Developmental Disability Client Profiles From Ontario Support Surveys

33,615 individuals are profiled in this dataset from surveys of agencies providing residential and non-residential services. It captures client characteristics such as age, living arrangement, health conditions, and level of support need. The data consolidates responses from multiple agencies to ensure unique client records.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between living arrangement and level of support need across the 33,615 client profiles.
• Model the prevalence of specific health and medical conditions segmented by age and gender.
• Investigate patterns in income source(s) relative to communication abilities or use of disability aids.
• Cluster client profiles based on behavioural traits and support requirements to identify service cohorts.

Strengths

• Contains 33,615 unique client records, providing a substantial sample for analysis.
• Data was consolidated from multiple agency responses to prevent duplicate client entries.
• Profiles include a range of characteristics from demographics to support needs.

Limitations

• Data is derived from agency-reported surveys, which may introduce reporting bias.
• Surveys are from 2010 and 2013, making the data over a decade old and potentially stale.
• The original column structure is unknown, complicating direct analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Surveys completed by agencies providing residential (2010) and non-residential (2013) services, with responses consolidated per client.

Time Range

Survey data from 2010 and 2013.

Freshness

Last metadata update was 2026-03-11, but the underlying survey data is from 2010 and 2013.

Geography

Ontario, Canada