Coroner’s Inquest Recommendations and Responses
This dataset provides information about mandatory and discretionary coroner’s inquests in Ontario.
This dataset reflects the recommendations made by the inquest jury at the conclusion of the inquest, the organizations who were asked to respond to the recommendations and their responses, where available.
The information in this dataset can be linked to the Decedent Data dataset based on the Inquest Number.
Note: The names of youth (ages 0 to 18) who were the subject of an inquest have been redacted from all recommendations, responses, and any other instance where their name may have appeared in the dataset.
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Data dictionary
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Numeric |
The calendar year in which the inquest was held. |
| Inquest_No. | Text |
The Officer of the Chief Coroner's unique identifier for an inquest file. |
| Targeted_Organization | Text |
The ministry, agency, organization, or business in which the recommendation is directed to. |
| Recommendation | Text |
The recommendations made by the inquest jury at the conclusion of an inquest. |
| Response1 | Text |
The response made to a recommendation from the targeted organization as received by the Office of the Chief Coroner. |
| Response2 | Text |
The additional response made to a recommendation from the targeted organization, if any. |
| Response3 | Text |
The additional response made to a recommendation from the targeted organization, if any. |
| Response4 | Text |
The additional response made to a recommendation from the targeted organization, if any. |
| Response5 | Text |
The additional response made to a recommendation from the targeted organization, if any. |
| Response6 | Text |
The additional response made to a recommendation from the targeted organization, if any. |
| Response7 | Text |
The additional response made to a recommendation from the targeted organization, if any. |
Additional information
- Last updated
- March 21, 2025
- Created
- March 21, 2025
- Format
- text/csv
- File size
- 4.5 MiB
- Licence
- Open Government Licence – Ontario
- Name
- Coroner’s Inquest Recommendations and Responses
- Type
- Data
- Language
- English
- Data made public date
- March 21, 2025
- Data range start
- January 1, 2018
- Data range end
- December 31, 2024
- Validation status
- success
- Validation timestamp
- 2025-03-21T17:58:58.082082
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