Government of Ontario

A single-tier municipality doesn't form part of an upper-tier municipality and assumes all municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation. A lower-tier municipality forms part of an upper-tier municipality. Municipal responsibilities set out under the...

This dataset is taken from a technical report prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure. It provides a background to the review of the population and employment forecasts in the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

The Infant Hearing Program serves the needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. The Infant Hearing Program: * Offers universal hearing screening for all newborns to identify infants who are born deaf or hard of hearing, or who are at risk for developing hearing loss in...

The Preschool Speech and Language Program delivers speech and language services for preschool children and their families, from birth to senior kindergarten. This mapping data represents the 31 Preschool Speech and Language delivery regions in Ontario.

Child and youth mental health services provide a range of planned, multidisciplinary interventions for youth and their families. In each defined service area, a designated Transfer Payment Agency is responsible for coordinating ministry-funded child and youth mental health services. The agency...

Performance indicators are used to measure the implementation of the Growth Plan's policies. They are intended to provide useful information on how growth and development in the region are unfolding over time, and to inform reviews of the Growth Plan. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and housing...

On January 13, 2014, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services created a new regional boundary structure. It combined the previous 9 Service Delivery Division regions and 4 Youth Justice Services Division regions. The result is 5 new Ministry of Children and Youth Services regions. These new...

The data is used to create reference and thematic maps The Special Needs Strategy was launched in February 2014 to improve services for children and youth with special needs and their families. Its three key areas include: * identifying kids' needs earlier and connecting them to the right help...

Geographic Information System (GIS) data with the following mapping layers from the Greenbelt Plan: * outer boundaries * protected countryside and urban river valley designations * specialty crop areas (Niagara tender fruit, grape area and Holland Marsh) * settlement areas (towns, villages and...

Contains 2 datasets: * lower and single tier municipalities * upper tier municipalities and districts.

The built boundary identifies built-up urban areas across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. It is a fixed line that reflects what was built and on the ground when the Growth Plan came into effect in June 2006. The boundaries are an important implementation and monitoring tool for the Growth Plan for...

The locations of the 2 specialty crop areas in the Greenbelt Plan: * the Holland Marsh * Niagara Peninsula Tender Fruit and Grape Lands

Hamlets are smaller settlement areas identified in municipal official plans, generally without municipal water and sewer servicing. For precise boundaries and locations of hamlets, the appropriate municipality should be consulted.

The purpose of this dataset is to identify the location of river valley connections.

Ontario's Healthy Babies Healthy Children program helps infants and children up to age 6 and their families through: * risk screening and assessments * referrals to community programs and services * supports for new parents These shapefiles provide geospatial data for mapping the 34 Healthy...

An upper-tier municipality is made up of 2 or more lower-tier municipalities. Municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation are split between the upper-tier and lower-tier municipalities. A lower-tier municipality forms part of an upper-tier...

The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006 identifies 25 existing or emerging downtown areas as Urban Growth Centres. The plan establishes policies and minimum density targets to encourage their revitalization as vibrant, transit-oriented communities. The Province determined the...

Geographic information for Ontario Health (OH) Regions, and Home and Community Care Support Services (HCCSS) boundaries. The HCCSS boundary file is maintained by Statistics Canada. A link is provided to the Statistics Canada website where you can download the HCCSS boundary file in a variety of...

The boundaries of the 14 lead agencies that support the Student Nutrition Program. Data contains lead agency names and accompanying shape files that detail their service areas.

Ontario's Tele-Mental Health Service provides access to specialized mental health consultants to children and youth in rural, remote and underserved communities. This service uses videoconferencing. These shapefiles provide geospatial data used for mapping the 6 Tele-Mental Health service regions...