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Office of the Fairness Commissioner
Bureau du commissaire à l’équité
Agency overview
Formed	2007; 18 years ago
Type	Crown agency
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Headquarters	180 Dundas Street West, Suite 300; Toronto, Ontario
Key document	Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act;
Website	fairnesscommissioner.ca

The Office of the Fairness Commissioner (French: Bureau du commissaire à l’équité) is an arm's length Crown agency of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for ensuring that Ontarians with professional credentials from foreign countries can have fair access to regulated professions and trades in Ontario.^[1]

The office is independent of the regulated professions and the government. It was created by the Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, which came into effect on 1 March 2007.

List of commissioners

Jean Augustine, 2007–2015^[2]
Mary Shenstone, 2015–2016
Grant Jameson, 2017–2019
Irwin Glasberg, 2020–present

References

^ "Mandate". About Us. Office of the Fairness Commissioner. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ Keung, Nicholas (March 22, 2015). "Jean Augustine, Ontario's fairness commissioner, retires at 77". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 9, 2016.