The Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (formerly Worker's Compensation Board) was established in 1914. It is a workers' compensation

Workers' compensation

Workers' compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence...

 insurer for Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada. Its headquarters are located in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

.

History

The Worker's Compensation Board, WSIBs predecessor was formed in 1914 through the passage of the Workmen's Compensation Act. In 1998 the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act was passed in Queen's Park. This resulted in the formation of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board or WSIB which took over the functions of the previous board. The old Workman's Compensation Board's offices were at 90 Harbour Street (later OPP Headquarters and now undergoing demolition) and later at Sheppard Avenue

Sheppard Avenue

Sheppard Avenue is an east-west principal arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A small portion of a continuation of the road in Pickering, Ontario is also called Sheppard Avenue.-History:...

 and Highway 400 (been demolished and re-developed for residential homes). The current head office is located downtown Toronto at Front and Simcoe. The WSIB occupies 24 floors of Simcoe Place. WSIB also has offices in numerous centres throughout Ontario.