Toronto, November 3, 2025 - The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced today the return of another $2 billion in surplus funds to eligible safe Ontario businesses. The fall 2025 rebate is the second surplus distribution this year and the third in the WSIB’s history.
“Uncertainty is an enemy of business and Ontario businesses deserve certain relief in these uncertain times,” says Jeff Lang, WSIB President and CEO. “There’s no better time to offer Ontario businesses this needed rebate relief. The WSIB is here to help – we’re proud to do it and will always find ways to do more.”
As of October 31, 2025, all safe Ontario businesses received their share of the $2 billion fall 2025 surplus rebates. For the average business it works out to about 61 per cent of the premiums they paid in 2024 being returned to them.
On top of the surplus rebates, the average premium rate will be cut for the seventh time in the last ten years, starting January 1, 2026. The average premium rate is now less than half of what it was in 2016 and the lowest in more than 50 years. In total, average premium rate reductions have resulted in cumulative savings for businesses of approximately $21.5 billion over the last decade.
“Our job is to help people recover and safely return to work after an injury, and we’re doing it better than ever,” says Lang. “This means we’re able to offer certainty to people that we’ll be here to help if they need us, and certainty to businesses that we’re offering value for the premium dollars they pay and are able to deliver a surplus rebate at a time when they need it most.”
The fall 2025 rebate of surplus funds credit has been applied to all eligible businesses’ accounts. More information can be found at wsib.ca/rebate.
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