{
  "dataset": "Ontario autism waitlist monthly snapshots",
  "description": "Month-by-month Ontario Autism Program registrations, funding-wait counts, and children receiving core services, with per-row source and confidence notes.",
  "publisher": "End The Wait Ontario",
  "publisherUrl": "https://www.endthewaitontario.com",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "sourceOfTruth": "lib/data/waitlist-snapshots.ts",
  "statsSsotLastVerified": "2026-08-10",
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "month": "2025-08",
      "label": "August 2025",
      "totalRegistered": 82100,
      "waitingForFunding": 62300,
      "receivingCore": 19800,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report (CBC FOI)",
      "note": "Approximate — derived from bi-weekly trend data showing 21% growth since mid-2024"
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-09",
      "label": "September 2025",
      "totalRegistered": 83800,
      "waitingForFunding": 63700,
      "receivingCore": 20100,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report (CBC FOI)",
      "note": "Period included documented funding dips: 151 fewer funded while 456 more registered in a two-week window"
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-10",
      "label": "October 2025",
      "totalRegistered": 85100,
      "waitingForFunding": 64900,
      "receivingCore": 20200,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report (CBC FOI)"
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-11",
      "label": "November 2025",
      "totalRegistered": 86200,
      "waitingForFunding": 65800,
      "receivingCore": 20400,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report (CBC FOI)"
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-12",
      "label": "December 2025",
      "totalRegistered": 87400,
      "waitingForFunding": 66900,
      "receivingCore": 20500,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report (CBC FOI)"
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-01",
      "label": "January 2026",
      "totalRegistered": 88175,
      "waitingForFunding": 67509,
      "receivingCore": 20666,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report, January 7, 2026 (CBC FOI)",
      "note": "Exact figures from CBC FOI report (Jan 7, 2026)"
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-02",
      "label": "February 2026",
      "totalRegistered": 89332,
      "waitingForFunding": 68450,
      "receivingCore": 20882,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report, February 18, 2026 (MCCSS; MCCSS FOI release CSS2026-0749 (obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition))",
      "note": "Exact figures from MCCSS bi-weekly progress report (Feb 18, 2026)"
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-03",
      "label": "March 2026",
      "totalRegistered": 89799,
      "waitingForFunding": 69166,
      "receivingCore": 20633,
      "source": "OAP Bi-weekly Progress Report, March 4, 2026 (MCCSS FOI via OAC — release CSS2026-0749)",
      "note": "Exact figures from MCCSS bi-weekly progress report (Mar 4, 2026). Funded count fell 33 from January while registrations rose 1,624."
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-05",
      "label": "May 2026",
      "totalRegistered": 91974,
      "waitingForFunding": 71263,
      "receivingCore": 20711,
      "source": "MCCSS OAP figures, May 13, 2026 (MCCSS FOI via OAC, published July 2026)",
      "note": "Latest verified data point — exact figures from the Ontario Autism Coalition \"OAP At A Glance\" update (July 2026), from the government response to the OAC's FOI request. `receivingCore` is the active Core Funding Agreement count (20,711); the same release separately reports 24,417 \"enrolled\" in Core Clinical Services, a broader measure that includes children with no funding agreement."
    }
  ],
  "note": "Rows flagged approximate in the source carry the same flag here; 2026 rows are exact FOI figures."
}