The AGCO provides services to a wide group of licensees, registrants and authorization holders. The following tables outline AGCO’s currently active licensees, registrants and authorization holders as of March 2022. It also shows the information from the previous fiscal year.

Please note that due to the name changes impacting several licence, registration and authorization types, some of which resulted in re-categorization, there is some variance from the numbers reported in the 2020–2021 Annual Report.

Table 2—AGCO licensees and registrants

 

2020–21

2021–22

Alcohol Industry/ Licensees (Special Occasion Permits excluded)

33,034

32,381

Gaming & Lottery Registrants

29,305

25,828

Horse Racing Licensees

15,951

12,106

Cannabis

3,361

5,485

Table 3—Total number of liquor licences

 

2020–21

2021–22

Liquor Sales Licensed Establishments

18,464

17,872

Ferment-on-Premise Facilities

468

403

Liquor Delivery Services

582

707

Manufacturers (By-the-Glass Included)

1,286

1,307

Manufacturers’ Representatives

1,065

1,097

Grocery Store Licences

519

502

Onsite and Offsite Retail Stores

1,017

1,034

Other Endorsements

9,633

9,459

Note:

  • The implementation of the LLCA in November 2021 resulted in adjustments to certain licence categories.
  • Grocery Store Licences, Onsite and Offsite Retail Store Endorsements, and Other Endorsements are now included in this table.
  • There is a variance between numbers reported in this table for 2020–21 Liquor Sales Licensed Establishments and Manufacturers (By-the-Glass Included) and what was reported in the 2020–2021 Annual Report as a result of changes to licence categories.

 

Table 4—Total number of gaming registrations

 

2020–21

2021–22

AGCO Subsidiary (iGO)

-

1

Gaming Assistant

17,435

13,450

Gaming-Related Supplier—Lottery (not OLG or BOT)

 

16

 

17

Gaming-Related Supplier—Manufacturers

47

50

Gaming-Related Supplier—Other

70

76

Non-Gaming Related Supplier

305

280

Operator—Charitable—3 or less events per week

 

7

 

7

Operator—Charitable—4 or more events per week

 

59

 

56

Operator—Commercial

34

36

Seller

10,320

10,449

Trade Union

19

18

Total

28,312

24,440

Note:

  • igaming is a new line of business to be launched in April 2022, therefore there are no active registrations for that sector in 2020–21.
  • The “AGCO Subsidiary” indicated in the table above is the registration for the Lottery Subsidiary iGaming Ontario.

Table 5—Total number of cannabis licences and authorizations

 

2020–21

2021–22

Cannabis Retail Manager Licence

1,618

2,494

Cannabis Retail Operator Licence

1,049

1,407

Cannabis Retail Store Authorization

694

1,584

Total

3,361

5,485

Table 6—Total number of horse racing licences

 

2020–21

2021–22

Thoroughbred

-

4,651

Quarter Horse

-

375

Standardbred

-

7,267

Teletheatres

48

51

Racetracks

15

15

Note:

  • Total number of horse racing licences grouped by horse breed is a new data point added to the report this year.
  • Individuals in the horse racing sectors can hold a licence allowing them to work across breeds (Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, and Standardbred).
  • The counts per breed are not mutually exclusive of each other; this means that an individual licence may be counted more than once across the Standardbred, Thoroughbred or Quarter Horse categories.

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