Ontario COVID-19 Outbreaks Data by Setting and Public Health Unit

Daily snapshots of publicly reported COVID-19 outbreak data in Ontario, compiled by the Government of Ontario. The dataset includes summaries of cases associated with outbreaks by setting and date, and summaries of ongoing outbreaks by setting and Public Health Unit. As of June 16, 2022, updates shifted to weekly on Thursdays.

Use Cases

• Model outbreak transmission rates based on daily case summaries by setting
• Monitor regional outbreak trends based on ongoing outbreak summaries by Public Health Unit
• Analyze the impact of testing policy changes on outbreak tracking in education, recreational, workplace, and other settings

Strengths

• Data is compiled from official public reports by the Government of Ontario
• Includes breakdowns by outbreak setting and Public Health Unit
• Update schedule is explicitly stated (weekly on Thursdays as of June 2022)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Due to changes in testing, tracking total cases in certain settings is no longer accurate as of March 2022

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Compiled from publicly reported data

Freshness

Weekly updates (as of June 2022)

Geography

Ontario, Canada