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Welcome to the home of the Ontario Coroners Association.

Changes to the website software has meant a new site needed to be created. Content and functionality are back on one site. We are still adding material, including copies of conference presentations, association documents and articles of interest for registered members. Please be patient.

If you see any errors or have any ideas for content. Please let us know.

OCA Update Memo-Oct 2022

Dear fellow coroners,
It has been a while since the OCA executive have had a chance to communicate with you, our fellow front-line Coroners, regarding where matters stand in our partnership with OPSEU and the efforts being made to initiate some type of negotiating framework with the Ministry of the Solicitor General.
As you are all well aware, we have had no increase in the case fee we receive for completing a case for over a decade, despite significantly increased workloads due to the downloading of office administrative work, not to mention the increased time and effort it now takes to enter case data into QuinC. The OCC is currently reviewing & evaluating the PriceWaterhouseCooper (PWC) report & recommendations, the content of which remains unknown at this time. The OCC has committed to providing the OCA executive an advanced opportunity to review the PWC report & recommendations in order to provide feedback. We anticipate that this will occur before the end of the year & we most certainly intend to hold the OCC to its word.

Read more … OCA Update Memo - Oct 2022

Membership Dues 2022

The 2022 membership page is open. The dues remain unchanged at $150.00.

Renewing members are will be prompted to log in first to activate the renewal option. The system will not allow two registrations with the same email address.

Our membership system uses PayPal as our credit card processor. If you have a PayPal account, go ahead and login to PayPal as usual. If not, just click the pay by credit card option and follow the prompts.

We now have Interac eTransfer as an option. Please consider it as it saves us almost $5 in card processing fees.

Click here to open the Membership registration page.

When you set up your membership you now get to select your username.

Thank your for your ongoing support.

OCA-OPSEU Ad Campaign

The OCA and OPSEU have been actively engaged in a campaign to ensure that the physician-led system that we currently have remains intact under a new service delivery model. We have met with the OCC and Price-Waterhouse-Coopers consultants to advocate for this position.

We undertook a media campaign and purchased three one page Ads in the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star in the month of April.

To access the full size documents just click on one of the images.

Forensic Anthropology for Investigating Coroners

Most of us will know forensic anthropologist Greg Olson, either from OCA conference presentations or from the field. He has developed courses to to increase your understanding and skills in the recovery of remains in rural sites, fire scenes and in general osteology.

The pre-registration form is here.

For more information contact Greg at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Art and Science of Being a Coroner

Please follow this link to an excellent piece from Ontario coroner Dr. S. Aitken on the art and science of being a coroner. It is a unique job and we can be proud of the work we do for the people of Ontario.

Office of the Chief Coroner

   The Office of the Chief Coroner is responsible for death investigations and will help in dealing with questions about investigations and inquests.
For more information about the Office of the Chief Coroner click here.
   To contact the Office of the Chief Coroner click here for phone numbers and an online form or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to open a message in your default e-mail program.
   OCC reports are in the Documents section or can be linked to here.