Contact Us

If you have a more specific request, you may want to call one of the ministry’s direct lines:

To Contact the Minister’s Office with a General Comment or an Issue:

Email the Minister, telephone the Minister’s Office at (416) 314-6790, or write to:

The Honourable John Gerretsen
Minister of the Environment
12th Floor, 135 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1P5
(Fax: (416) 314-7337)

For Information About Environmental Approvals for Business or Environmental Assessments:

Email the Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch at EAABGen@ene.gov.on.ca, phone 416-314-8001 or toll free at 1-800-461-6290, or write to:

Ministry of the Environment
Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch
2 St. Clair Ave. W, Floor 12A
Toronto, ON M4V 1L5
Fax: 416-314-8452

To Report an Act of Pollution:

Call 1-866-MOE-TIPS (1-866-663-8477) or email moe.tips@ene.gov.on.ca

To Report a Serious Spill:

Call the Spills Action Centre at: 1-800-268-6060

Other Contacts:

The ministry has offices all over the province that are responsible for delivering programs to protect air quality, protect surface and ground water quality and quantity, manage the disposal of wastes, ensure an adequate quality of drinking water and control the use of pesticides.

Please visit http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/org/op.htm#Reg/Dist to find contact information for an MOE office in your area.

To find a phone number for a provincial government office or employee, you may want to browse INFO-GO (http://www.infogo.gov.on.ca/english/index.html) Ontario’s online phone directory.

The Ministry Provides a Number of Services with Online Applications.  For Assistance with:

HWIN

Email the HWIN helpdesk at: helpdesk@hwin.ca phone 1-866-HWIN MOE (1-866-494-6663) between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT or write to:

135 St. Clair Avenue West
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, Area M
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Toronto, ON M4V 1P5

Drinking Water information System

For general assistance with the Drinking Water Information System, phone 1-866-494-6663.  For assistance submission forms, call 1-866-793-2588.

Environmental Bill of Rights Registry

To comment on an Environmental Bill of Rights Registry notice, please refer to the contact person in the Environmental Registry notice. To submit a comment about the EBR, email Cathy.Clarke@ontario.ca, or write to:

Environmental Bill of Rights Office
40 St. Clair Avenue West
12th floor
Toronto, ON M4V 1M2

For General Website Inquiries:

E-mail the ministry webmaster.