This provision designates specific ministry divisions and one extra-ministerial body as data integration units, and allows the Ontario Statistics Office to collect personal information only to compile statistical information.
Inter-ministerial data integration units 1. (1) The following administrative divisions of the following ministries are designated as inter-ministerial data integration units for the purposes of Part III.1 of the Act: 1. The Business Intelligence and Practice Division of the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. 2. The Ontario Statistics Office of the Ministry of Finance. 3. The Digital and Analytics Strategy Division of the Ministry of Health. O. Reg. 366/19, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 39/26, s. 1. (2) The Ontario Statistics Office of the Ministry of Finance is designated for the purposes of paragraph 2 of subsection 49.5 (1) of the Act as the inter-ministerial data integration unit whose members may collect personal information solely to compile statistical information. O. Reg. 366/19, s. 1 (2). Ministry data integration units 2. The following administrative divisions of the following ministries are designated as ministry data integration units for the purposes of Part III.1 of the Act: 1. The Analytics and Evidence Branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General. 2. The Business Intelligence and Practice Division of the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. 3. The Strategic Policy and Planning Division of the Ministry of Education. 4. The Digital and Analytics Strategy Division of the Ministry of Health. 5. The Digital and Analytics Strategy Division of the Ministry of Long-Term Care. 6. The Analytics Unit of the Ministry of the Solicitor General. O. Reg. 366/19, s. 2; O. Reg. 185/21, s. 1; O. Reg. 172/24, s. 1; O. Reg. 39/26, s. 2. Extra-ministerial data integration units 3. The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences is designated as an extra-ministerial data integration unit for the purposes of Part III.1 of the Act. O. Reg. 214/23, s. 1.