Ontario Student Nutrition Program Service Area Boundaries

Student Nutrition Program boundaries map the service areas of 14 lead agencies supporting student nutrition in Ontario. The dataset includes agency names and associated shapefiles detailing their geographic coverage. It is published by the Government of Ontario and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing geographic coverage gaps by overlaying agency service area boundaries with school location data.
• Mapping program accessibility using the lead agency names and their corresponding shapefile polygons.
• Assessing regional service equity by comparing the size and population within each agency's boundary.
• Planning resource allocation by visualizing the spatial extent of each lead agency's responsibility.

Strengths

• Covers 14 distinct lead agencies providing a structured view of program administration.
• Includes geospatial shapefiles enabling detailed geographic analysis.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and dataset size limit assessment of detail.
• No temporal history provided, showing only a single snapshot from 2026.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Student Nutrition Program.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Ontario, Canada