Mental Health Act Apprehensions
This dataset includes Mental Health Act Apprehensions from 2014.
MHA Apprehensions of individuals aged 17 and under have been omitted to protect youth identity. From 2014 to 2020, these individuals comprised 6.5% (4,724 of 71,717) of all MHA Apprehensions, with individuals under 12 comprising 0.4% (320 of 71,717), and 12-17 comprising 6.1% (4,404 of 71,717) respectively. There are instances where an individual’s age group is classified as “Not Recorded”; these account for 1.3% (915 of 71,717) of all MHA Apprehensions.
There are instances where an individual’s sex is classified as “Not Recorded”. In line with recommendations 5f, 11c, and 25c in Police Reform in Toronto: Systemic Racism, Alternative Community Safety and Crisis Response Models and Building New Confidence in Public Safety, Toronto Police Service continues to work in partnership towards enhancing data collection to include non-binary gender options.
Each row in the dataset represents a distinct MHA Apprehension and this dataset is queried based on reported date. Please note while each row represents the apprehension of an individual under the Mental Health Act, a unique individual may have been apprehended multiple times and thus account for multiple records of apprehensions.
MHA Apprehension types are as follows:
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MHA Section 17 (Police Officer’s Power of Apprehension);
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MHA Section 15 (Form 1 - Physician - Application for Psychiatric Assessment);
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MHA Section 16 (Form 2 – Justice of the Peace – Order for Examination);
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MHA Section 28 (1) (Form 9 - Elopee - Order for Return); and,
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MHA Section 33.4 (Form 47 - Community Treatment Order for Examination).
Note: Fields have been included for both the old 140 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure as well as the new 158 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure.
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| Last Updated | December 17, 2025, 18:40 (UTC) |
| Created | December 17, 2025, 18:40 (UTC) |
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Domain / Topic
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Public safety |
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Mental Health Act Apprehensions |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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This dataset includes Mental Health Act Apprehensions from 2014. MHA Apprehensions of individuals aged 17 and under have been omitted to protect youth identity. From 2014 to 2020, these individuals comprised 6.5% (4,724 of 71,717) of all MHA Apprehensions, with individuals under 12 comprising 0.4% (320 of 71,717), and 12-17 comprising 6.1% (4,404 of 71,717) respectively. There are instances where an individual’s age group is classified as “Not Recorded”; these account for 1.3% (915 of 71,717) of all MHA Apprehensions. There are instances where an individual’s sex is classified as “Not Recorded”. In line with recommendations 5f, 11c, and 25c in Police Reform in Toronto: Systemic Racism, Alternative Community Safety and Crisis Response Models and Building New Confidence in Public Safety, Toronto Police Service continues to work in partnership towards enhancing data collection to include non-binary gender options. Each row in the dataset represents a distinct MHA Apprehension and this dataset is queried based on reported date. Please note while each row represents the apprehension of an individual under the Mental Health Act, a unique individual may have been apprehended multiple times and thus account for multiple records of apprehensions. MHA Apprehension types are as follows:
Note: Fields have been included for both the old 140 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure as well as the new 158 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure. |
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Metadata Identifier
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Published Date
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2022-10-07 |
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License
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License not specified |
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Location
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https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/mental-health-apprehensions |
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Data Service
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Owner
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Toronto Police Services, Analytics & Innovation, [email protected] |
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[email protected] |
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Author
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[email protected] |
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Author Email
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[email protected] |
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Identifier
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Contains data about individuals
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Contains data about identifiable individuals
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Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
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Platform type of the source portal.
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Version
Version of the datatset
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Source
Source of the dataset.
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https://data.torontopolice.on.ca/maps/mental-health-act-apprehensions-open-data |
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Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
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