OPP Missing Persons Annual Report Data

Under Section 8 of the Missing Persons Act, 2018, police services are required to report annually on their use of urgent demands for records under the Act and the Ministry of the Solicitor General is required to make the OPP’s annual report data publicly available.

The data includes:

  • year in which the urgent demands were reported
  • category of records
  • description of records accessed under each category
  • total number of times each category of records was demanded
  • total number of missing persons investigations which had urgent demands for records
  • total number of urgent demands for records made by OPP in a year.

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Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Ontario
Maintainer
Ministry of the Solicitor General
Author
Strategic Policy Division
Maintainer branch
Community Safety and Animal Welfare Policy Branch
Last Validated Date
June 1, 2026
Update frequency
Yearly

OPP Missing Persons Annual Report Data

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Date range: July 1, 2019 - December 31, 2025

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    OPP Missing Persons Act Annual Report Data Records English [12.4 KiB] Valid data

    Last Updated: June 1, 2026

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    OPP Missing Persons Act Annual Report Data Measures English [883 B] Valid data

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    The data includes: year in which the urgent demands were made /...

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Supporting Files

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    Data Dictionary English and French [24.5 KiB]

    Last Updated: June 1, 2026

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