---
title: "Public services in Ontario: who handles what"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/ontario"
description: "Public services in Ontario: 52 services, the 12 biggest cities and towns and 33,646 public places from open data. Payment dates for 3 provincial benefits."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
lastReviewed: "2026-10-13"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Public services in Ontario

Province

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, checked 13 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

Who handles public services in Ontario, with a page for each of 52 services. Below: the 12 biggest cities and towns, Ontario's benefit payment dates and the main provincial government bodies.

## At a glance

- 52 public services have a page for Ontario on this site.
- 467 cities, towns and communities in Ontario have public places on the map, 33,646 places in all.
- The biggest by population is Toronto: 2,794,356 people (2021 Census). Source: [Statistics Canada, Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), table 98-10-0002-01, 2021 Census of Population](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000201) (Statistics Canada Open Licence).
- 62 provincial government bodies in Ontario are on record.

## Services

### Identity and documents

- [Order a birth certificate](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/birth-certificate/ontario): ServiceOntario (Office of the Registrar General)
- [Order a death certificate](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/death-certificate/ontario): ServiceOntario (Office of the Registrar General)
- [Order a marriage certificate](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/marriage-certificate/ontario): ServiceOntario (Office of the Registrar General)
- [Legally change your name](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/name-change/ontario): ServiceOntario (Office of the Registrar General)
- [Get a photo ID card (if you don't drive)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/photo-id-card/ontario): ServiceOntario
- [Change your address with the province](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/change-address/ontario): ServiceOntario

### Driving and vehicles

- [Get, renew or replace a driver's licence](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/drivers-licence/ontario): ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)
- [Book a road test or knowledge test](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/driving-test/ontario): DriveTest (operated for the Ministry of Transportation)
- [Register a vehicle and renew licence plates](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/vehicle-registration/ontario): ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)
- [Get an accessible parking permit](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/accessible-parking/ontario): ServiceOntario
- [Check road conditions and closures (511)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/road-conditions/ontario): Ontario 511 (Ministry of Transportation)

### Health

- [Apply for or renew your health card](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/health-card/ontario): ServiceOntario (Ministry of Health, OHIP)
- [Find a family doctor or nurse practitioner](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/find-family-doctor/ontario): Health Care Connect (Ministry of Health)
- [Talk to a nurse (811 health line)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/health-advice-line/ontario): Health811 (Ontario Health)
- [Get help paying for prescription drugs (pharmacare)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/prescription-drug-coverage/ontario): Ontario Drug Benefit program (Ministry of Health)
- [Vaccines and immunization records](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/immunization/ontario): Local public health units (Ministry of Health)
- [Register as an organ and tissue donor](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/organ-donor/ontario): Ontario Health (Trillium Gift of Life Network), registration through ServiceOntario
- [Home care and community care](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/home-care/ontario): Ontario Health atHome

### Family and children

- [Register a baby's birth](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/register-birth/ontario): ServiceOntario (Office of the Registrar General)
- [Get a marriage licence](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/marriage-licence/ontario): Your municipal office (city or town hall)
- [Get help paying for child care](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/child-care-subsidy/ontario): Municipal or district service managers (Ministry of Education)
- [Find licensed child care or daycare](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/find-child-care/ontario): Ministry of Education
- [Collect child or spousal support](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/child-support-enforcement/ontario): Family Responsibility Office (Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services)
- [Report child abuse or neglect](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/report-child-abuse/ontario): Children's aid societies

### Benefits and money

- [Apply for income assistance (welfare)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/social-assistance/ontario): Ontario Works (Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, delivered by municipalities)
- [Disability income support from the province](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/disability-assistance/ontario): Ontario Disability Support Program (Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services)

### Work and business

- [Register a business name or incorporate](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/register-business/ontario): Ontario Business Registry (ServiceOntario)
- [Report a workplace injury (workers' compensation)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/workplace-injury/ontario): WSIB (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board)
- [Your rights at work: pay, hours, leave and firing](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/employment-standards/ontario): Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (Employment Standards Program)
- [Get help finding a job or training](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/employment-services/ontario): Employment Ontario
- [Become an apprentice or get certified in a trade](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/apprenticeship/ontario): Skilled Trades Ontario

### Housing and property

- [Search or register a land title](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/land-titles/ontario): Ontario Land Registry Offices, online through OnLand (Teranet)
- [Check or appeal your property assessment](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/property-assessment/ontario): MPAC (Municipal Property Assessment Corporation)
- [Renting: rules, rent increases, evictions and disputes](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/rental-disputes/ontario): Landlord and Tenant Board (Tribunals Ontario)
- [Apply for social or affordable housing](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/social-housing/ontario): Local housing service managers (municipalities and district social services boards)

### Education

- [Apply for student loans and grants](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/student-aid/ontario): OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program)
- [Get a high school transcript or diploma copy](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/high-school-transcript/ontario): Your former high school or its school board

