ServiceOntario

ServiceOntario is an agency of the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services which provides a single point of contact for most government services in the province of Ontario, Canada. Established in 2006, it provides services primarily online and in-person at storefront locations; it also operates telephone call centres.[1]

ServiceOntario

A ServiceOntario location in Markham
Agency overview
Formed2006 (2006)[1]
Minister responsible
Websiteserviceontario.ca
ServiceOntario in Richmond Hill

Some services were also formerly provided by automated ServiceOntario self-service kiosks located primarily in shopping malls.[1] Following the discovery in 2012 that illegal card skimming devices were installed on some kiosks in the Greater Toronto Area, all kiosks were shutdown province-wide for security reasons.[2] The provincial government permanently discontinued the kiosks later that year.[3]

Services

The following are some of the services delivered by ServiceOntario on behalf of the government:

  • Health card registration
  • Birth, marriage and death certificates
  • Driver and vehicle licensing
  • Business registration
  • Fishing and hunting licences
  • Address change
  • Newborn registration
  • Ontario government publications

See also

References

  1. Auditor General of Ontario (2013). Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario: Ministry of Government Services (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer for Ontario. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. "ServiceOntario kiosks remain out of order after illegal card readers found". 680News. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. "ServiceOntario kiosks permanently closed". Government of Ontario. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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