Employment Service (ES)
Employment Service offers a range of resources, supports and service components to respond to the career and employment needs of individuals and the skilled labour needs of employers, and can help individuals on a path to higher skill training and employment. The five components of the Employment Service provide a highly flexible tool kit of services that can be customized to a client‘s particular needs.
Business Planning
- Memo: Employment Ontario 2025-2026 Business Plan Templates Release in EOIS-SP Connect (posted on November 27, 2024) (PDF, 183 KB)
- Memo: Employment Ontario 2023-24 Business Plan Template Release in EOIS-SP Connect (posted on December 6, 2022) (PDF, 125 KB)
Communications
- Memo: 2025-2026 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on January 27, 2025) (PDF, 540 KB)
- Memo: Employment Ontario 2025-2026 Business Plan Templates Release in EOIS-SP Connect (posted on November 27, 2024) (PDF, 183 KB)
- Memo: 2024-2025 Monitoring of EO Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on September 4, 2024) (PDF, 95 KB)
- ADM Memo: Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (posted on March 13, 2024) (PDF, 207 KB)
- Memo: Concurrent Service Plans in Effect for Ontario Bridge Training Program Participants (posted on March 11, 2024) (PDF, 151 KB)
- Memo: Concurrent Service Plans for Ontario Bridge Training Program participants (posted on February 7, 2024) (PDF, 214 KB)
- Memo: 2024-2025 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on January 29, 2024) (PDF, 130 KB)
- Memo: Support for Asylum Seekers (posted on November 27, 2023) (PDF, 105 KB)
- Employment Ontario 2024-25 Business Plan Template Release in EOIS-SP Connect (posted on November 27, 2023) (PDF, 204 KB)
- Memo: Claimant Information Sessions and Service Canada Live Sessions (posted on August 28, 2023)
- ADM Memo: Important Update Regarding the Canadian General Educational Development Test (posted on August 11, 2023)
- Memo: 2023-2024 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on August 8, 2023)
- Memo: 2023-2024 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on January 27, 2023) (PDF, 161 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- ADM Memo: Allocations for Fiscal Year 2023-2024: Employment Service (posted on December 22, 2022) (PDF, 166 KB)
- Memo: Revisions to Submitting a Certificate of Insurance (COI) or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry (posted on December 7, 2022) (PDF, 125 KB)
- ADM Memo: Reminder about External Communications Activities (posted on September 8, 2022) (PDF, 169 KB)
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ADM Memo: Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills
Development Name Update
(posted on September 9, 2022)
(PDF, 125 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Ministry Name Change (posted on September 9, 2022) (PDF, 108 KB)
- Memo to the EO Network - Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on May 10, 2022) (PDF, 145 KB)
- Questions and Answers - Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on May 4, 2022) (PDF, 128 KB)
- Memo: Wrongdoing Expectations in Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on April 14, 2022) (PDF, 102 KB)
- Memo: Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on April 12, 2022) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Memo: Employment Ontario Supports for People Affected by the Conflict in Ukraine (posted on April 11, 2022) (PDF, 120 KB)
- Memo: Access to Employment Ontario Programs for Individuals with 900-Series Social Insurance Numbers, including Ukrainian and other visitors under Emergency Travel measures (posted on December 28, 2022) (PDF, 194 KB)
- Memo: Business Day Definition and Public Holidays (posted on March 29, 2022) (PDF, 123 KB)
- Memo: New Transfer Payment Requirement -Tax Compliance Verification and Attestation of Compliance with Labour and Environment Laws (posted on February 10, 2022) (PDF, 169 KB)
- ADM Memo: Allocations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 - Employment Service (posted on February 9, 2022) (PDF, 48 KB)
- ADM Memo: 2022-2023 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on February 8, 2022) (PDF, 193 KB)
- Memo: 2022-23 Employment Ontario Business Plan Templates in EOIS-SP Connect (posted on December 16, 2021) (PDF, 145 KB)
- Memo: 2021-2022 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on June 21, 2021) (PDF, 170 KB)
- Memo: Submitting a Certificate of Insurance or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry (posted on April 29, 2021) (PDF, 117 KB)
- Memo: Supporting EO participant technology needs (posted on May 20, 2020) (PDF, 173 KB)
Guidelines
- 2017 ES Guidelines (posted March 31 2017) (PDF, 753 KB)
- Child or Spousal Support Orders and Participation in Ontario Employment Benefits and Support Measures (posted August 2013) (PDF, 227 KB)
Performance Management System
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Best Practices and Understanding Results
- Participant Guide (posted May 2013) (PDF, 3,722 KB)
- Training Session (posted May 2013) (PDF, 4,652 KB)
- ES Reporting: Data Integrity and Data Analysis - slide deck (posted May 2012) (PDF, 1,270 KB)
- ES Reporting: Data Integrity and Data Analysis - training manual (posted May 2012) (PDF, 3,564 KB)
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Employment Service Performance Management System for Service
Delivery Site Managers
- Training Session (posted July 2011) (PDF, 682 KB)
- Participant Guide (posted July 2011) (PDF, 446 KB)
- Updated: ES0 Client Pathways (posted March 2011) (PDF, 83 KB)