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The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development is responsible for labour issues in the
Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British Nor ...
of
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
. The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development and its agencies are responsible for employment equity and rights, occupational health and safety, labour relations, and supporting apprenticeships, the skilled trades, and industry training. The ministry’s three program responsibilities are delivered from a head office in Toronto and 19 offices organized around four regions, centred in Ottawa, Hamilton, Sudbury and Toronto. As well, the ministry oversees the work of eight specialized agencies. The current minister of labour, immigration, training and skills development is Monte McNaughton.


History

The Province entered the field in 1882 with the creation of the Bureau of Industries, which was attached to the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture. In 1900, it was transferred to the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works and renamed as the Bureau of Labour, which subsequently became the Trades and Labour Branch in 1916. In 1919, the Conservative government of
William Howard Hearst Sir William Howard Hearst, (February 15, 1864 – September 29, 1941) was the seventh premier of Ontario from 1914 to 1919. Hearst was born in Bruce County, Ontario. He practiced law in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario before being voted to provi ...
secured passage of an Act to raise the Branch into a Cabinet-level department to be known as the Department of Labour. Finlay MacDiarmid, the Minister of Public Works, was appointed the first Minister of Labour as well, but the first full-time minister was Walter Rollo of the
Independent Labour Party The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse working-class candidates ...
in the government of
E.C. Drury Ernest Charles Drury (January 22, 1878 – February 17, 1968) was a farmer, politician and writer who served as the eighth premier of Ontario, from 1919 to 1923 as the head of a United Farmers of Ontario– Labour coalition government. ...
that took office after the Conservative defeat in the 1919 general election. In 1972, as part of a general reorganization of departments initiated by the government of
Bill Davis William Grenville Davis, (July 30, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the member of provincial Parliament for Peel in the 1959 provincia ...
, the Department was renamed the Ministry of Labour. In 2019, the Ministry of Labour changed its name to Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development to reflect its expanding mandate of training, apprenticeships and Employment Ontario. Following the 2022 provincial election, the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.


List of Ministers

Minister of Labour * Walter Rollo, 1919–1923 * Forbes Elliott Godfrey, 1923–1930 * Joseph Dunsmore Monteith, 1930–1934 * John Morrow Robb, 1934 (January–July) * Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, 1937 (April–October) * Norman Otto Hipel, 1938–1941 *
Charles Daley Charles "Tod" Daley, (July 27, 1890 – August 10, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1963 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was a cabinet minister in the governm ...
, 1943–1961 *
Bill Warrender William Kenneth Warrender (August 5, 1908 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian politician, who represented Hamilton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1962 as a Progressive Conservative member. Prior to his service in the ...
, 1961–1962 *
Leslie Rowntree Henry Leslie Rowntree (June 2, 1914 – May 17, 1975) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1956 to 1971. He represented the riding of York West. He serve ...
, 1962–1966 * Dalton Bales, 1966–1971 *
Gordon Carton Gordon Robert Carton (July 14, 1921 - April 6, 2017) was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1975 who represented the riding of Armourdale. He served as a ...
, 1971–1972 * Fernand Guindon, 1972–1974 * John Palmer MacBeth, 1974–1975 * Bette Stephenson, 1975–1978 * Robert Elgie, 1978–1982 * Russ Ramsay, 1982–1985 * Robert Elgie, 1985 (May–June) * Bill Wrye, 1985–1989 * Greg Sorbara, 1987–1989 * Gerry Phillips, 1989–1990 * Bob Mackenzie, 1990–1994 *
Shirley Coppen Shirley Coppen (born ) is former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the riding of Niagara South. She served as a cabinet ministe ...
, 1994–1995 * Elizabeth Witmer, 1995–1997 * Jim Flaherty, 1997–1999 * Chris Stockwell, 1999–2002 *
Brad Clark Brad Clark (born 1960) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the councillor in Ward nine in Hamilton, Ontario from December 2006 to December 2014. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from ...
, 2002–2003 * Chris Bentley, 2003–2005 * Steve Peters, 2005–2007 *
Brad Duguid Brad Duguid (born July 9, 1962) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the riding of Scarborough Centre in Toronto. He served as a cabinet mini ...
, 2007–2008 *
Peter Fonseca : ''For other people with a similar name, see Pedro da Fonseca (disambiguation)'' Peter Fonseca (born October 5, 1966) is a Portuguese-born Canadian politician and former athlete. He is a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, r ...
, 2008–2010 *
Charles Sousa Anthony Charles Sousa (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament from Mississauga-Lakeshore since December 12, 2022. He previously served as the Minister of Finance for Ontario from 2013 to ...
, 2010–2011 *
Linda Jeffrey Linda Jeffrey (born ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. From 2003 to 2014 she was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Brampton Centre and then Brampton—Springdale. She served as a cabine ...
, 2011–2013 * Yasir Naqvi, 2013–2014 * Kevin Flynn, 2014–2018 * Laurie Scott, 2018-2019 * Monte McNaughton, 2019 Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development * Monte McNaughton, 2019–2022 Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development * Monte McNaughton, 2022


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* {{Authority control Ontario,Labour
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
Labour
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
1919 establishments in Ontario