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ServiceOntario is part of the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services which provides a single point of contact for core provincial government services to individuals and businesses in the province of
ServiceOntario is part of the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services which provides a single point of contact for core provincial government services to individuals and businesses in the province 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 ...
, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. Established in 2006 from the existing network of Driver and Vehicle License Issuing Offices, ServiceOntario provides services primarily online and in-person at storefront locations, and also operates telephone call centre
A call centre ( Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American spelling; see spelling differences) is a managed capability that can be centralised or remote that is used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of enquiries by telephone. ...
s.
Some services were also formerly provided by automated ServiceOntario self-service kiosks located primarily in shopping malls. Following the discovery in 2012 that illegal card skimming devices were installed on some kiosks in the Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities. The Greater T ...
, all kiosks were shut down province-wide for security reasons. The provincial government permanently discontinued the kiosks later that year.
Some ServiceOntario locations are operated by private businesses under contract to the government.
Services
The following are some of the services delivered by ServiceOntario on behalf of the government: *Ontario Health Insurance Plan
The Ontario Health Insurance Plan ( French: ''Assurance-Santé de l'Ontario''), commonly known in both official languages by the acronym OHIP (pronounced ), is the government- run health insurance plan for the Canadian province of Ontario. OHI ...
health card registration
*Birth, marriage and death certificates
*Driver and vehicle licensing (except driver testing and related transactions, which are generally delivered by DriveTest centres operated under contract by Serco
Serco Group plc is a British company with headquarters based in Hook, Hampshire, England. Serco primarily derives income as a contractor for the provision of government services, most prominently in the sectors of health, transport, justice, i ...
)
*Business registration
*Fishing and hunting licences
*Address change
*Newborn registration
*Ontario government publications
See also
*Service Canada
Service Canada is the program operated by Employment and Social Development Canada to serve as a single-point of access for the Government of Canada's largest and most heavily used programs, such as the Social Insurance Number, the Employment ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serviceontario Ontario government departments and agencies