Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

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Workplace Safety and
Insurance Board

Agency overview
Formed	1914 (as the Workmen's Compensation Board)
Type	Crown agency
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Headquarters	Simcoe Place, 200 Front Street, Toronto, Ontario
Minister responsible	Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development
Agency executives	Grant Walsh, Chair Jeffery Lang, President & CEO
Website	www.wsib.ca

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is the workplace compensation board for provincially regulated workplaces in Ontario. As an agency of the Ontario government, the WSIB operates "at arm's length" from the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development and is solely funded by employer premiums, administration fees, and investment revenue. The WSIB is one of the largest compensation boards in North America^[1] and is primarily responsible for administering and enforcing the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA).

Over 100 years old, WSIB covers over five million people in more than 300,000 workplaces across Ontario and works to promote health and safety in the workplace with a goal of one day having zero work-related injuries or illnesses.