Ontario Provincial Police annual report data mandated by the Missing Persons Act, 2018. The data includes yearly counts of urgent demands for records by category, the number of investigations involving such demands, and the total demands made. The Ministry of the Solicitor General makes this data publicly available, with the last update recorded on 2026-05-13.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in police use of urgent record demands based on yearly totals
- Comparing the frequency of access across different record categories
- Assessing the volume of missing persons investigations involving urgent demands
Strengths
- Data is mandated by provincial law, ensuring a formal reporting standard.
- Includes multiple data points per year, such as total demands and number of investigations.
- Available in multiple file formats including CSV and XLSX for accessibility.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Ontario | Gouvernement de l'Ontario
- Collection Method
- Annual reports submitted by police services under Section 8 of the Missing Persons Act, 2018.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-13 12:01:01.691782; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Ontario, Canada