Information Requests by Ontario Children's Advocate 2009-2014

2009 to 2014 data records the total annual information requests made by the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth to the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. The dataset documents requests for individual case advocacy and systemic reviews by this Independent Officer of the Legislature.

Use Cases

• Analyze annual request volume trends from 2009 to 2014 for systemic review activity.
• Correlate request frequency with specific calendar years to assess advocacy demand cycles.
• Benchmark request totals per year for government transparency and access-to-information reporting.

Strengths

• Clear six-year temporal coverage from 2009 to 2014.
• Data originates from an authoritative government source, the Government of Ontario.
• Records a specific, defined metric: total annual information requests.

Limitations

• No column-level detail or sample data is available to understand data structure.
• Dataset is temporally stale, ending in 2014, limiting current analysis.
• Unknown row count and file size prevent assessment of data scale.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Counts of information requests made by the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth to the Ministry's Access and Privacy Office.

Time Range

2009 to 2014

Freshness

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Geography

Ontario, Canada