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Description
Government of Ontario data tracks legal and administrative actions related to post-adoption contact. It includes counts of adopted children with access orders, applications for openness orders, court-made orders, and supervised agreements. The dataset is updated regularly, with a last recorded update in March 2026.
Use Cases
Analyze trends in the number of court-made openness orders to assess judicial activity in post-adoption contact.
Compare counts of openness agreements supervised by children's aid societies against total agreements to evaluate oversight levels.
Track applications for openness orders to measure demand for formal post-adoption arrangements.
Examine the number of adopted children with and without access orders before adoption to understand pre-adoption contact prevalence.
Strengths
Data originates from the authoritative Government of Ontario.
Includes multiple distinct metrics such as court orders, applications, and supervised agreements.
Maintained with recent updates, last refreshed in March 2026.
Limitations
Unknown sample size or row count limits statistical analysis.
Lacks column definitions and sample data, complicating initial assessment.
Geographic scope is restricted to Ontario, Canada.
Provenance
Source
Government of Ontario
Collection Method
Administrative and court records compiled by government.
Time Range
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Freshness
Last updated March 2026.
Geography
Ontario, Canada
License is listed as 'on-oglo', which may refer to the Ontario Open Government License. Users should verify specific terms before use.