Overview

Strategic Mandate Agreements (SMAs) are a key component of our accountability framework for the postsecondary education system.

The SMA3 agreements highlight institutional priorities and focus on improving performance outcomes. They encourage institutions to direct their resources and invest in initiatives that will result in positive economic and labour market outcomes for students and the people of Ontario.

SMA3 agreements (2020–2025) represent a snapshot in time. The tables in each agreement named “Institutional assigned metric weightings” and “Annual SMA3 performance results” (appendix) are updated each year following the completion of the SMA3 Annual Evaluation.

Find the results of the SMA3 Annual Evaluation for each institution for Year 1 (2020–2021), Year 2 (2021–2022) and Year 3 (2022–2023) in the college and university agreements below.

College agreements

Ontario has signed agreements with each of the 24 colleges across the province.

Choose a college to read its Strategic Mandate Agreement:

University agreements

Ontario has signed agreements with each of the 21 universities across the province.

Choose a university to read its Strategic Mandate Agreement: