Ontario Child Benefit Equivalent Program Participation by Fiscal Year

Ministry fiscal year data tracks children and youth in customary or Children's Aid Society care eligible for the Ontario Child Benefit Equivalent program. It details participant counts in the Savings Program and Activities Program, with the latter segmented by three intended outcomes.

Use Cases

• Analyze participant counts in the Savings Program and Activities Program across Ministry fiscal years.
• Compare the distribution of children engaged in activities for Outcome A (Higher Educational Achievement), Outcome B (Higher Degree of Resilience), and Outcome C (Smoother Transition to Adulthood).
• Assess program reach by Children's Aid Society (CAS) to identify regional variations in service delivery.

Strengths

• Data is segmented by Ministry fiscal year for temporal analysis.
• Activities Program participation is broken down by three specific intended outcomes (A, B, C).
• Provides breakdowns by individual Children's Aid Society (CAS).

Limitations

• Unknown row count and dataset size limits assessment of statistical power.
• Lack of column definitions or sample data obscures the full data structure and available variables.
• Data scope is limited to children in customary or CAS care within Ontario.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Administrative tracking of program eligibility and participation.

Time Range

Ministry fiscal years.

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Ontario, Canada.