Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

Workplace Safety and
Insurance Board
French: Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l’assurance contre les accidents du travail
Agency overview
Formed1914 (1914)
Preceding agency
  • Workmen's Compensation Board
TypeCrown agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Ontario
HeadquartersSimcoe Place
200 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3J1
Agency executives
  • Grant Walsh, Chair
  • Jeffery Lang, President & CEO
Websitewsib.ca

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is the workplace compensation board for provincially regulated workplaces in Ontario, Canada. 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 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.