ServiceOntario

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ServiceOntario
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A ServiceOntario location in Markham
Agency overview
Formed2006 (2006)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.ontario.ca/welcome-serviceontario
ServiceOntario in Richmond Hill

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]

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 shut down 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. ^ a b c 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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