Revised: July 11, 2025
Originally published: July 14, 2020

Overview

Your service provider and/or AccessOAP will be providing your and your child’s personal information to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. The indirect collection of personal information is authorized by section 283 (1) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 14, Sched. 1. The information will be used by the ministry for the purpose of directly contacting you, as needed, throughout various stages of the Ontario Autism Program and to efficiently and effectively administer and plan the program. This includes:

  • information about you and your child, including full legal name, date of birth, gender identity, sex at birth, mailing address, primary and secondary telephone numbers and/or email address and primary language (that is, English or French)
  • your client ID number as assigned by your service provider and/or AccessOAP
  • service-specific information, such as your child’s current status in the Ontario Autism Program, reconciliation status, registration date, end date of current behaviour plan (if applicable) and Ontario Autism Program reference number (if already assigned)

Collecting personal information and personal health information to administer the Ontario Autism Program

The ministry respects your privacy and has requested only the personal information that is necessary for it to plan, administer and monitor the Ontario Autism Program. This includes maintaining your child’s original registration date for the needs-based program.

The ministry may also use your and your child’s personal information, including their personal health information, for the purposes outlined in section 283 of Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, Chapter 14, Sched. 1 (CYFSA) which include:

  • planning, managing, delivering, evaluating or monitoring services that the ministry provides or funds under the CYFSA
  • conducting risk management and error management activities in respect of the services that the ministry provides or funds under the CYFSA, and monitoring and preventing fraud or any unauthorized receipt of services or benefits related to any of them
  • conducting activities to improve or maintain the quality of the services that the ministry provides or funds, in whole or in part
  • conducting research and analysis that relate to children and youth and their families, including longitudinal studies, by or on behalf of the ministry that relate to, a service, the transition of children and youth and their families between and out of services, including the resulting outcomes, or programs that support the learning, development, health and well-being of children and youth and their families, including programs provided or funded in whole or in part by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services or by any other ministry of the Government of Ontario

Contact information

If you have any questions about the collection of personal information or personal health information, you can contact:

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
PO Box 193   
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1N3
Toll-free: 1-888-444-4530
OAP@ontario.ca

Please note that we are bound by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and any information collected may be subject to disclosure in accordance with that Act or by order of a court or tribunal.