Police Use of Force Race-Based Data

Description

The Anti-Racism Act, 2017 and its associated regulation and guidance require the Ministry of the Solicitor General to collect and analyze race-based data in police use of force. These datasets include information extracted from provincially mandated police Use of Force Reports. The technical reports that accompany the datasets provide a detailed description of how the data were collected; data quality concerns; data cleaning and validation; and data limitations. This information is essential for understanding how to analyze the data appropriately and interpret any results from analysis. __Note__: Datasets on this page may be updated periodically. For information on data updates, please consult the available metadata such as data dictionary and supporting documentation.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca) HTML https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140
Police Use of Force - Data Dictionary, 2020-2022 xlsx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/01f59e79-05d1-4db4-a6d8-693b4fdfb289/download/datadictionary_useofforce_2020-2022en_fr1.xlsx
Police Use of Force – Cycle/Probe Records, 2025 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/0d1f47b4-4b88-4bcd-b4d8-950d3d52d850/download/uof_probe_cycle_records.csv
Police Use of Force Race-Based Data Technical Report, 2020-2022 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/12827bd1-8096-419c-bd65-4fb6e3f5f875/download/use_of_force_technical_report_2020-2022_en.docx
Police Use of Force – Individual Records, 2023 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/133c73fa-9d8e-435e-8c6d-7d1e14d1e88d/download/uof_individual_records.csv
Police Use of Force – Detailed Dataset, 2020-2022 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/2150ac23-4e55-474a-b61f-81baf6850851/download/useofforce_detaileddataset_2020-2022.csv
Police Use of Force Race-Based Data Technical Report, 2020-2022 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/27288d53-d30f-43be-9056-220267202035/download/use_of_force_technical_report_2020-2022_fr.docx
Police Use of Force – Weapon Records, 2024 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/2c1ab494-d636-4c17-9699-3819112982a5/download/uof_weapon_records.csv
Police Use of Force – Main Records, 2025 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/2c9a8fce-9f74-471c-b3a6-f13598cabc32/download/uof_main_records.csv
Policing Race- and Identity-Based Data Analyses Technical Report, 2026 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/3087d221-61cf-4c33-8c6c-895a91e6b5a9/download/policing_ara_technical_report_2026_fr.docx
Police Use of Force – Cycle/Probe Records, 2023 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/339b9e63-9521-44a6-8719-c2cb9aa39a8a/download/uof_probe_cycle_records.csv
Police Use of Force - Data Dictionary, 2025 xlsx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/41351a97-31ee-4d65-8c02-fc05e896c372/download/datadictionary_uof_en_fr_v2.0_2025.xlsx
Policing Race- and Identity-Based Data Analyses Technical Report, 2025 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/4168e5b2-10a8-4d4c-ba20-3a3c30577630/download/policing_ara_technical_report_2025_en.docx
Police Use of Force Report, 2023 PDF https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/5e2dc7b3-f60f-49a2-b514-6af2cdf0b52f/download/police_use_of_force_report_fr_2023.pdf
Data Update Note Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/5e994149-da16-4bbb-99a3-135dcd367df8/download/dun_2026_police_uof.docx
Police Use of Force – Individual Records, 2024 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/690d4c5e-095e-49a0-bbab-b7fc680f3c6b/download/uof_individual_records.csv
Police Use of Force - Aggregate Summary By Year, 2020-2022 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/7560d405-444c-4340-95c4-f73849015501/download/useofforce_agrregatesummarybyyear_2020-2022.csv
Police Use of Force – Cycle/Probe Records, 2024 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/76875b6a-4352-4722-a3f6-997cc220dc4f/download/uof_probe_cycle_records.csv
Police Use of Force - Data Dictionary, 2023 xlsx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/77c1300a-d22f-4b6b-9d62-1800752fe57e/download/datadictionary_2023uof_en_fr.xlsx
Police Use of Force – Main Records, 2023 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/94f303a2-963e-4fd1-958d-6681b310cb6d/download/uof_main_records.csv
Police Use of Force – Weapon Records, 2023 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/962522dc-0b2e-4d10-ae3c-bfa638087546/download/uof_weapon_records.csv
Police Use of Force – Weapon Records, 2025 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/9ad486c8-5db8-41e4-9e45-06ac940f64ec/download/uof_weapon_records.csv
Police Use of Force – Individual Records, 2025 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/9d83f29a-99b1-4f1d-90c4-4694189443fc/download/uof_individual_records.csv
Police Use of Force Report, 2023 PDF https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/9f50bcfb-4e86-4e92-a0ad-22d58e877768/download/police_use_of_force_report_en_2023.pdf
Policing Race- and Identity-Based Data Analyses Technical Report, 2026 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/c5d52521-bce9-4b6f-ab44-de5ee4c82bb7/download/policing_ara_technical_report_2026_en.docx
Police Use of Force - Data Dictionary, 2024 xlsx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/cc75a4f6-f49d-40d7-b5af-79ee3b8277ab/download/datadictionary_uof_en_fr_v1.0_20250822.xlsx
Police Use of Force Race-Based Data Technical Report, 2023 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/da1e00d0-f27c-412d-b3f1-11c1f3ba338c/download/police_use_of_force_technical_report_2023_en.docx
Police Use of Force – Main Records, 2024 CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/ea9dc29c-b4f1-4426-b1f2-974ce995aca1/download/uof_main_records.csv
Police Use of Force Race-Based Data Technical Report, 2023 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/eb3ac953-22bf-40d0-925a-1ad9c333c484/download/police_use_of_force_technical_report_2023_fr.docx
Policing Race- and Identity-Based Data Analyses Technical Report, 2025 Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140/resource/f7d7e889-df78-401c-81f8-bee164a3384c/download/policing_ara_technical_report_2025_fr.docx
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca/fr) HTML https://data.ontario.ca/fr/dataset/324ff147-816c-4143-a414-d1e973dca140

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