Agency Accountability

Provincial agencies are accountable to the government through the responsible minister. They must use public resources efficiently and effectively to carry out their mandates, as established by their respective constituting instruments.

Good governance and accountability practices for ministries and provincial agencies are critical. These are complemented by transparency in the form of public posting of governance documents and expenses information.

Annual Reports

The NOHFC annual report describes agency activities and performance analysis for the year.

Business Plans

As an agency of the Ontario government, NOHFC is required to follow the policies and procedures set out in the Agencies and Appointments Directive. One such requirement is to publicly post a Minister-approved three-year period business plan annually. In accordance with the Directive, business plans must be publicly posted within 30 days of Minister approval along with the agency’s mandate letter.

Financial Statements

Annual financial statements for the NOHFC.

Marketing Annual Report

The NOHFC supports Ontario’s Growth Plan for Northern Ontario by focusing on growing existing and emerging sectors, including minerals and mining supply and services, advanced manufacturing, digital media, arts and culture, health sciences, forestry, renewable energy and services, and tourism. 2016 saw notable successes in all of those sectors. The NOHFC Marketing Annual Report highlights these successes.

Memorandum of Understanding

The NOHFC memorandum of understanding is the formal agreement between the agency Chair and the responsible Minister that sets out roles and responsibilities for the agency and ministry.

Expense Information

Under the Agencies and Appointments Directive and the Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive, provincial agencies are required to post their governance documents. These include business plans, annual reports and expense information for designated individuals.

Individuals at provincial agencies can claim and be reimbursed for necessary travel, meal and hospitality expenses they pay for during the course of ordinary work. They need to follow strict rules, outlining what can be repaid with public funds and what maximum amounts can be claimed.

All claims must include original receipts.

For more information on rules, laws and directives for provincial agencies, please see the Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive.

NOHFC expense information details approved travel, meal and hospitality expenses for designated individuals at the agency.

Open Data

The Government of Ontario promotes an Open by Default approach to the proactive release of data.

Ontario’s Open Data Directive maximizes access to government data by requiring all data to be made public, unless it is exempt for legal, privacy, security, confidentiality or commercially-sensitive reasons. It sets out key principles and requirements for publishing open data, and applies to data created and managed by Ontario ministries and provincial agencies.