This dataset contains records of publicly reported data on COVID-19 testing in Ontario long-term care homes. It was collected between April 24, 2020 and March 30, 2023. Summary data is aggregated to the provincial level. Reports fewer than 5 are indicated with <5 to maintain the privacy of individuals. ##Data includes: * Long-term care home COVID-19 summary data * Long-term care homes with an active COVID-19 outbreak * Long-term care homes no longer in a COVID-19 outbreak * Long-term care home COVID-19 summary data by Public Health Unit (PHU) * Long-term care home COVID-19 staff vaccination rates An outbreak is defined as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in residents, staff or other visitors in a home, with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the long-term care home. Prior to April 7, 2021, the definition required one or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in a resident or staff in the long-term care home. Notes February 21 to March 29, 2023: Data is only available for regular business days (for example, Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays) March 12 – 13, 2022: Due to technical difficulties, data is not available. September 8, 2022: The data dated September 6, 2022 represents data collected during the period of September 3, 4 and 5, 2022. October 6, 2022: The data dated October 5, 2022 represents data collected during the period of October 1, 2, 3 and 4, 2022. October 13, 2022: Due to technical difficulties, data for the date of October 9 is not available. October 20, 2022: Due to technical difficulties, data for the dates of October 15, 16 is not available. November 24, 2022: Due to technical difficulties, data is not available.

Statistics Canada, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Natural Resources Canada, is presenting selected Census data to help inform Canadians on the public health risk of the COVID-19 pandemic and to be used for modelling analysis. The data provided here show the counts of the population in nursing homes and/or residences for senior citizens by broad age groups (0 to 79 years and 80 years and over) and sex, from the 2016 Census. Nursing homes and/or residences for senior citizens are facilities for elderly residents that provide accommodations with health care services or personal support or assisted living care. Health care services include professional health monitoring and skilled nursing care and supervision 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for people who are not independent in most activities of daily living. Support or assisted living care services include meals, housekeeping, laundry, medication supervision, assistance in bathing or dressing, etc., for people who are independent in most activities of daily living. Included are nursing homes, residences for senior citizens, and facilities that are a mix of both a nursing home and a residence for senior citizens. Excluded are facilities licensed as hospitals, and facilities that do not provide any services (which are considered private dwellings).

Long-term care homes are publicly funded and operated by municipalities, not-for-profit organizations. They provide health care and services to people whose needs cannot be met in the community.Long-term care homes are licensed and regulated by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The province has specific laws and regulations for admission to the long-term care homes that are designed to ensure fairness and equity in the system, so that it can serve the needs of the people with greater care needs as well as people who are still independent. Long-term care homes can provide a residential alternative for patients with high care needs, who meet the following criteria:Have a valid Ontario Health CardHave health-care needs that cannot be met with any combination of care-giving in the home or communityHave health-care needs that can be met in a long-term care home Accuracy: Unavailable Update Frequency: As required Contact: GIS Team

Background Inappropriate prescribing has been estimated to be as high as 40% in long-term care. The purpose of this study was to develop a computer program that identifies potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions and to test its reliability. Methods Potentially inappropriate prescriptions were identified based on modified McLeod guidelines. A database from one pharmacy servicing long-term care facilities in Ontario was utilized for this cross-sectional study. Prescription information was available for the 356 long-term care residents and included: the date the prescription was filled, the quantity of drug prescribed and the eight-digit drug identification number. The pharmacy database was linked to the computer-based program for targeting potential inappropriate prescriptions. The computer program's reliability was assessed by comparing its results to a manual search conducted by two independent research assistants. Results There was complete agreement between the computer and manual abstraction for the total number of potentially inappropriate prescriptions detected. In total, 83 potentially inappropriate prescriptions were identified. Fifty-three residents (14.9%) received at least one potentially inappropriate prescription. Of those, twenty (37.7%) received two potential inappropriate prescriptions and eight (15.1%) received 3 or more potential inappropriate prescriptions. The most common potential inappropriate prescriptions were identified as long-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents and tricyclic antidepressants with active metabolites. Conclusion A computer program can accurately and automatically detect inappropriate prescribing in residents of long-term care facilities. This tool may be used to identify potentially inappropriate drug combinations and educate health care professionals.

