The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) is responsible for supervising and regulating a broad range of financial service sectors. FSRA issues guidance to make it easier for the public, new entrants and incumbents to understand what is legally binding, what is FSRA’s interpretation or application of law and what information is designed to be helpful. All guidance is issued in accordance with FSRA's Guidance Framework.

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Status Category Guidance Number Guidance Name
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0579ORG General Announcement: The Status of Published PCO Policies under FSCO
Active Miscellaneous PE0641INF A guide for employers - Communicating the value of your pension plan
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0016ORG E-blast - MJPPA - to plans without Quebec members
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0017ORG E-blast - MJPPA - to plans with Quebec members
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0024ORG Agreement Respecting Multi-jurisdictional Pension Plans
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0025ORG Questions and Answers on 2016 Agreement Respecting Multi-jurisdictional Pension Plans
Active Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0269ORG When and How to Change the Province of Registration for a Multi-jurisdictional Pension Plan
Active Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0270ORG Documents at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario for Plans Registered in Other Jurisdictions
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0420ORG How to Change Province of Registration
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0421ORG Compliance Amendments Required For Quebec Members
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0422ORG Documents At PCO For Plans in Other Provinces
Inactive Multi-jurisdictional issues PE0663ORG FAQs - Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans (2009)
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0003ORG Ability to Take Contribution Holidays and Pay PBGF Assessments
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0028ORG Regulation Changes to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0110ORG Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0111ORG FAQs - Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF)
Active Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0281ORG Determining PBGF Assessment Base
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0506ORG Assessment Based on Last Report Regulation 909 ss. 3(1) and 37
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0507ORG Assessments Subject to Retail Sales Tax
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0508ORG Assessment As An Administrative Expense - O. Reg. 708/87 s. 33
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0509ORG Assessment for Periods Not Covered by Last Report Regulation 909 ss. 7, 37
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0510ORG Late Assessment Payments - Calculation of Interest - 1995 - O. Reg. 909 s. 37
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0511ORG Late Assessment Payments - Updated Interest Table
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0512ORG Assessment and Member Fees
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0513ORG Coverage and Funding - PBA, 1987 s. 85
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0640ORG Ability to take contribution holidays and pay PBGF assessments – revised as per amendments in Regulation 105/19
Inactive Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0642ORG Regulation Changes to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) - 2019
Active Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) PE0683ORG Regulation Changes to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) - 2019
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0384ORG Enforcement Matters to be Published Charges - Charges are Laid under the PBA
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0385ORG Charges are Laid under the PBA - Union Drawn Steel
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0386ORG Results of Charges Laid Under the PBA and Regulations
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0387ORG Charges Laid under the PBA and Regulations - Union Drawn Steel Co. Ltd. and Maysfield Properety Management (1987) Inc.
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0388ORG Ongoing Cases under the PBA and Regulations
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0530ORG Rules of Practice for Proceedings Under Section 89 of the Act: General, PreHearing Conferences, Settlement Conferences, Disclosure, Written Hearings, Electronic Hearings
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0530ORG Rules of Practice for Proceedings Under Section 89 of the Act: General, PreHearing Conferences, Settlement Conferences, Disclosure, Written Hearings, Electronic Hearings
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0531ORG Draft Consent Document for Filing Commission Consent with the Court for Surplus Distribution under ss. 8(2) of Regulation 909
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0532ORG Release of Hearing Documents Filed with the Commission
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0533ORG Records of Proceedings for Appeal Purposes
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0534ORG Pre-Hearing Conference Procedures
