Child & Youth Data Sources

List of resources, data sets, and information relevant to children and youth in Ottawa: 

Various Demographic Data 

• The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa – Service Data 

• Ottawa Network for Education – School Breakfast Program 

• City of Ottawa — Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan 

• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board – Student Demographic Data 

• Ottawa Public Health – Pregnancy & Maternal Health Data 

• Statistics Canada 

• • Census data 
  • Custom data requests available for data on households with children 
  • Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (SELCCA) 
  • Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 
  • Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY) 

• Ottawa Neighborhood Study (ONS) 

• • Housing profile 
  • Food bank visits 
  • Data profile by age group 
  • Urban heat islands and neighbourhood features that provide shelter from heat 
  • Food deserts 
  • Reach out directly to ONS for data that may not be publicly available 

Mental Health, Addictions, and Substance Use Data 

• Project step 

• Black Health Alliance, Pathways to Care – Mental Health and Addictions Data 

• The Social Planning Council, Ottawa Neighbourhood Equity – Education Completion Rates, Mental Health, and Population Data 

• Ontario School Mental Health Survey  

• The Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) 

• Ottawa Public Health – Mental Health, Addictions, and Substance Use Health 

• For additional school mental health data, consider reaching out to each Ottawa school board, as most results are not publicly disseminated