This data set provides address locations for long-term care homes (LTCH) and other nursing homes, including municipal, not for profit, and for profit, facilities in Ontario.

LTCH data includes Home Type, Owner Type, LHIN, County, and Number of Beds by allocation type.

Every effort was made to provide up-to-date and accurate information, however, not all information provided may be accurate, please use caution when using these data for research and analysis purposes and in all cases verify with the ministry responsible.

We manually developed and curated a dedicated database, specifically based in Ontario, Canada. The dataset consists of 74 covariates collated from over 30 sources verified by the Ontario Ministry of Health. The data was collected and compiled using a ranked source approach where original documents pertaining to each long-term care home, such as accountability agreements, were prioritized.

Status of COVID-19 cases in Ontario

This dataset compiles daily snapshots of publicly reported data on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in Ontario.

Learn how the Government of Ontario is helping to keep Ontarians safe during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak.

Effective April 13, 2023, this dataset will be discontinued. The public can continue to access the data within this dataset in the following locations updated weekly on the Ontario Data Catalogue:

• Ontario COVID-19 testing percent positive by age group
• Confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario
• Ontario COVID-19 testing metrics by Public Health Unit (PHU)
• Ontario COVID-19 testing percent positive by age group
• COVID-19 cases in hospital and ICU, by Ontario Health (OH) region
• Cumulative deaths (new methodology)
• Deaths Involving COVID-19 by Fatality Type

For information on Long-Term Care Home COVID-19 Data, please visit: Long-Term Care Home COVID-19 Data.

Data includes:

• reporting date
• daily tests completed
• total tests completed
• test outcomes
• total case outcomes (resolutions and deaths)
• current tests under investigation
• current hospitalizations
  • current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) due to COVID-related critical Illness
  • current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) testing positive for COVID-19
  • current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) no longer testing positive for COVID-19
  • current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators due to COVID-related critical illness
  • current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators testing positive for COVID-19
  • current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID-19
• Long-Term Care (LTC) resident and worker COVID-19 case and death totals
• Variants of Concern case totals
• number of new deaths reported (occurred in the last month)
• number of historical deaths reported (occurred more than one month ago)
• change in number of cases from previous day by Public Health Unit (PHU).

This dataset is subject to change. Please review the daily epidemiologic summaries for information on variables, methodology, and technical considerations.

Cumulative Deaths

**Effective November 14, 2024 this page will no longer be updated. Information about COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses is available on Public Health Ontario’s interactive respiratory virus tool: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-Analysis/Infectious-Disease/Respiratory-Virus-Tool **

The methodology used to count COVID-19 deaths has changed to exclude deaths not caused by COVID. This impacts data captured in the columns “Deaths”, “Deaths_Data_Cleaning” and “newly_reported_deaths” starting with data for March 11, 2022. A new column has been added to the file “Deaths_New_Methodology” which represents the methodological change.

The method used to count COVID-19 deaths has changed, effective December 1, 2022. Prior to December 1, 2022, deaths were counted based on the date the death was updated in the public health unit’s system. Going forward, deaths are counted on the date they occurred.

On November 30, 2023 the count of COVID-19 deaths was updated to include missing historical deaths from January 15, 2020 to March 31, 2023. A small number of COVID deaths (less than 20) do not have recorded death date and will be excluded from this file.

CCM is a dynamic disease reporting system which allows ongoing update to data previously entered. As a result, data extracted from CCM represents a snapshot at the time of extraction and may differ from previous or subsequent results. Public Health Units continually clean up COVID-19 data, correcting for missing or overcounted cases and deaths. These corrections can result in data spikes and current totals being different from previously reported cases and deaths. Observed trends over time should be interpreted with caution for the most recent period due to reporting and/or data entry lags.

Related dataset(s)

• Confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario

Geographical information for the head offices of Community Care Access Centres (CCACs). The CCACs are the local organizations established by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to give people access to government-funded home and community services and long-term care homes. They also provide information about and connect people to local community support service agencies to arrange services.

