The Ontario Disability Support Program provides income support and health-related benefits to people with disabilities who are in need of financial assistance. The employment supports component of the program offers a range of services to help people with disabilities to look for, obtain or maintain jobs.

Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities provides a benefit for parents caring for children with severe disabilities at home. In July 2020, there were 24,509 ACSD cases receiving this benefit on behalf of 29,562 children.

Ontario Disability Support Program Caseload and Beneficiaries Month Singles - Cases1 Singles - Beneficiaries2 Couples - Cases1 Couples - Beneficiaries2 Sole Support Parents - Cases1 Sole Support Parents - Beneficiaries2 All Family Structures - Cases1 All Family Structures - Beneficiaries2 Jul-2020 300,896 300,896 45,111 133,547 34,677 89,852 380,684 524,295 Jun-2020 300,410 300,410 44,953 133,059 34,643 89,696 380,006 523,165 May-2020 300,578 300,578 45,073 133,253 34,516 89,305 380,167 523,136 Apr-2020 301,441 301,441 45,792 135,198 34,453 89,058 381,686 525,697 Mar-2020 300,981 300,981 45,847 135,234 34,364 88,797 381,192 525,012 Feb-2020 299,304 299,304 45,198 133,425 34,300 88,642 378,802 521,371 Jan-2020 299,752 299,752 45,668 134,764 34,310 88,635 379,730 523,151 Dec-2019 299,157 299,157 45,607 134,455 34,251 88,508 379,015 522,120 Nov-2019 299,112 299,112 45,657 134,569 34,197 88,308 378,966 521,989 Oct-2019 299,120 299,120 46,215 136,074 34,180 88,230 379,515 523,424 Sep-2019 297,918 297,918 45,549 134,230 34,136 88,062 377,603 520,210 Aug-2019 298,503 298,503 46,278 136,298 34,115 87,887 378,896 522,688 Jul-2019 298,201 298,201 46,344 136,397 34,036 87,659 378,581 522,257 Jun-2019 296,097 296,097 45,561 134,184 33,817 87,081 375,475 517,362 May-2019 297,141 297,141 46,459 136,662 33,787 86,990 377,387 520,793 Apr-19 296,318 296,318 46,140 135,726 33,667 86,708 376,125 518,752 Mar-19 295,541 295,541 46,423 136,311 33,545 86,373 375,509 518,225 Feb-19 294,357 294,357 46,146 135,563 33,399 85,971 373,902 515,891 Jan-19 294,196 294,196 46,248 135,743 33,305 85,714 373,749 515,653 Dec-18 292,852 292,852 45,710 134,091 33,191 85,375 371,753 512,318 Nov-18 293,415 293,415 46,392 135,904 33,148 85,220 372,955 514,539 Oct-18 293,094 293,094 46,432 135,892 33,064 85,014 372,590 514,000 Sep-18 291,070 291,070 45,586 133,721 32,890 84,566 369,546 509,357 Aug-18 291,460 291,460 46,264 135,534 32,868 84,444 370,592 511,438 Jul-18 290,062 290,062 45,904 134,546 32,648 83,851 368,614 508,459 Jun-18 289,482 289,482 46,008 134,665 32,404 83,173 367,894 507,320 May-18 288,689 288,689 46,179 135,032 32,194 82,568 367,062 506,289 Apr-18 286,655 286,655 45,294 132,434 31,971 81,897 363,920 500,986 Change since Jun 2020 486 486 158 488 34 156 678 1,130 Change since Jun 2020 (%) 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%

1 - A case refers to a single individual or a family unit on social assistance.

2 - The number of beneficiaries refers to the total number of single individuals and heads of family units on social assistance plus all their dependents (i.e., spouses, dependent children and dependent adults).

Numbers may not add up due to rounding.