Reports & Accountability

For the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, a big part of being accountable to the public is transparency.

Transparency means being open about our processes and the reasons behind them, and providing as much information as possible about the professionals we regulate. Transparency helps people understand and be confident in our work and they can use that understanding to make informed decisions about their health care.

Providing information to help inform choices

We provide information about occupational therapists through our online register of occupational therapists at Find an Occupational Therapist.

To learn what information is (and is not) publicly available about occupational therapists see How to Find an Occupational Therapist.

The College continues to take steps to enhance transparency, and make information easily available to the public.

Being open and honest about how we work is important to the self-regulation of health care professionals, and in the best interests of the people we serve.

The meetings of the College’s Board of Directors are open to the public. To arrange to attend a meeting, please contact Andjelina Stanier, Executive Assistant – Executive Office.

The meeting schedule, agenda, material and highlights are all publicly available under Board Meeting Materials.

Learn more about how the College of Occupational Therapist of Ontario works to regulate members of the profession in the public interest in our latest annual reports.

Contact communications@coto.org for archived copies of annual reports before 2022.

Annual Report 2024

Annual Report 2023

Annual Report 2022

“How well are Ontario’s regulatory health colleges protecting the public interest?”

This is the question the Ontario Ministry of Health asked health profession regulators to answer when it developed the College Performance Measurement Framework (CPMF).

Health regulatory colleges exist to protect the public interest. To help the public understand how well colleges are doing their job and to help continually improve accountability, transparency and oversight, all colleges are reporting on their work in the CPMF Reporting Tool. The new tool was developed by the Ministry, together with Ontario’s health regulatory colleges, subject matter experts and the public.

The CPMF covers a wide variety of topics, like how colleges:

• perform as an organization,
• register applicants,
• measure practice improvement of regulated health professionals, and
• process complaints about their registrants.

This CPMF provides information on how colleges work with external partners, such as other regulatory colleges, educational programs and the broader healthcare system to improve public protection.

The CPMF also shares raw data about Ontario’s regulated health professionals and their participation in practice improvement. There is data about the number of complaints and the type of those complaints, and how many health professionals participated in practice improvement activities. Finally, the CPMF details each college’s commitment to making improvements over the next year, giving clear action/improvement plans.

Colleges will update this report annually, noting any progress on areas identified for improvement or adding new or updated information required by the Ministry of Health. These reports are one of the many ways colleges demonstrate their commitment to the public interest for the people of Ontario.

College Performance Measurement Framework Submissions

CPMF Submission – March 31, 2024
CPMF Submission – March 31, 2023 — Read the highlights
CPMF Submission – March 28, 2022 — Read the highlights
CPMF Submission – March 26, 2021 

In accordance with the Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, 2006, the Office of the Fairness Commissioner requires that each regulated profession in Ontario submit a Fair Registration Practices Report annually. The report details the College’s registration practices from the previous year.

Recent reports are available below in PDF format:

• Fair Registration Practices Report 2023
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2022
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2021
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2020
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2019
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2018
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2017
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2016
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2015
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2014
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2013
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2012
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2011
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2010
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2009
• Fair Registration Practices Report 2008

• Registration Practices Assessment Report 2016-2018 Assessment Cycle
• Fair Registration Practices Audit Report Summary 2010

As occupational therapists are a self-regulated profession, College operations are funded entirely by registrant fees. The College is a not-for-profit organization.

The annual registration renewal fee is paid by occupational therapists.