These figures cover children registered with the OAP. They exclude children still awaiting a diagnosis who cannot yet register.
A child can move into one stage without having completed the next.
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AccessOAP has accepted the child’s registration. This does not mean a Core Clinical Services invitation has arrived.
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The family has accepted a Core Clinical Services invitation and has not exited. This does not mean services are being received.
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A care coordinator works with the family to identify the child’s support-needs category and corresponding allocation.
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The signed Core Funding Agreement is active. This is the funded measure used in the May 13 snapshot.
The arithmetic separates enrolment from active funding.
Registered
91,974
All children and youth in the OAP count
Enrolled in core services
24,417
Accepted an invitation and not exited
Active funding agreements
20,711
Signed, active Core Funding Agreement
Without an active agreement
71,263
77.5% of registrations
Reconciliation: 91,974 registered minus 20,711 active agreements equals 71,263 without active funding. Enrolled minus active agreements equals 3,706 enrolled children without an active agreement.
Sign in to the AccessOAP portal or contact AccessOAP to confirm that contact information is current and whether an invitation or task requires action. Ask which of the four stages above applies. AccessOAP does not publish a reliable numbered position that this site can calculate.
Open AccessOAPIn July 2026, the Ontario Autism Coalition reported from community information that invitations were reaching some children registered in August 2021. The government does not publish a current province-wide invitation month, and families do not move through every stage at identical speeds. Use the cohort as contextual evidence of a multi-year wait, not as a personal forecast.
The headline counts are MCCSS Ontario Autism Program figures as of May 13, 2026, released in response to an Ontario Autism Coalition Freedom of Information request. End The Wait Ontario preserves the distinctions in the source: registered, enrolled, and active agreement are not interchangeable.
The snapshot is point-in-time administrative data. It does not measure therapy hours, whether a funded family has found a provider, clinical outcomes, or children awaiting diagnosis.
Download and cite the verified OAP access snapshotAs of May 13, 2026, 91,974 children and youth were registered with the Ontario Autism Program. 20,711 had an active Core Funding Agreement, leaving 71,263 without an active agreement. The figures exclude children still awaiting an autism diagnosis who cannot yet register.
No. The May 13, 2026 data counts 24,417 children as enrolled in Core Clinical Services, but only 20,711 had an active Core Funding Agreement. Enrolment includes people who accepted an invitation and have not exited, including some still waiting for a Determination of Needs meeting or funding agreement.
The government data does not publish a province-wide average wait. The Ontario Autism Coalition reported in July 2026, based on community information, that invitations were reaching children registered in August 2021. Treat that cohort as community-reported context, not a government-published position calculator.
Sign in to the AccessOAP portal or contact AccessOAP to confirm whether registration information is current and whether an invitation or task requires action. AccessOAP does not provide a reliable public numbered waitlist position, and this site cannot calculate one.
After accepting an invitation, a family works with an AccessOAP care coordinator and completes the Determination of Needs process. The resulting age-and-support-needs category maps to a published funding allocation. The family then signs a Core Funding Agreement before the funding is active.
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 · Verify Link
Written by Spencer Carroll
Founder & Autism Advocate
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