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Reference Lists

1a) Ministers - Executive Council of Ontario
 
1b) Deputy Ministers of Ontario
 
1c) Parliamentary Assistants of Ontario
 
2a) Ontario Current Ministries
Bilingual list of current Ontario ministry names, including abbreviated forms (short forms and acronyms) used for communications, and information technology codes for the management of ONTERM.
 
2b) Ontario Former Ministries
Bilingual list of former Ontario ministry names, including acronyms used for communications.
 
3) Language Used in Ontario Government Websites
Bilingual list of terms, headings, buttons, links, toolbar items, menu items, official government names and standard phrases used in website interfaces.
 
4) Language Used in Ontario Government Job Ads
Bilingual list of terms and standard phrases used in advertisements for Ontario government positions.
 
5) Language Used in Ministry News Releases and Other Information Documents
 
6) Language used in Ontario Financial Documents
 
7) Language Used in Ontario Government Signage (including court signage)
 
8) Names of Trades under the Apprenticeship and Certification Act, 1998 (ACA), the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act (TQAA)
 
9a) Former Electoral Districts
 
9b) Current Electoral Districts
 
10) Ontario Government Commonly Used Abbreviated Forms (Excluding Ministry Names)
This list gives the full form of some of the acronyms and initialisms commonly used in the Ontario government and their French counterpart, if there is one. For abbreviated forms of ministry names, please refer to the above Ontario Current Ministries list and the Ontario Former Ministries list.
 
11) Hospital Names
 
12 a) Family Health Teams (FHTs) and Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
 
12 b) Family Health Groups (FHGs), Family Health Networks (FHNs) and Primary Care Networks (PCNs)
 
13) Community Health Centres (CHCs)
 
14) Language Used in Ministry Accessibility Plans
 
15) Language used in the Ontario Flood Forecasting and Warning Implementation Guidelines
for Conservation Authorities and the Ministry of Natural Resources
 


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