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Ontario Autism Program · the published record
On May 13, 2026, 91,974 children and youth were registered with the Ontario Autism Program. Of those, 71,263 had no active Core Funding Agreement. Compare your month with the nearest published record, without pretending it is a personal queue position.
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Ontario Autism Coalition · Verified 2026-08-10
May 13, 2026
91,974 Registered with the Ontario Autism Program
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20,711 With an active Core Funding Agreement
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71,263 Registered without an active agreement
22.5% active agreement77.5% without active agreement
MCCSS Ontario Autism Program figures
Released under Freedom of Information to the Ontario Autism Coalition and published in its July 2026 update. Source date: May 13, 2026. Checked: August 10, 2026.
Counts only children who are registered. Children still waiting for an autism diagnosis cannot register yet, so they are not included in these figures.
71,263 children and youth were registered with the Ontario Autism Program on May 13, 2026 and did not have an active Core Funding Agreement at that time. This is an administrative status reported by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
This number does not estimate, model, or predict individual wait times. It does not tell you where a child is in a queue, and it does not account for individual circumstances or children funded since May 13, 2026.
Pick the month and year you registered. The tool quotes the nearest published column and the newest available column, then shows the difference. It does not estimate, model, or predict a personal wait.
Pick a month and a year, then choose "Show my cohort". The published columns below do not change; the tool only shows you which ones sit closest to the month you name.
Invitations to Core Clinical Services funding are issued by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and sent through AccessOAP. No one outside that process controls the order or timing.
The government does not publish a queue position for any child, it does not publish an invitation date, and it does not publish a province-wide average wait. There is no public list to search, so any site offering a personal date is guessing.
CBC News FOI
FOI release CSS2026-0749
MCCSS FOI via OAC · May 2026
January 7, 2026
CBC News FOI
March 4, 2026
FOI release CSS2026-0749
May 13, 2026
MCCSS FOI via OAC · May 2026
| As of | Registered | Active agreement | No active agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | 88,175 | 20,666 | 67,509 | CBC News FOI |
| March 4, 2026 | 89,799 | 20,633 | 69,166 | FOI release CSS2026-0749 |
| May 13, 2026 | 91,974 | 20,711 | 71,263 | MCCSS FOI via OAC · May 2026 |
None of these actions moves a child up a public queue, because no child-level public queue exists. Each step improves the written record connected to your family.
Registration is what puts a child in the published count. Until it is done, none of the columns on this page include your family.
How to register→A written answer names your registration date and your current status. It is the only record that ties your family to a date you can cite later.
Get the wording→A dated log of calls, letters, and appointments is what turns a wait into evidence you can hand to an MPP, a journalist, or a tribunal.
Start a timeline→A short email can include the May 13, 2026 figures and your registration month.
| Date | Source / record | What it supports | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | MCCSS Ontario Autism Program figures released under FOI to the Ontario Autism Coalition and published in its July 2026 update. | Current registration and active-agreement counts. | Primary |
| January 7, 2026 | CBC News FOI investigation of bi-weekly OAP progress reports, published March 30, 2026. | Earlier published progress-report column. | Reported |
| March 4, 2026 | MCCSS Ontario Autism Program progress report, FOI release CSS2026-0749, obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition. | March 4, 2026 registration and active-agreement counts shown in the historical chart. | Primary |
| February 29, 2024 | Financial Accountability Office of Ontario, MCCSS Spending Plan Review, June 2024. | Historical registration and program context. | Official |
Guides and tools related to this page.
Does OAP enrolment mean a child is receiving services?
No. As of 2026-05-13, 24,417 children and youth were enrolled in Core Clinical Services, while 20,711 had an active Core Funding Agreement. Enrolment includes people who accepted an invitation and had not exited; it does not establish that services are being received.
Source: MCCSS Ontario Autism Program figures, May 13, 2026, obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition under Freedom of Information · Open source record
How many children are on the Ontario autism waitlist in 2026?
As of May 13, 2026, 91,974 children are registered with the Ontario Autism Program. However, only 20,711 (22.5%) have an active Core Funding Agreement. This represents ~300% growth in registrations since 2019, with 71,263 children still waiting for essential funding.
Source: MCCSS FOI via OAC · May 2026 · Open source record
How long do families wait for Ontario autism services?
The reported wait for OAP Core Clinical Services funding is 5+ years for families registered in August 2021 (community-reported, Ontario Autism Coalition, July 2026). The FOI data does not contain a government-published average. Pending verification: Editorial review not recorded. Excluded from citation-ready exports.
Source: Ontario Autism Coalition, July 2026 · Open source record
Sources on this page
Key claims are paired with their source, evidence tier, and verification date so readers can inspect the public record directly.
91,974
children are registered in the Ontario Autism Program
22.5%
Only 20,711 children have active funding agreements (22.5%), less than one in four
$965M
Ontario allocated $965M to the Ontario Autism Program in 2026-27
WHO recommends accessible, community-based early interventions for children with autism. Timely evidence-based psychosocial interventions improve communication and social engagement
The FAO estimated $1.35 billion in annual OAP need at 2018-19 service levels for approximately 40,700 children in its 2020 report
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