All About ServiceOntario
What year was ServiceOntario established?
2006
This statutory holiday in September has its roots in an 1872 printer’s strike in Toronto which fought and won a victory for a nine-hour work day.
What is Labour Day
This castle located in midtown Toronto was first built in 1914 by financier Sir Henry Pellatt
What is Casa Loma
This goal is about managing talent and making the best use of people’s skills and knowledge to deliver improved outcomes for the Ministry.
What is People and Culture
Which year did the first Pride demonstrations in Canada take place?
1971
How many days in a 12 month period must one be physically present in Ontario to be eligible for OHIP coverage?
153 Days
This September festival in Toronto, Ontario is a not-for-profit cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people se the world through Film.
What is TIFF OR the Toronto International Film Festival
Canada’s first National Marine Park, Fathom Five National Marine Park – the Shipwreck Diving Capital of Canada is located in which Ontario municipality?
Tobermory
This goal is about making all services and back office activities more efficient and streamlined to drive savings.
What is Driving Efficiencies
This secret network of abolitionists in Canada helped African Americans escape from enslavement.
What is the Underground Railroad
What is the fee for a birth certificate replacement in Ontario?
$35
Since 1967, annual celebrations of International Literacy Day have taken place on this day around the world to remind policy-makers, practitioners, and the public of the critical importance of literacy.
What is September 8
This flower, adopted by the Legislature in 1937 is Ontario’s official flower.
What is the White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
This goal is about about driving service excellence outcomes and continuous improvement.
What is Service Delivery Excellence
This pure, natural sweetener ‘sugared off’ from the sap of a Canadian Sugar Maple trees is delicious on pancakes and other breakfast foods.
What is Maple Syrup
How many ServiceOntario centers issue Diplomat Plates?
Just 2 – Ottawa and College Park
This day is in response to Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls To Action *#80 which called for a federal statutory holiday to honour Survivors of Indian Residential Schools.
What is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation OR September 30
This Provincial park was established in 1893 as Ontario’s first provincial park.
Algonquin Provincial Park
This goal is about a digital first approach to lower cost and make services simpler, faster, better.
What is Digital Transformation
Having one leg amputated due to cancer, this remarkable Canadian dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean on April 12, 1980 and embarked on a east-to-west coast journey to raise at least $1 from every Canadian for cancer research.
Who is Terry Fox
As of September 2024, how many in-person ServiceOntario Service Centres are there across the province?
277
The UN General Assembly has proclaimed this day as the International Day of Sign Languages in order to raise awareness of the importance of sign language.
What is September 23
This popular purple gem, which is also a February birthstone is found throughout Northern Ontario.
What is Amethyst
This goal is about simplifying regulatory framework and reducing the administrative burden on businesses.
What is Supporting Businesses
This largest living member of the deer family weighing up to 750kg is often considered a symbol of Canada and is featured on Ontario’s provincial coat of arms.
What is (a) Moose