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0535ORG Role of Presiding Officer at Pre-Hearing Conference
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0536ORG Notice of Pre-Hearing Conference
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0537ORG Release of Pre-Hearing Conference Documents Filed with the Commission
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0538ORG Continuation of Proceedings for Certain Applications Under the Current PBA once the Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act, 1997 (FSCO) comes into Force
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0539ORG Commission Procedures Sub-committee - Procedures Ready for Publication
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0575ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, s. 87, ss. 89(5)
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0576ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, s. 87, ss. 89(5)
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0577ORG Notices and Orders, PBA, 1990 s. 69, ss. 70(5), ss. 89(5) (Omitted from Winter-Spring 1996 Bulletin 6/3)
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0578ORG Notices and Orders
Inactive Pension Decisions PE0529ORG Commission Meetings - Purpose and Procedure
Active Plan Types PE0026ORG Regulation 177/11 made under the Pension Benefits Act - Questions & Answers - JSPPs
Active Plan Types PE0081ORG Individual Pension Plans
Active Plan Types PE0107ORG Individual Pension Plans (IPPs)
Active Plan Types PE0158ORG Approaches and Revenue Canada Considerations
Active Plan Types PE0159ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Active Plan Types PE0290ORG FAQs - Multi-Employer Pension Plans (MEPPs)
Inactive Plan Types PE0520ORG Pension Plans are Not Flexible Benefit Plans
Inactive Plan Types PE0649ORG FAQs - Jointly Sponsored Pension Plans (JSPP) (2011)
Inactive Plan Types PE0651ORG FAQs - Individual Pension Plans (2012)
Inactive Recovery Planning PE0544ORG Applications to the Commission - Funding Deficiency - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(7)
Active Refunds PE0160ORG Refund of Additional Voluntary Contributions to Active Members
Active Refunds PE0271ORG Application for Reimbursement of Employer Overpayment from a Continuing Pension Plan
Active Refunds PE0272ORG Application for Refund of Contributions to Plan Members or Former Members
Inactive Refunds PE0540ORG Applications to the Commission for Consent to a Refund - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(7) and (8)*
Inactive Refunds PE0541ORG Refund to Active Members - PBA, 1987 ss. 64(2)*
Inactive Refunds PE0542ORG Refund of Additional Voluntary Contributions to Active Members - PBA, 1990 ss. 63(2)
Inactive Refunds PE0543ORG Locking-in Provisions - Prior Consent of the Commission Required for Refunds, PBA 1990 ss. 63(7) and (8)
Inactive Refunds PE0545ORG Notice To Members A Necessary Pre-Condition - PBA, 1987 ss. 79(4)*
Inactive Refunds PE0546ORG Application under subsection 78(4) PBA, 1990
Inactive Refunds PE0547ORG Application for Refund of Employer Overpayment - PBA ss. 78(1) and (4), as amended
Inactive Refunds PE0548ORG Extension of Time Limit Under Section 78(4) - PBA s. 105
Active Registration PE0161ORG Registration of a Pension Plan and a Pension Plan Amendment
Inactive Registration PE0549ORG Changing Province Of Registration
Inactive Registration PE0550ORG Common Problems
Inactive Registration PE0551ORG Preparing An Application For Registration
Inactive Registration PE0552ORG Preparation of an Application for Registration of a Pension Plan
Inactive Registration PE0553ORG Guide To Completing A Pension Plan Document Checklist - PBA s. 98
Inactive Registration PE0554ORG Preparation of an Application for Registration of a Plan Amendment
Inactive Registration PE0555ORG Pension Plan Document Checklist
Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Inactive Registration PE0556ORG Notice of Revised Document Checklist
Inactive Registration PE0557ORG Legal Effect, PBA, 1987 s. 10, s. 16 & s. 17
Active Retirement PE0246ORG Retirement Dates
Inactive Retirement PE0559ORG Normal Retirement Date - PBA, 1987 ss. 36(1)
Inactive Retirement PE0560ORG Mandatory Retirement Date
Inactive Retirement PE0561ORG Mandatory Retirement - PBA, 1987 s. 36, s. 42
Active Retirement PC0048INT Understanding Decumulation Products
Active Risk Management GR0016INT Information Technology (“IT”) risk management
Active Service Standards - General Regulatory GR0009APP FSRA Service Standards
Active Spousal Rights PE0090ORG Payment of A Survivor Pension Small Amount - Section 44(7) of the Pension Benefits Act
Active Spousal Rights PE0207ORG Marriage Breakdown and Pension Credits
Active Spousal Rights PE0208ORG Additional Options to Spouse on Marriage Breakdown
Active Spousal Rights PE0209ORG Options to Spouse on Marriage Breakdown
Active Spousal Rights PE0274ORG Joint and Survivor Pension or Annuity – Entitlement, Waiver and Cancellation
Inactive Spousal Rights PE0562ORG Human Rights Commission Decision on the Definition of Spouse
Inactive Spousal Rights PE0563ORG Amended Definition of “Spouse” Under the Pension Benefits Act - PBA s. 1 “spouse”
Inactive Spousal Rights PE0564ORG Joint and Survivor Requirement and Waiver
Inactive Spousal Rights PE0565ORG Entitlement to Spousal Joint and Survivor Benefit - PBA, 1990, s. 44
Inactive Spousal Rights PE0566ORG Joint and Survivor Pension or Annuity – Entitlement, Waiver and Cancellation
Inactive Spousal Rights PE0567ORG Same-Sex Spouse Survivor Benefits
Active Spousal Rights PE0653ORG Definition of "spouse"