News

Below you will find news releases from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario. You can browse through them by year.

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2024


Shelley Spence takes office as Ontario’s new Auditor General. (January 8, 2024).

 

2023


2023 Annual Report (December 6, 2023)


News releases and summaries

 

Driver Training and Examination

Emergency Departments

Hospitals in Northern Ontario: Delivery of Timely and Patient-Centred Care

Long-Term Care Homes: Delivery of Resident-Centred Care

Management of Aggregate Resources

Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre and Ottawa Convention Centre

Public Health Ontario

Science Centres

Tourism Support Programs

Travel Industry Council of Ontario

York University Operations and Capital

 

Operation of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993

 

2023 Annual Follow-Up on Value-for-Money Audits

Follow-Up on Reports Issued by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts



 

Auditor General releases the Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt (August 9, 2023)



 

Auditor General releases the report, What Gets Measured Gets Managed: Ministries’ Performance Measurement, Program Evaluation and Annual Reporting (June 20, 2023)



 

Auditor General releases the report on The State of the Environment in Ontario (May 16, 2023)



 

Historical Access to Auditee Information Restricted Due to Court Ruling that Language in the Auditor General Act is Unclear: Auditor General (May 1, 2023)

 

2022


2022 Annual Report (November 30, 2022)

News releases and summaries


 

 

 

 

Operation of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (December 7, 2022)




 

Auditor General releases the Special Report on Laurentian University (November 17, 2022)



 

Auditor General Releases the Review of the Pre-Election 2022 Multi-Year Fiscal Plan (May 2, 2022)



 

Auditor General releases the Preliminary Perspective on Laurentian University (April 13, 2022)

 

2021


2021 Annual Report (December 1, 2021)

News releases and summaries


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Auditor General releases the Annual Report of Environment Audits (November 22, 2021)

News releases and summaries


 

 


 

Auditor General of Ontario Appoints Commissioner of the Environment (October 7, 2021)


 


 

COVID-19 Preparedness and Management Special Report (May 12, 2021)

News release and summary

 

 


 

COVID-19 Preparedness and Management Special Report (April 28, 2021)

News release and summary

 

 


 

Auditor General of Ontario Appoints Acting Commissioner of the Environment (February 1, 2021)


 

2020


2020 Annual Report (December 7, 2020)

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COVID-19 Preparedness and Management Special Report (November 25, 2020)

News releases, summaries and videos

 


 

2020 Annual Report of Environmental Value-for-Money Audits and the Operation of the Environmental Bill of Rights (November 18, 2020)

News releases, summaries and videos

 


 

Ontario’s Costs for Services Provided to Irregular Border Crossers—July 8, 2020

 

2019


2019 Annual Report (December 4, 2019)
News releases and summaries


Special Audit of the Tarion Warranty Corporation—October 30, 2019


Auditor General of Ontario Appoints Commissioner of the Environment—July 8, 2019


Office of the Auditor General Ready for Expanded Environmental Responsibilities—April 1, 2019


Auditor General Prepares for Expanded Environmental Responsibilities—March 15, 2019

 

2018


2018 Annual Report (December 5, 2018)
News releases and summaries


Weak Governance and Operational Practices at NPCA: Auditor General—September 27, 2018


Statement by the Auditor General of Ontario—September 21, 2018


Government Statement on Finances “Not Reasonable”: Auditor General—April 25, 2018

 

2017


2017 Annual Report (December 6, 2017)
Volume 1 news releases and summaries


2017 Annual Report Volume 2 news release


Auditor General Says Provincial Government Plans to Obscure the Financial Impact of Electricity Rate Cuts—October 17, 2017


Ontario Government Understates Annual Deficit and Net Debt: Auditor General—September 7, 2017


Remarks by Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk to The Standing Committee on Justice Policy on Bill 132 Ontario Fair Hydro Plan Act, 2017—May 24, 2017


Auditor General to Government: ‘Show Me the Letter’ (February 16, 2017)

 

2016


2016 Annual Report (November 30, 2016)
Volume 1 news releases and summaries


2016 Annual Report Volume 2 news release


Statement by the Auditor General on Tabling of Public Accounts of the Province (October 6, 2016)


Auditor’s Response to Government’s Release of Unaudited Financial Statements (October 3, 2016)


2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games (June 8, 2016)


Government Payments to Education-Sector Unions (May 18, 2016)

 

2015


2015 Annual Report news releases (December 2, 2015)


Community Care Access Centres—Financial Operations and Service Delivery (September 23, 2015)


Statement from Ontario’s Independent Legislative Officers (May 14, 2015)


The Government’s Proposed Amendments to the Government Advertising Act, 2004 (May 12, 2015)


Budget Bill Guts Government Advertising Act (April 29, 2015)


Winter Highway Maintenance (April 29, 2015)

 

2014


2014 Annual Report news releases (December 9, 2014)


2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Security (November 26, 2014)


Education Sector Collective Agreements (September 1, 2012–August 31, 2014) (November 19, 2014)


Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s Modernization Plan (April 28, 2014)

 

2007


2007 Annual Report news releases (December 11, 2007)


Year-end Grants Provided by the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (July 26, 2007)


The Auditor General’s Review of the 2007 Pre-Election Report on Ontario’s Finances (June 18, 2007)