Ontario Schools COVID-19 Data: Cases, Absences, and Closures

Daily reports from Ontario schools, child care centres, and licensed agencies on COVID-19 cases, staff and student absences, and school closures, compiled by the Ministry of Education. Data is current as of 2:00 pm the previous day and is updated on weekdays excluding provincial holidays. The dataset includes summaries of closures, absenteeism, confirmed cases, and targeted testing.

Use Cases

• Monitor school closure trends based on reported closures data
• Analyze absenteeism patterns based on reported staff and student absence percentages
• Track confirmed COVID-19 case distribution among students and staff
• Evaluate targeted testing program effectiveness based on reported test counts

Strengths

• Data is updated daily on weekdays, providing near-real-time monitoring
• Includes multiple report types: closures, absenteeism, cases, and testing
• Published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license for open use

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario | Gouvernement de l'Ontario

Collection Method

Daily reports submitted by schools, child care centres, and licensed home child care agencies to the Ministry of Education

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:43:07.000626; freshness should be verified

Geography

Ontario, Canada