Description

Data prior to April 1998 includes recipients of: * general welfare assistance * family benefits * foster care * handicapped children benefits Data from April 1, 1998 onward includes recipients of: * Ontario Works * Ontario Disability Support Program * Temporary Care Assistance * Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca)	HTML		https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de
Social Assistance Caseload OW - Monthly Data	CSV		https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de/resource/1fbf18cd-f473-43cd-9502-49afd0864bc4/download/sa-caseload-ow-07-2025-en.csv
Social Assistance Caseload ODSP - Monthly Data	CSV		https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de/resource/61caf5cc-1261-4060-ada4-2697e94a06f9/download/sa-caseload-odsp-07-2025-fr.csv
Social Assistance Caseload OW - Monthly Data	CSV		https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de/resource/82fa6c79-51aa-4a6c-946d-680b272f6246/download/sa-caseload-ow-07-2025-fr.csv
Social Assistance Caseload ODSP - Monthly Data	CSV		https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de/resource/d1fdd536-d79e-4c13-818d-b9492fbf05e9/download/sa-caseload-odsp-07-2025-en.csv
Social assistance caseloads - Historical Data	xlsx		https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de/resource/ebafe1da-3e3b-468d-99c3-d77a7277ae2f/download/historical_sa_recipients_dataset_en.xlsx
Social assistance caseloads - Historical Data	xlsx		https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de/resource/f7401389-6cbc-4a84-887c-8df044b2354c/download/historical_sa_recipients_dataset_fr.xlsx
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca/fr)	HTML		https://data.ontario.ca/fr/dataset/8b2d095e-1099-44aa-a51c-85d5f74ec1de
Data dictionary for Historical Datasets	HTML		https://files.ontario.ca/opendata/historical_sa_recipients_data_dictionary_1969_to_current_fr.xlsx
Data dictionary for Historical Datasets	HTML		https://files.ontario.ca/opendata/historical_sa_recipients_data_dictionary_1969_to_current.xlsx

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