The geographical information includes:

• organization name
• city
• address

• postal code

  *[CCACs]: Community Care Access Centres

This dataset is no longer collected and as such will no longer be updated. The information provided here references the last collection.

Background: Long-term care facilities had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in Canada; thus, it was essential to understand the effectiveness of vaccines and the risk factors for outbreaks in the elderly residents of long-term care and retirement homes. Aims of the CITF-funded study: This study aimed to 1) understand the association between outbreaks and features of long-term care and retirement homes; 2) determine the recurrence rate of outbreaks in homes that have been previously exposed; 3) describe residents’ immune response to infection and vaccination; and 4) estimate vaccine effectiveness in residents. Methods: This cohort study recruited residents from participating long-term care and retirement home across Ontario through invitations from research coordinators. Study visits occurred at participants’ first dose and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and then 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9, and 12 months post- second dose. For those who got a third dose, follow up was done 3 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after their third dose. Staff, essential visitors, and resident participants were followed up every week or per visit for saliva surveillance active COVID infection . A DBS whole blood sample was given at enrolment and at each follow up for serology testing. Contributed dataset contents: The datasets include 1261 participants who completed baseline surveys between January 2021 and July 2023. 90% of participants gave one or more blood samples between April 2021 and April 2023 for analysis. A total of 6078 samples were collected. Variables include data in the following areas of information: demographics (date of birth, sex, race-ethnicity, indigeneity), general health (weight and height, smoking, flu vaccination, chronic conditions), SARS-CoV-2 outcomes (positive test results, hospitalizations), SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, and serology (IgA, IgG, and IgM against SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) and spike (S) protein).

Included in the dataset are:

  AIDS Bureau
  Children’s Treatment Centres

 Community Health Centres

 Community Support Services
  Family Health Teams (Contract Locations)

 Hospitals

 Indigenous Primary Health Care Organization

 Integrated Community Health Services Centres
  (ICHSC) (formerly Independent Health Facilities)

 Laboratories

 Licensed Retirement Homes

 Long-Term Care Homes

 Mental Health and Addiction Organizations

 Midwifery Clinics

 Nurse Practitioner Led Clinics

 Nursing Stations (Provincial)

 Pharmacies

 Public Health Unit Offices

 Senior Active Living Centres

For each health service provider, there is a selection of attributes provided, including:

  Service provider name in English and French
  (if available)

 Service provider type
  Details related to service provider (i.e., a
  subcategory of service provider type)

 Address information (e.g., Address line 1,
  Community, Postal Code, etc.)



The locations provided in this dataset are for
planning purposes and should not be used for operational or navigation
purposes.

Additional Documentation MOH Service Location - Description (Word) Status On going: data is being continually updated Maintenance and Update Frequency Annually: data is updated every year Contact Mike Pacey, Ministry of Health, mike.pacey@ontario.ca

