September 26, 2025
Due to a service disruption at Canada Post, mail services will be impacted at our tribunals. Parties are asked to use online options such as e-filing portals where available, or email.
If email or online options are not available, parties may also use courier services to send their documents. If you, or a party, are waiting to receive documents from a tribunal, email or a courier may be used.
If you have any questions, please contact the tribunals.
Ontario Parole Board
Information about parole or a temporary absence from a provincial correctional institution
The Ontario Parole Board (OPB) makes parole decisions for applicants serving a sentence of less than two years in a provincial correctional institution. The OPB also decides applications for temporary absences from a correctional institution for greater than 72 hours.
Parole and temporary absences
Application and hearing process
Learn more about the LTB service timelines, including application and processing times.- Parole hearings and circle hearings at the OPB
- How the OPB makes decisions and how to appeal an OPB decision
- Learn more about the OPB service timelines, including application and processing times.
- Find all OPB resources
- Victim support
Observing a hearing
Laws and regulations
Contact the OPB
- Find out how to contact the OPB by email, phone or mail
Learn about the supports and services offered by Tribunals Ontario, such as requesting an accommodation (including access to a computer, internet or phone), video and phone proceeding resources, options for legal help, French language services, Indigenous services, accessibility and diversity and more.