Expenditure Estimates for the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (2026–2027)

The 2026–2027 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2026.

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Summary

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development's vision is to have safe, competitive, equitable, and harmonious work environments that support a thriving economy.

Ministry Program Summary

Operating expense
Vote	Program	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1601	Ministry Administration Program	32,409,700	29,698,800	2,710,900	32,968,506
1602	Pay Equity Commission	3,706,500	3,652,500	54,000	3,393,936
1603	Labour Relations Program	28,646,600	27,612,100	1,034,500	30,460,511
1604	Occupational Health and Safety Program	245,452,200	246,046,100	(593,900)	240,543,405
1605	Employment Rights and Responsibilities Program	45,122,300	43,673,600	1,448,700	40,797,674
1607	Employment Ontario	1,740,066,300	1,857,941,000	(117,874,700)	1,621,722,025
1608	Global Talent and Settlement Services	127,320,700	133,132,200	(5,811,500)	110,822,264
	Total Operating Expense to be Voted	2,222,724,300	2,341,756,300	(119,032,000)	2,080,708,321
	Statutory appropriations	6,613,561	6,565,014	48,547	2,111,814
	Ministry total operating expense	2,229,337,861	2,348,321,314	(118,983,453)	2,082,820,135
	Consolidation adjustment - Colleges Operating	(312,166,200)	(346,982,000)	34,815,800	(217,553,842)
	Consolidation adjustment - Schools	(106,935,900)	(102,498,200)	(4,437,700)	(98,921,807)
	Consolidation adjustment - Hospitals	(1,062,700)	(932,400)	(130,300)	(436,232)
	Consolidation adjustment - Skilled Trades Ontario	22,793,100	30,247,500	(7,454,400)	22,619,201
	Consolidation adjustment - Ontario Health	(1,225,200)	(1,316,000)	90,800	(1,395,171)
	Consolidation adjustment - Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT)	36,083,800	-	36,083,800	-
	Consolidation adjustment - General Real Estate Portfolio	(13,925,400)	(13,436,900)	(488,500)	(14,333,450)
	Consolidation adjustment - Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation	(5,787,500)	-	(5,787,500)	(2,281,885)
	Total including consolidation & other adjustments	1,847,111,861	1,913,403,314	(66,291,453)	1,770,516,949

Capital expense
Vote	Program	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1601	Ministry administration program	1,000	1,000	-	-
1604	Occupational Health and Safety Program	2,311,000	491,000	1,820,000	816,637
1605	Employment Rights and Responsibilities Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
1607	Employment Ontario	136,794,600	200,893,900	(64,099,300)	61,339,965
	Total capital expense to be voted	139,107,600	201,386,900	(62,279,300)	62,156,602
	Statutory appropriations	8,366,700	7,497,900	868,800	4,868,796
	Ministry total capital expense	147,474,300	208,884,800	(61,410,500)	67,025,398
	Consolidation adjustment - Colleges Capital	(20,461,200)	(19,608,500)	(852,700)	(17,119,282)
	Consolidation adjustment - Schools	(161,500)	(159,300)	(2,200)	(135,332)
	Consolidation adjustment - Hospitals	(1,878,500)	(143,700)	(1,734,800)	(9,863)
	Consolidation adjustment - Skilled trades ontario	-	369,400	(369,400)	136,174
	Consolidation adjustment - Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT)	949,500	-	949,500	-
	Consolidation adjustment - General real estate portfolio	(1,820,000)	-	(1,820,000)	-
	Total Including Consolidation & Other adjustments	124,102,600	189,342,700	(65,240,100)	49,897,095

Capital assets
Vote	Program	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1601	Ministry administration program	1,000	1,000	-	-
1604	Occupational health and safety program	1,601,600	3,827,500	(2,225,900)	8,520,858
1607	Employment ontario	1,092,200	3,468,400	(2,376,200)	6,626,955
	Total capital assets to be voted	2,694,800	7,296,900	(4,602,100)	15,147,813
	Ministry total capital assets	2,694,800	7,296,900	(4,602,100)	15,147,813
	Ministry total operating and capital including consolidation and other adjustments (not including Assets)	1,971,214,461	2,102,746,014	(131,531,553)	1,820,414,044

Reconciliation to previously published data

Operating Expense	Estimates 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
Total Operating Expense previously published^{footnote 1[1]}	2,348,321,314	1,989,299,837
Government reorganization
Transfer of functions from other ministries	-	93,520,298
Restated total operating expense	2,348,321,314	2,082,820,135

Ministry administration program - Vote 1601

This program coordinates the decision making processes of the ministry and provides technical and professional services to support the design, implementation and effective delivery of ministry programs. The program includes the Minister's Office, Parliamentary Assistant's Office and Deputy Minister's Office.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1	Ministry Administration	32,409,700	29,698,800	2,710,900	32,968,506
	Total operating expense to be voted	32,409,700	29,698,800	2,710,900	32,968,506
S	Minister's salary, the Executive Council Act	66,559	47,841	18,718	49,301
S	Parliamentary assistants' salaries, the Executive Council Act	45,002	16,173	28,829	16,667
S	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	1,000	-	634,141
	Total statutory appropriations	112,561	65,014	47,547	700,109
	Total operating expense	32,522,261	29,763,814	2,758,447	33,668,615

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
3	Ministry administration	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total capital expense to be voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total statutory appropriations	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total capital expense	2,000	2,000	-	-

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
2	Ministry administration	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total capital assets to be voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total capital assets	1,000	1,000	-	-

Standard accounts classification

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $	Amount $
1601-1	Ministry administration
	Salaries and wages		20,098,200
	Employee benefits		1,029,100
	Transportation and communication		789,400
	Services		10,174,700
	Supplies and equipment		318,300
	Total operating expense to be voted		32,409,700
	Sub-items:
	Main office
	Salaries and wages	5,064,000
	Employee benefits	227,400
	Transportation and communication	75,300
	Services	104,800
	Supplies and equipment	51,400	5,522,900
	Financial and Administrative Services
	Salaries and wages	3,633,600
	Employee benefits	219,700
	Transportation and communication	46,700
	Services	253,600
	Supplies and equipment	33,300	4,186,900
	Strategic Human Resources
	Salaries and wages	3,834,100
	Employee benefits	132,900
	Transportation and communication	34,800
	Services	183,700
	Supplies and equipment	26,800	4,212,300
	Communications Services
	Salaries and wages	4,729,500
	Employee benefits	319,200
	Transportation and communication	119,500
	Services	145,100
	Supplies and equipment	25,000	5,338,300
	Legal Services
	Salaries and wages	62,500
	Employee benefits	9,800
	Transportation and communication	496,200
	Services	8,909,800
	Supplies and equipment	170,000	9,648,300
	Information Systems
	Services	402,600	402,600
	Corporate Services
	Salaries and wages	2,774,500
	Employee benefits	120,100
	Transportation and communication	16,900
	Services	175,100
	Supplies and equipment	11,800	3,098,400
	Total Operating Expense to be Voted		32,409,700
	Statutory Appropriations
Statutory	Minister's Salary, the Executive Council Act		66,559
Statutory	Parliamentary assistants' salaries, the Executive Council Act		45,002
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act		1,000
	Total operating expense for Ministry Administration Program		32,522,261

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1601-3	Ministry administration
	Other transactions	1,000
	Total capital expense to be voted	1,000
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,000
	Total capital expense for ministry administration program	2,000

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1601-2	Ministry administration
	Land and marine fleet - asset costs	1,000
	Total capital assets to be voted	1,000
	Total capital assets for Ministry Administration Program	1,000

Pay equity commission - Vote 1602

The role of the Pay Equity Commission is to redress systemic gender discrimination in the compensation of work historically stereotyped as female work. This is carried out through the activities of the Pay Equity Office (PEO), and the Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal (PEHT).

The mandate of the PEO is to administer and enforce Ontario’s Pay Equity Act. To carry out this mandate, the PEO provides public education and advice to employers, employees, and bargaining agents in the public and private sectors to achieve and maintain pay equity in their workplaces. The PEO also investigates complaints, conducts monitoring programs, attempts to effect settlements of pay equity issues between the parties and issues Orders for compliance where necessary.

The Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal, a quasi-judicial tri-partite administrative tribunal, is responsible for adjudicating disputes arising under the Pay Equity Act.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1	Pay Equity Office	3,231,200	3,177,200	54,000	3,155,315
2	Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal	475,300	475,300	-	238,621
	Total operating expense to be voted	3,706,500	3,652,500	54,000	3,393,936
	Total operating expense	3,706,500	3,652,500	54,000	3,393,936

Standard accounts classification

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1602-1	Pay Equity Office
	Salaries and wages	2,581,200
	Employee benefits	266,100
	Transportation and communication	20,000
	Services	358,900
	Supplies and equipment	5,000
	Total operating expense to be voted	3,231,200
1602-2	Pay equity hearings tribunal
	Salaries and wages	284,800
	Employee benefits	39,700
	Transportation and communication	14,900
	Services	134,900
	Supplies and equipment	1,000
	Total operating expense to be voted	475,300
	Total operating expense for pay equity commission	3,706,500

Labour relations program - Vote 1603

The role of Labour Relations is to promote a stable labour relations climate and harmonious workplace relationships in the province. This is achieved through collective agreement conciliation and mediation, appointment of arbitrators, and modernized collective bargaining information services.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) is an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal that mediates and adjudicates a variety of employment and labour relations-related matters under various Ontario statutes, including appeals of decisions of employment standards officers and occupational health and safety inspectors.

The Crown Employees Grievance Settlement Board (GSB) is an independent quasi-judicial tribunal that mediates and adjudicates the labour relations disputes of Ontario Crown Employees. The GSB also provides financial and administrative services to the Public Service Grievance Board.

Dispute resolution services are provided by the ministry’s Labour Relations Solutions Division (LRSD). These services include neutral, third-party assistance to trade unions and employers in the private, public, and broader public sectors through collective agreement conciliation and mediation, appointment of arbitrators, and collective bargaining information, research, and analysis.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1	Ontario labour relations board	14,043,900	13,576,600	467,300	13,332,160
2	Grievance Settlement Board	2,707,700	2,700,900	6,800	2,522,677
3	Labour Relations Solutions	11,895,000	11,334,600	560,400	14,605,674
	Total operating expense to be voted	28,646,600	27,612,100	1,034,500	30,460,511
	Total operating expense	28,646,600	27,612,100	1,034,500	30,460,511

Standard accounts classification

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1603-1	Ontario Labour Relations Board
	Salaries and wages	10,080,500
	Employee benefits	1,075,300
	Transportation and communication	419,500
	Services	2,386,400
	Supplies and equipment	82,200
	Total operating expense to be voted	14,043,900
1603-2	Grievance Settlement Board
	Salaries and wages	503,600
	Employee benefits	73,500
	Transportation and communication	127,400
	Services	4,086,100
	Supplies and equipment	23,200
	Subtotal	4,813,800
	Less: recoveries	2,106,100
	Total operating expense to be voted	2,707,700
1603-3	Labour relations solutions
	Salaries and wages	9,581,300
	Employee benefits	746,200
	Transportation and communication	514,900
	Services	978,700
	Supplies and equipment	73,900
	Total operating expense to be voted	11,895,000
	Total operating expense for labour relations program	28,646,600

Occupational health and safety program - Vote 1604

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Program's primary mandate is communicating and enforcing of the occupational health and safety legislation and regulations, and coordinating Ontario's workplace injury and illness prevention system to reduce or eliminate workplace injury or illness.

Largely through inspections and investigations of workplaces, the OHS program monitors compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and assists workplace parties in securing a healthy and safe working environment. Through the administration and enforcement of the OHSA and its regulations, it encourages employers and workers to cooperatively identify and control health and safety hazards.

The Prevention Office is responsible for initiatives aimed at preventing occupational injuries, illness and fatalities in Ontario. This includes the development of a province-wide health and safety strategy to align OHS priorities across all system partners, and related implementation activities such as mandatory workplace health and safety training, occupational health safe excellence program, standards, research and awareness. The Prevention Office establishes standards for, and approval of high risk training programs and providers; as well as requirements for certification of joint health and safety committee members. It also oversees prevention research and grants which provide funding to research partners and recipients who meet specific eligibility criteria. Through transfer payment agreements, the office designates and maintains oversight of Health and Safety Associations, who offer specific training, consulting and clinical services.