Background: Long-term care home (LTCH) residents are more vulnerable to COVID-19 due to older age, weakened immune systems, and other predisposed health conditions, and LTCH staff are at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection than the rest of the community. It is important to understand immunity and vaccine response in LTCH residents and staff to protect against serious outbreaks in the future. Aims of the CITF Funded study: The study aimed to 1) determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of infection by SARS-Cov-2 among LTCH residents, staff, and essential caregivers; 2) implement infection prevention and control (IPAC) and monitor infection rates by saliva samples, and 3) explore barriers to implementing dried blood spot (DBS) and saliva testing in long term care home and retirement home residents, staff, and their family members. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled residents and their family members, as well as staff and their household members across 72 selected long-term care and retirement homes in Ontario, Canada. All participants completed a questionnaire and provided a DBS sample at baseline and at a follow-up 9 months later. Staff, staff household members, and families/caregivers of residents were placed into “high-risk exposure” or “low-risk exposure” groups and provided a saliva sample for PCR testing. Some staff participants were entered into a nested case study where they were followed up weekly for PCR testing and optional symptomatic saliva testing through the Wellness Hub. Contributed dataset contents: TThe Wellness Hub datasets include 1616 participants who completed baseline questionnaires between May 2021 and June 2023. Over 99% of participants gave one or more dried blood spot samples for SARS-CoV-2 serology between December 2020 and June 2023. Six additional participants gave dried blood spots or blood samples for SARS-CoV-2 serology without completing a questionnaire. Questionnaire variables include data in the following areas of information: demographics (age, sex and gender, race-ethnicity and indigeneity, province, education, household composition, occupations), flu vaccination behaviour , longitudinal follow-up for COVID infection (dates of positive tests, hospitalizations), exposure risks, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. The Objective 2 datasets include 141 participants who completed baseline questionnaires between February and March in 2021. 98% of (almost all, except three,) participants gave one or more blood samples or serum for SARS-CoV-2 serology between February 2021 and April 2023. Twelve additional participants gave blood samples or serum for SARS-CoV-2 serology without completing a questionnaire. Questionnaire variables include data in the following areas of information: demographics (age, sex and gender, province), general health (height and weight; chronic conditions; flu vaccine), longitudinal follow-up for COVID infection (dates of positive tests, symptoms), SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

This data set provides address locations for community care access centres in Ontario.

The CCACs were established by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in 1996 to help the public access government-funded home and community services, and long-term care homes. CCACs work together, and with physicians, hospital teams and other health care providers to enhance access and co-ordination for people who need care in their own homes in the community, in supportive housing, or in a Long-Term Care Home.

Every effort was made to provide up-to-date and accurate information, however, not all information provided may be accurate, please use caution when using these data for research and analysis purposes and in all cases verify with the ministry responsible.

Number and percentage of deaths, by place of death (in hospital or non-hospital), 1991 to most recent year.

PLEASE NOTE: The Health Assessment Form has been updated as of July 7th, 2025. Practitioners are asked to begin using the new form immediately. However, assessments completed using the old form will be accepted by Ontario Health atHome until December 31st, 2025. This form is to be used for completion of the assessment required under the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 when a person applies for a determination of eligibility for long-term care home admission. The required assessment is of the applicant’s physical and mental health, and the applicant’s requirements for medical treatment and health care. This assessment must be made by a physician or registered nurse.

Status of COVID-19 cases in Ontario This dataset compiles daily snapshots of publicly reported data on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in Ontario. Learn how the Government of Ontario is helping to keep Ontarians safe during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak. Effective April 13, 2023, this dataset will be discontinued. The public can continue to access the data within this dataset in the following locations updated weekly on the Ontario Data Catalogue: * Ontario COVID-19 testing percent positive by age group * Confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario * Ontario COVID-19 testing metrics by Public Health Unit (PHU) * Ontario COVID-19 testing percent positive by age group * COVID-19 cases in hospital and ICU, by Ontario Health (OH) region * Cumulative deaths (new methodology) * Deaths Involving COVID-19 by Fatality Type For information on Long-Term Care Home COVID-19 Data, please visit: Long-Term Care Home COVID-19 Data. Data includes: * reporting date * daily tests completed * total tests completed * test outcomes * total case outcomes (resolutions and deaths) * current tests under investigation * current hospitalizations * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) due to COVID-related critical Illness * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) testing positive for COVID-19 * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) no longer testing positive for COVID-19 * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators due to COVID-related critical illness * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators testing positive for COVID-19 * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID-19 * Long-Term Care (LTC) resident and worker COVID-19 case and death totals * Variants of Concern case totals * number of new deaths reported (occurred in the last month) * number of historical deaths reported (occurred more than one month ago) * change in number of cases from previous day by Public Health Unit (PHU). This dataset is subject to change. Please review the daily epidemiologic summaries for information on variables, methodology, and technical considerations. ##Cumulative Deaths Effective November 14, 2024 this page will no longer be updated. Information about COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses is available on Public Health Ontario’s interactive respiratory virus tool: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-Analysis/Infectious-Disease/Respiratory-Virus-Tool The methodology used to count COVID-19 deaths has changed to exclude deaths not caused by COVID. This impacts data captured in the columns “Deaths”, “Deaths_Data_Cleaning” and “newly_reported_deaths” starting with data for March 11, 2022. A new column has been added to the file “Deaths_New_Methodology” which represents the methodological change. The method used to count COVID-19 deaths has changed, effective December 1, 2022. Prior to December 1, 2022, deaths were counted based on the date the death was updated in the public health unit’s system. Going forward, deaths are counted on the date they occurred. On November 30, 2023 the count of COVID-19 deaths was updated to include missing historical deaths from January 15, 2020 to March 31, 2023. A small number of COVID deaths (less than 20) do not have recorded death date and will be excluded from this file. CCM is a dynamic disease reporting system which allows ongoing update to data previously entered. As a result, data extracted from CCM represents a snapshot at the time of extraction and may differ from previous or subsequent results. Public Health Units continually clean up COVID-19 data, correcting for missing or overcounted cases and deaths. These corrections can result in data spikes and current totals being different from previously reported cases and deaths. Observed trends over time should be interpreted with caution for the most recent period due to reporting and/or data entry lags. ##Related dataset(s) * Confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario

