The Anti-Racism Act, 2017 mandates the Ministry of the Solicitor General to collect and analyze race-based data in police use of force. These datasets contain information extracted from provincially mandated Use of Force Reports. Technical reports provide detailed descriptions of data collection, quality concerns, cleaning, validation, and limitations.
Use Cases
- Analyze racial disparities in police interactions based on mandated race-based data collection.
- Assess the frequency and nature of police use of force incidents based on provincial reports.
- Evaluate data quality and limitations for policy research using the accompanying technical reports.
- Monitor compliance and trends under the Anti-Racism Act, 2017 based on the collected data.
Strengths
- Data collection is mandated by provincial legislation (Anti-Racism Act, 2017).
- Accompanying technical reports detail data collection, cleaning, validation, and limitations.
- Multiple file formats (HTML, PDF, CSV, XLSX, DOCX) are available for accessibility.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to Ontario police reports.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Ontario | Gouvernement de l'Ontario
- Collection Method
- Extracted from provincially mandated police Use of Force Reports.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:41:05.645636; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Ontario, Canada