The Office of the Worker Adviser (OWA) provides advisory, representation and educational services to non-unionized injured workers and survivors in workplace insurance cases, including representation before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. The OWA also provides the same range of services to non-unionized workers in reprisal complaint cases under Section 50 of the OHSA, including representation at the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

The Office of the Employer Adviser (OEA) provides advisory and educational services to all Ontario employers and representation services primarily to smaller employers, with fewer than 100 employees, with regard to workplace safety insurance matters before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. The OEA also provides representation services to employers with fewer than 50 workers at the Ontario Labour Relations Board in reprisal complaint cases under Section 50 of the OHSA.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1	Occupational Health and Safety	104,021,300	102,938,900	1,082,400	102,012,148
2	Workplace Safety and Insurance Advisory Program Administration	606,300	606,300	-	605,300
3	Office of the Worker Adviser	12,979,200	12,950,400	28,800	11,960,125
4	Office of the Employer Adviser	4,239,700	4,219,000	20,700	3,475,942
7	Prevention Office	123,605,700	125,331,500	(1,725,800)	122,489,890
	Total operating expense to be voted	245,452,200	246,046,100	(593,900)	240,543,405
	Total operating expense	245,452,200	246,046,100	(593,900)	240,543,405

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
6	Occupational Health and Safety	1,000	1,000	-	-
8	Prevention Office Capital	2,310,000	490,000	1,820,000	816,637
	Total capital expense to be voted	2,311,000	491,000	1,820,000	816,637
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	3,586,000	3,164,600	421,400	1,746,105
	Total statutory appropriations	3,586,000	3,164,600	421,400	1,746,105
	Total capital expense	5,897,000	3,655,600	2,241,400	2,562,742

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
5	Occupational Health and Safety	1,000	1,000	-	3,825,488
9	OHS Prevention, Capital Assets	1,600,600	3,826,500	(2,225,900)	4,695,370
	Total capital assets to be voted	1,601,600	3,827,500	(2,225,900)	8,520,858
	Total capital assets	1,601,600	3,827,500	(2,225,900)	8,520,858

Standard accounts classification

Standard accounts classification
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $	Amount $
	Operating expense
1604-1	Occupational Health and Safety
	Salaries and wages		76,570,600
	Employee benefits		10,688,900
	Transportation and communication		4,654,900
	Services		10,341,800
	Supplies and equipment		1,724,100
	Transfer payments
	Grants to Radiation Safety Institute of Canada	40,000
	Grants to promote improved health and safety practices	1,000	41,000
	Total operating expense to be voted		104,021,300
1604-2	Workplace Safety and Insurance Advisory Program Administration
	Salaries and wages		506,200
	Employee benefits		75,900
	Transportation and communication		8,200
	Services		5,600
	Supplies and equipment		10,400
	Total operating expense to be voted		606,300
1604-3	Office of the Worker Adviser
	Salaries and wages		9,025,300
	Employee benefits		1,883,700
	Transportation and communication		296,000
	Services		1,674,200
	Supplies and equipment		100,000
	Total Operating Expense to be Voted		12,979,200
1604-4	Office of the Employer Adviser
	Salaries and wages		2,974,100
	Employee benefits		734,200
	Transportation and communication		148,700
	Services		292,900
	Supplies and equipment		89,800
	Total operating expense to be voted		4,239,700
1604-7	Prevention Office
	Salaries and wages		12,247,600
	Employee benefits		1,374,500
	Transportation and communication		311,900
	Services		2,728,800
	Supplies and equipment		147,600
	Transfer payments
	Health and Safety Associations	95,045,300
	Prevention research	8,612,200
	Prevention grants	3,137,800	106,795,300
	Total operating expense to be voted		123,605,700
	Total Operating Expense for Occupational Health and Safety Program		245,452,200

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1604-6	Occupational Health and Safety
	Other transactions	1,000
	Total capital expense to be voted	1,000
1604-8	Prevention Office Capital
	Transfer payments
	Health and Safety Associations Capital	490,000
	Other transactions	1,820,000
	Total capital expense to be voted	2,310,000
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	3,586,000
	Total Capital Expense for Occupational Health and Safety Program	5,897,000

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1604-5	Occupational Health and Safety
	Machinery and equipment - asset costs	1,000
	Total capital assets to be voted	1,000
1604-9	OHS Prevention, Capital Assets
	Business application software - asset costs	1,600,600
	Total capital assets to be voted	1,600,600
	Total Capital Assets for Occupational Health and Safety Program	1,601,600

Employment Rights and Responsibilities Program - Vote 1605

The Employment Rights and Responsibilities Program (ERRP) is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and its regulations, the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act, the Protecting Child Performers Act and the Digital Platform Workers' Rights Act, 2022.

