Ontario Government Acronyms
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ACSP COSINE Archaeology Customer Service Project Coordinated Survey Information Network Exchange ADP (MNR database) Assistive Devices Program EBR AGO Environmental Bill of Rights Art Gallery of Ontario EODC ARF Eastern Ontario Development Corporation Addiction Research Foundation EQAO ATOP Educational Quality and Accountability Office Access to Opportunities Program ERC BUC Education Relations Commission Biosolids Utilization Committee (Pronounced: BUCK, as in BUCboard) FCOISA Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity from Seizure CAATs Act Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology FIPPA Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy CAMH Act Centre for Addiction and Mental Health FSCO CCAC Financial Services Commission of Ontario Community Care Access Centres GAINS CISO Guaranteed Annual Income System Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario GO CORPAY Government of Ontario Corporate Payroll. Maintained by (as in Go Transit or GO-NET) Human Resources System Branch GO-ITS LCBO Government of Ontario Information and Liquor Control Board of Ontario Technology Standards LEAP GTS Learning, Earning and Parenting (program) Government Translation Service LLBO HOP Liquor Licence Board of Ontario Home Oxygen Program (under ADP) LRIF Locked-in Retirement Income Fund IDO Investment and Development Office MAG Ministry of the Attorney General IESO Independent Electricity System Operator MBS Management Board Secretariat ILC Independent Learning Centre MCI Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration IMPAC Interministerial Provincial Advisory MCL Committee Ministry of Culture IOC MCSCS Innovation Ontario Corporation Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services JEPP Joint Emergency Preparedness Program MCSS LIF Ministry of Community and Social Services Life Income Fund MCYS LIRA Ministry of Children and Youth Services Locked-in Retirement Account MEDT MRI Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Research and Innovation Trade MSBE MGS Ministry of Small Business and Ministry of Government Services Entrepreneurship MIA MTCU Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities MNDM MTO Ministry of Northern Development and Ministry of Transporation of Ontario Mines NODC MNR Northern Ontario Development Corporation Ministry of Natural Resources NOGAP MOEE Northern Ontario Grant Assistance Program Ministry of Environment and Energy NOHFC MOF Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation Ministry of Finance OAC MOHLTC Ontario Arts Council Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care OASYS MOL Ontario Assessment System Ministry of Labour OBPTC MOR Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit Ministry of Revenue OBSW MPIR Ontario Basic Skills in the Workplace Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal OCAS MPP Ontario College Application Services Member of a Provincial Parliament OCASE OHOSP Ontario Computer Animation & Special Ontario Home Ownership Savings Plan Effects Tax Credit OIDMTC OCFSA Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy OIRP OCL Office of International Relations and Protocol Ontario Community Literacy OLAP OCUA Ontario Legal Aid Program Ontario Council on Community Affairs OLG ODB Ontario Lottery and Gaming (Corporation) Ontario Drug Benefit OMAFRA ODC Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Ontario Development Corporation Rural Services ODSP OMDC Ontario Disability Support Program Ontario Media Development Corporation OEA ONT.PARL Office of the Employer Adviser Ontario Legislative Television Satellite Network OFIDP Ontario Farm Income Disaster Program ONTC Ontario Northland Transportation OFTTC Commission Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit ONTERM OHCAP Ontario Terminology Ontario Hepatitis C Assistance Plan (Web site of the Government Translation Service providing bilingual forms of official OHF government names) Ontario Heritage Foundation OPA OTCC Ontario Power Authority Ontario Transportation Capital Commission OPG OTF Ontario Power Generation Ontario Trillium Foundation OPP OTIS Ontario Provincial Police Offender Tracking and Information System OPS OWA Ontario Public Service Office of the Worker Adviser OPSEU OWD Ontario Public Service Employees Union Ontario Women's Directorate Pronounced OP-see-you PACE OPSTC Public Access Corporate Enquiry Ontario Production Services Tax Credit PBA ORC Pension Benefits Act Ontario Racing Commission PBGF OSAP Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund Ontario Student Assistance Program PCC OSB Private Career Colleges Ontario Savings Bond PENPAY OSRTC Pension Payroll. Maintained by Human Ontario Sound Recording Tax Credit Resources System Branch OSS POLARIS Ontario Shared Services Province of Ontario Land Registration and (under Ministry of Government Information System Services) POOL TRIS Publications Ontario On-Line Traffic and Road Information System POWA TSP Program for Older Worker Adjustment Transition to Support Program PPSR UAP Personal Property Security Registration Underserviced Area Program System WCAT PWS Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal Promoting Women's Safety WCB RAQS Workers' Compensation Board Registry, Appraisal and Quality System (under Ministry of Transportation) WIST Women in Skilled Trades (program) RBG Royal Botanical Gardens WSIB Workplace Safety and Insurance Board RED Rural Economic Development (Program) ROM Royal Ontario Museum ROOF Rental Opportunity for Ontario Families SAPACCY Substance Abuse Program for Afro- Canadian and Caribbean Youth TAPP-C The Arson Prevention Program for Children.