Why This Audit Matters Software licences are a significant and growing cost, as the City embraces digital infrastructure and automates its systems and processes. It is important to maximize the value of the City’s investment in software and ensure that acquired software licences and subscriptions are carefully planned, managed, and deployed in a timely manner. […]
Why This Audit Matters Beautiful, clean and safe parks are important community spaces that contribute to the quality of life in Toronto’s communities. City crews of the Parks Branch are responsible for maintaining the City’s parks to ensure service level standards are met. Background This report presents the first phase of the audit which aimed […]
Why This Audit Matters The City’s unsolicited proposal policy and process sets out expectations for how divisions respond to unsolicited proposals in a manner that ensures transparency, fairness, best value for the City. This audit reinforces the importance of management’s leadership and commitment to ensuring openness, fairness, and transparency in City procurement. Background Unsolicited proposals […]
Toronto Hydro Corporation (“Toronto Hydro”) is fully owned by the City of Toronto and employs over 1,300 staff. The company delivers electricity to approximately 793,000 customers in Toronto, representing approximately 18% of all electricity consumed in the Province of Ontario. Information technology (IT) plays an important role in all aspects of Toronto Hydro’s operations and […]
The Auditor General’s 2024 Work Plan included a cybersecurity audit of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC). TCHC also provides information technology services to Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation (TSHC) which is integrated with TCHC’s enterprise information technology environment. As such, we also included TSHC’s systems in our audit scope. Confidential attachment 1 is our cybersecurity […]
Why This Audit Matters Toronto Paramedic Services (the Division) provides 24/7 medical emergency pre-hospital care and ambulance transportation. Timely ambulance emergency response is critical, particularly for people with medical issues requiring urgent attention at the hospital. Every second matters for ambulance emergency response, particularly when it is a matter of life or death. What We […]
Why This Audit Matters Short-term rental services have disrupted housing markets across Canada, with conversion of long-term rental housing stock to short-term. The City’s Short-Term Rental Program aims to limit short-term rental activity to principal residences and safeguard long-term rental residential housing. Our audit identifies ways to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the […]
Why This Audit Matters The Ontario Building Code (Building Code) sets the minimum standards for the design and construction of buildings to minimize risk to the health and safety of occupants. Reviewing and approving building permit applications can help ensure that proposed construction complies with the Building Code, Zoning by-laws, and other Applicable Law. Our […]
Why This Audit Matters Since Toronto’s amalgamation in 1998, City divisions have used various work management systems. These systems mostly operate separately from each other and are difficult to upgrade as approaching their end of life. The Enterprise Work Management Solution (EWMS) program was initiated in 2013 to improve the work management process across the […]