The ERRP ensures that Ontario workers are protected by minimum standards of employment covering wages and working conditions. It promotes compliance with these standards through inspections, investigations, and enforcement initiatives, and encourages compliance and self-reliance through education, outreach, and partnership efforts.

Vote Summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1	Employment standards	45,122,300	43,673,600	1,448,700	40,797,674
	Total operating expense to be voted	45,122,300	43,673,600	1,448,700	40,797,674
S	Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	-	1,000	-
	Total statutory appropriations	1,000	-	1,000	-
	Total operating expense	45,123,300	43,673,600	1,449,700	40,797,674

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
2	Employment standards	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total capital expense to be voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,414,800	1,414,800	-	1,400,368
	Total statutory appropriations	1,414,800	1,414,800	-	1,400,368
	Total capital expense	1,415,800	1,415,800	-	1,400,368

Standard accounts classification
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
	Operating expense
1605-1	Employment standards
	Salaries and wages	33,712,000
	Employee benefits	4,419,400
	Transportation and communication	1,962,100
	Services	4,383,200
	Supplies and equipment	643,600
	Transfer payments
	Grants to promote improved employment practices	2,000
	Total Operating Expense to be Voted	45,122,300
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000
	Total Operating Expense for Employment Rights and Responsibilities Program	45,123,300

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1605-2	Employment standards
	Services	1,000
	Total capital expense to be voted	1,000
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,414,800
	Total capital expense for Employment Rights and Responsibilities Program	1,415,800

Employment Ontario - Vote 1607

Employment Ontario (EO), Ontario's employment and training network, makes it easier for employers to access a skilled workforce and for Ontarians to find the employment and training programs and services they need. To remain competitive in the current and future economy, investments in education and skills training play a critical role in preparing people for jobs that ensure future prosperity in the knowledge-based economy. EO programs and services fall into the following categories: Apprenticeship Programming, Integrated Employment Services, Community Response and Foundational Skills, Skills Development Fund, and Tax Credits.

The majority of EO programs and services are delivered through the EO system, composed of Ontario's community-based network including employment service providers managed by Service System Managers, literacy providers, public colleges, and training delivery agents. EO aims to deliver integrated, customer-focused and effective employment and training to advance Ontario's economic advantage. The program area also leads labour market analysis and workforce development policies and strategies to facilitate connections between the economy, training and education institutions, employers and job seekers.

This program, in partnership with Skilled Trades Ontario, also administers the skilled trades and apprenticeship system providing modernized, industry-informed training and certification for the skilled trades that is in compliance with the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021 (BOSTA).

The Office of the Fairness Commissioner (OFC) works with the regulated professions and compulsory trades in Ontario to ensure that registration practices are transparent, objective, impartial and fair, in compliance with the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006. The OFC works to inform and implement new legal obligations, helping to ensure fair registration practices that allow people to put their skills and experience to work, regardless of if they were educated domestically or internationally. This applies to both Canadians who have gone abroad for training and immigrants.

Vote Summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1	Employment ontario system	1,738,109,000	1,856,006,300	(117,897,300)	1,620,045,474
2	Ontario fairness commissioner	1,957,300	1,934,700	22,600	1,676,551
	Total operating expense to be voted	1,740,066,300	1,857,941,000	(117,874,700)	1,621,722,025
S	Bad Debt Expenses - Other, the Financial Administration Act	6,500,000	6,500,000	-	1,411,705
	Total statutory appropriations	6,500,000	6,500,000	-	1,411,705
	Total operating expense	1,746,566,300	1,864,441,000	(117,874,700)	1,623,133,730

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
4	Employment Ontario system	136,794,600	200,893,900	(64,099,300)	61,339,965
	Total capital expense to be voted	136,794,600	200,893,900	(64,099,300)	61,339,965
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	446,400	-	446,400	-
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	2,917,500	2,917,500	-	1,722,323
	Total statutory appropriations	3,363,900	2,917,500	446,400	1,722,323
	Total capital expense	140,158,500	203,811,400	(63,652,900)	63,062,288