### Justice and safety

- [Sue for a small amount (small claims)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/small-claims/ontario): Small Claims Court (Superior Court of Justice, Ministry of the Attorney General)
- [Get legal aid](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/legal-aid/ontario): Legal Aid Ontario
- [Make a human rights complaint](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/human-rights-complaint/ontario): Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunals Ontario)
- [Complain about a business (consumer protection)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/consumer-complaint/ontario): Consumer Protection Ontario
- [Emergency alerts and how to prepare](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/emergency-alerts/ontario): Emergency Management Ontario (Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response)

### Environment and outdoors

- [Buy a fishing licence](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/fishing-licence/ontario): Ministry of Natural Resources (Fish and Wildlife Licensing Service)
- [Buy a hunting licence](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/hunting-licence/ontario): Ministry of Natural Resources (Fish and Wildlife Licensing Service)
- [Reserve a campsite in a provincial or territorial park](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/provincial-park-camping/ontario): Ontario Parks
- [Wildfire status and fire bans](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/wildfire/ontario): Ministry of Natural Resources (Forest Fire Management)

### Immigration, citizenship and travel

- [Immigrate through a province or territory](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/provincial-nominee/ontario): Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)

### Voting and democracy

- [Vote in a municipal election](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/vote-municipal/ontario) (Election day: 26 October 2026)
- [Vote in a provincial or territorial election](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/vote-provincial/ontario): Elections Ontario
- [Find your member of the provincial or territorial legislature](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/find-mla/ontario): Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPPs)

### Seniors

- [Apply for a long-term care home](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/long-term-care/ontario): Ontario Health atHome
- [Provincial income top-ups for low-income seniors](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/seniors-benefits/ontario): Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System (GAINS)

## Benefit payment dates

- [Ontario Trillium Benefit (OTB)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/benefit-payment-dates#ontario-trillium-benefit-on): next payment 10 November 2026. Source: [https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/benefit-payment-dates.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/benefit-payment-dates.html), checked 13 October 2026.
- [Ontario Works](https://canadaservicemap.ca/benefit-payment-dates#social-assistance-on): next payment 30 October 2026. Source: [https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-works](https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-works), checked 13 October 2026.
- [Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/benefit-payment-dates#disability-assistance-on): next payment 30 October 2026. Source: [https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-disability-support-program](https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-disability-support-program), checked 13 October 2026.

Every benefit: [Benefit payment dates](https://canadaservicemap.ca/benefit-payment-dates).

## Biggest cities and towns

- [Toronto](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/toronto): population 2,794,356, 7,083 public places
- [Ottawa](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/ottawa): population 1,017,449, 3,829 public places
- [Mississauga](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/mississauga): population 717,961, 2,633 public places
- [Brampton](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/brampton): population 656,480, 1,639 public places
- [Hamilton](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/hamilton): population 569,353, 1,520 public places
- [London](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/london): population 422,324, 1,002 public places
- [Markham](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/markham): population 338,503, 861 public places
- [Vaughan](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/vaughan): population 323,103, 321 public places
- [Kitchener](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/kitchener): population 256,885, 1,303 public places
- [Windsor](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/windsor): population 229,660, 304 public places
- [Oakville](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/oakville): population 213,759, 901 public places
- [Richmond Hill](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/ontario/richmond-hill): population 202,022, 202 public places

## Main provincial government bodies

- [The Government of Ontario](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/the-government-of-ontario) ([website](https://www.ontario.ca/page/government))
- [Legal Aid Ontario](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/legal-aid-ontario) ([website](https://www.legalaid.on.ca))
- [Municipal Property Assessment Corporation](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipal-property-assessment-corporation) ([website](https://www.mpac.ca:443/))
- [Skilled Trades Ontario](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/skilled-trades-ontario) ([website](https://www.skilledtradesontario.ca/))
- [Workplace Safety and Insurance Board](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/workplace-safety-and-insurance-board) ([website](https://www.wsib.on.ca))
- [Art Gallery of Ontario](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/art-gallery-of-ontario) ([website](https://www.ago.net))
- [McMichael Canadian Art Collection](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/mcmichael-canadian-art-collection) ([website](https://www.mcmichael.com))
- [Ontario Heritage Trust](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/ontario-heritage-trust) ([website](https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/))
- [Royal Ontario Museum](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/royal-ontario-museum) ([website](https://www.rom.on.ca))
- [Science North](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/science-north) ([website](https://sciencenorth.ca))
- [Agricorp](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/agricorp) ([website](http://www.agricorp.com/))
- [Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/agricultural-research-institute-of-ontario) ([website](http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/research/ario/institute.htm))

62 provincial government bodies are on record in all.

## Other provinces and territories

- [British Columbia](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/british-columbia)
- [Alberta](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/alberta)
- [Saskatchewan](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/saskatchewan)
- [Manitoba](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/manitoba)
- [Quebec](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/quebec)
- [New Brunswick](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/new-brunswick)
- [Nova Scotia](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/nova-scotia)
- [Prince Edward Island](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/prince-edward-island)
- [Newfoundland and Labrador](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/newfoundland-and-labrador)
- [Yukon](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/yukon)
- [Northwest Territories](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/northwest-territories)
- [Nunavut](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/nunavut)

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Public services in Ontario: who handles what", checked 13 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/ontario