285,000
 Subtotal$110,405,700
 Less: recoveries$50,823,400
 Total operating expense to be voted$59,582,300
 Total operating expense for Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster$59,582,300

Operating assets

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmount
1003-2Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster 
 Deposits and prepaid expenses$1,000
 Total operating assets to be voted$1,000
 Total operating assets for Community Services Information and Information Technology Cluster$1,000

Child Care and Early Years Programs - vote 1004

High quality early years and child care programs are an essential part of a seamless, integrated system that supports early learning and care for children.

The integration of child care and early years programs enhances education results by providing a continuum of care and education for children aged 0 to 12, creating a focus on healthy child development and positive outcomes for children and families through coordinated local service system management.

Vote summary

Operating expense

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
1Policy development and program delivery$1,431,195,900$1,315,242,100$115,953,800$1,175,451,387
 Total operating expense to be voted$1,431,195,900$1,315,242,100$115,953,800$1,175,451,387
 Total operating expense$1,431,195,900$1,315,242,100$115,953,800$1,175,451,387

Capital expense

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
2Child care capital$1,000$6,661,700($6,660,700)$6,642,885
5Child care – expense related to capital assets$1,000$1,000--
 Total capital expense to be voted$2,000$6,662,700($6,660,700)$6,642,885
SAmortization, the Financial Administration Act$1,797,100$1,797,100-$765,513
 Total statutory appropriations$1,797,100$1,797,100-$765,513
 Total capital expense$1,799,100$8,459,800($6,660,700)$7,408,398

Capital assets

Item numberItemEstimates 2016‑17Estimates 2015‑16Difference between 2016‑17 and 2015‑16Actual 2014‑15
 Capital assets    
4Child care IT modernization$1,000$1,000-$4,650,789
 Total capital assets to be voted$1,000$1,000-$4,650,789
 Total capital assets$1,000$1,000-$4,650,789

Standard account by item and sub-items

Operating expense

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmount
1004-1Policy development and program delivery 
 Salaries and wages$14,798,300
 Employee benefits$1,967,800
 Transportation and communication$100,000
 Services$13,147,000
 Supplies and equipment$50,000
 Transfer payments 
 Child care and early years$1,401,132,800
 Total operating expense to be voted$1,431,195,900
 Total operating expense for child Care and Early Years Programs$1,431,195,900

Capital expense

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmount
1004-2Child care capital 
 Transfer payments 
 Child care stabilization$1,000
 Total capital expense to be voted$1,000
1004-5Child care – expense related to capital assets 
 Other transactions$1,000
 Total capital expense to be voted$1,000
 Statutory appropriations 
StatutoryAmortization, the Financial Administration Act 
 Other transactions$1,797,100
 Total capital expense for Child Care and Early Years Programs$1,799,100

Capital assets

Vote-item numberStandard account by item and sub-itemsAmount
1004-4Child care IT modernization 
 Business application software - asset costs$1,000
 Total capital assets to be voted$1,000
 Total capital assets for Child Care and Early Years Programs$1,000