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference Between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
6	Employment Ontario program, capital assets	1,092,200	3,468,400	(2,376,200)	6,626,955
	Total capital assets to be voted	1,092,200	3,468,400	(2,376,200)	6,626,955
	Total capital assets	1,092,200	3,468,400	(2,376,200)	6,626,955

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $	Amount $
1607-1	Employment Ontario system
	Salaries and wages		87,885,900
	Employee benefits		12,456,400
	Transportation and communication		1,757,000
	Services		17,293,600
	Supplies and equipment		338,000
	Transfer payments
	Ontario Co-operative Education Tax Credit	98,115,900
	Apprenticeship programming	278,378,700
	Integrated Employment Services	674,655,800
	Community response and foundational skills	276,230,000
	Skills Development Fund Training Stream	265,000,000
	Skilled Trades Ontario	25,997,700	1,618,378,100
	Total operating expense to be voted		1,738,109,000
1607-2	Ontario Fairness Commissioner
	Salaries and wages		902,900
	Employee benefits		119,500
	Transportation and communication		6,000
	Services		924,900
	Supplies and equipment		4,000
	Total operating expense to be voted		1,957,300
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expenses - Other, the Financial Administration Act		6,500,000
	Total operating expense for Employment Ontario		1,746,566,300

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $	Amount $
1607-4	Employment ontario system
	Transfer payments
	Skills Development Fund Capital	107,793,600
	Apprenticeship Capital Grant	29,000,000	136,793,600
	Other transactions		1,000
	Total capital expense to be voted		136,794,600
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act		446,400
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act		2,917,500
	Total capital expense for Employment Ontario		140,158,500

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1607-6	Employment Ontario program, capital assets
	Business application software - asset costs	1,092,200
	Total capital assets to be voted	1,092,200
	Total capital assets for employment ontario	1,092,200

Global Talent and Settlement Services - Vote 1608

Global Talent and Settlement Services helps meet Ontario’s economic priorities by nominating the foreign talent that employers need and integrating newcomers into the labour market.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program works in partnership with the Government of Canada through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to recognize and nominate people for permanent residence who have professional and educational skills needed to contribute to the province's labour market. The program also applies compliance and enforcement tools to reduce the risk of fraud and misrepresentation among candidates seeking a nomination.

The Adult Language Training Program delivers settlement services and English and French as a Second Language training to help newcomers settle and integrate successfully in Ontario and develop the official language skills needed for effective community and labour market participation. The program also leads immigration policy development and initiatives to address barriers to foreign qualification recognition to help skilled immigrants join the labour force quickly.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
1	Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program	17,501,900	21,439,700	(3,937,800)	28,874,662
2	Adult Language Training Program	109,818,800	111,692,500	(1,873,700)	81,947,602
	Total Operating Expense to be Voted	127,320,700	133,132,200	(5,811,500)	110,822,264
	Total Operating Expense	127,320,700	133,132,200	(5,811,500)	110,822,264

Capital Expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2026-27 $	Estimates 2025-26 $	Difference between 2026-27 and 2025-26 $	Actual 2024-25 $
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	-	1,000	-
	Total statutory appropriations	1,000	-	1,000	-
	Total capital expense	1,000	-	1,000	-

Standard accounts classification

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items
1608-1	Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
	Salaries and wages	11,665,000
	Employee benefits	1,543,300
	Transportation and communication	305,200
	Services	3,814,700
	Supplies and equipment	173,700
	Total Operating Expense to be Voted	17,501,900
1608-2	Adult Language Training Program
	Salaries and wages	5,317,100
	Employee benefits	638,900
	Transportation and communication	53,600
	Services	415,000
	Supplies and equipment	45,000
	Transfer payments
	Settlement and Integration Transfer Payment	103,349,200
	Total operating expense to be voted	109,818,800
	Total Operating Expense for Global Talent and Settlement Services	127,320,700

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
	Statutory appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,000
	Total capital expense for Global Talent and Settlement Services	1,000

Updated: April 22, 2026

Published: April 22, 2026

Footnotes

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