Notice of collection of personal information for young persons receiving youth justice services in custody, detention and in community
Revised: July 11, 2025
Originally published: April 9, 2024
Information collected
The Ministry of Children Community and Social Services collects personal information to provide or fund youth justice services and to better understand the needs of young persons in the youth justice service system. Collection of this information is necessary to support programs and services.
The ministry collects:
- information about young persons receiving youth justice programs and services, including names, dates of birth, and addresses
- socio-demographic information about young persons such as:
- gender identity
- citizenship status
- sexual orientation
- family status
- languages
- disability status
- parental status
- information required to be collected under the Anti-Racism Act, 2017, including:
- Indigenous identity
- ethnic origin
- race
- religion
The ministry also collects this information from service providers providing youth justice services.
The ministry is authorized to collect this personal information under subsections 38 (2) and 39 (1) (h) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.31 (FIPPA), subsection 283 (1) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, Chapter 14 Sched. 1 (CYFSA) and section 2 of O. Reg. 267/18 under subsection 7 (4) of the Anti-Racism Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, Chapter 15.
How we use personal information
The ministry is collecting this information to:
- properly deliver and fund youth justice services
- understand the needs of individual young persons to plan for the services they receive
- improve the programs and services young persons are receiving to meet their needs
- identify barriers that young persons receiving youth justice services may be facing
Who has access to the collected personal information
Personal information will be shared only with individuals as permitted or required by the law. For example, in certain circumstances, the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) allows some information to be given to staff in youth justice services, or to people helping with court matters, to a young person, their parents and/or their lawyer, to Crown Attorneys, the police, the victim(s), and others who may request the information, such as the Ombudsman.
The personal information will be kept private and confidential except if the disclosure is permitted or required by applicable law such as the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA).
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Contact information
Questions about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information for the purposes described above may be directed to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services:
Director, Strategic Innovation and Modernization Branch
Youth Justice Division
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
5th Floor, 101 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2Z7