This data set provides address locations for community health and support service centres in Ontario.

Community Health Centres (CHCs) are non-profit organizations that provide primary health and health promotion programs for individuals, families and communities. A health centre is established and governed by a community-elected board of directors.

The Community Support Services Program (CSS) is funded by the province through the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. It provides information, advocacy and practical support to individuals and their families who need help to function independently because of a disability, illness or limitation due to aging. Service listings include: Adult Day Programs, Attendant Services, Meals on Wheels, Supportive Housing, Transportation etc.

The Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) were established by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in 1996 to help the public access government-funded home and community services, and long-term care homes. CCACs work together, and with physicians, hospital teams and other health care providers to enhance access and co-ordination for people who need care in their own homes in the community, in supportive housing, or in a Long-Term Care Home.

Every effort was made to provide up-to-date and accurate information, however, not all information provided may be accurate, please use caution when using these data for research and analysis purposes and in all cases verify with the ministry responsible.

To be used by residents of LTC homes who would like to apply for a reduction in the amount of their basic accommodation fees. This document guides applicants in determining which supporting documents will be required as part of their application. This document is to be used by applicants who do not have a Notice of Assessment.

If you’re a senior with low income, you may qualify for monthly Guaranteed Annual Income System payments.

Maximum payment and allowable private income amounts for the period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 are:

• $90 monthly for single seniors (maximum monthly payment amount), your annual private income must be less than $4,320
• $180 monthly for senior couples (maximum monthly payment amount), your annual private income must be less than $8,640

The data is organized by private income levels. GAINS payments are provided on top of the Old Age Security (OAS) pension and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) payments you may receive from the federal government.

Learn more about the Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System

This data is related to The Retirement Income System in Canada

Join the Ontario Ministry of Finance for a free webinar to help you learn about tax credits, benefits, and other programs available to support Ontario seniors with a low income. Visit ontario.ca/TaxTalk to learn more.

The Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (MOHSERLO) geospatial dataset contains the locations of health service providers in Ontario. Included in the dataset are: * AIDS Bureau * Children’s Treatment Centres * Community Health Centres * Community Support Services * Family Health Teams (Contract Locations) * Hospitals * Indigenous Primary Health Care Organization * Integrated Community Health Services Centres (ICHSC) (formerly Independent Health Facilities) * Laboratories * Licensed Retirement Homes * Long-Term Care Homes * Mental Health and Addiction Organizations * Midwifery Clinics * Nurse Practitioner Led Clinics * Nursing Stations (Provincial) * Pharmacies * Public Health Unit Offices * Senior Active Living Centres For each health service provider, there is a selection of attributes provided, including: * Service provider name in English and French (if available) * Service provider type * Details related to service provider (i.e., a subcategory of service provider type) * Address information (e.g., Address line 1, Community, Postal Code, etc.) The locations provided in this dataset are for planning purposes and should not be used for operational or navigation purposes.

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