About the Ministry

Mandate

The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is committed to ensuring that Ontario's communities are supported and protected by law enforcement and public safety systems that are safe, secure, effective, efficient and accountable.

The ministry's responsibilities fall into the following categories:

Correctional Services

• establishes, maintains, operates and monitors Ontario's adult correctional institutions and probation and parole offices;
• has jurisdiction over adult offenders under parole supervision, as granted by the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board; and
• provides programs and facilities designed to assist in offender rehabilitation.

Public Safety and Security

• maintains the physical and economic security of Ontario, through the Commissioner of Emergency Management, by co-ordinating public safety initiatives among municipal, fire and emergency services organizations within and outside of Ontario; and
• delivers programs and fosters partnerships to minimize or eliminate hazards to persons or property through public education initiatives, emergency measures, scientific investigations, coordination of fire safety services and the coroner's system.

Policing Services

• oversees policing services throughout Ontario, including the O.P.P. (OPP); and
• licenses, regulates and investigates the activities of private investigation and security agencies/individuals in Ontario.