Ontario Child Benefit Recipients and Entitlements by Family Type and Income

Government data tracks children and families receiving the Ontario Child Benefit, organized by date, family type, number of children, and family net income. A second sheet provides breakdowns by date and year of birth. The dataset is maintained by the Government of Ontario.

Use Cases

• Analyze entitlement amounts across family net income brackets to model benefit phase-out rates
• Track changes in the number of children receiving benefits over time using the date field
• Compare benefit distribution between different family types, such as single-parent versus two-parent households
• Correlate year of birth data with family size to examine demographic trends in benefit uptake

Strengths

• Data is directly sourced from the authoritative Government of Ontario
• Provides two distinct analytical sheets for cross-sectional and demographic analysis
• Updated as recently as March 2026

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and sample size limits statistical power assessment
• Lacks explicit column definitions, requiring users to infer structure from file sheets
• Geographic scope is limited solely to Ontario, Canada

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Administrative records from benefit program

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-11

Geography

Ontario, Canada