BY THE NUMBERS
Across 7 locations in the Greater Toronto Area and 77 years of community impact, these numbers offer a snapshot of the people we support between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026, unless otherwise noted.
Our impact at a glance:
People supported:
4,000+
Staff:
1,200
Student placements:
45
Supported Living
Supported Living helps people with an intellectual disability live with more independence, dignity, and connection, with support tailored to each person’s needs and goals.
Supported Living:
Group living:
343
Supported independent living:
171
Clustered supports (vertical communities):
227
(People supported in shared buildings with Direct Support staff onsite and supports)
Specialized Supports:
Specialized resource homes (adults):
10
Specialized resource homes (children):
6
Individualized supports:
28
Lifeshare:
9
LIGHTS:
LIGHTS families receiving funding:
40
LIGHTS families seeking advisory services:
638
(Since inception)
LIGHTS number of people helped reach their goal of independent living:
113
(Since inception)
Community Participation Supports
Through Community Participation Supports, people we support take part in inclusive experiences that reflect their interests, build skills, and foster meaningful connections, supporting their path to personal growth and belonging.
Community Participation Supports:
689
(Includes centre-based and community-based)
Fee-For-Service:
252
(Creative Village Studio across community locations and Community Junction)
Virtual supports:
25
Foster Clubhouse visits:
2,128
Food Bank visits:
752
Respite
Respite programs offer inclusive experiences that support wellbeing, build new skills, encourage connection, and provide time for the people we support and their families to rest and recharge.
Adult respite:
65
Shadow Lake Camp Guests:
485
Children’s respite:
67
Children’s respite (Autism focused, Ennerdale):
54
Children’s therapeutic respite:
7
Children’s respite (Autism focused):
35
Summer day respite (Shadow Lake Centre):
60
March Break camp:
7
Safe Bed:
3
Membership
Our members are at the heart of CLTO, coming together to advocate for inclusion and strengthen communities where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
Membership:
725
Volunteers:
416
Volunteer hours:
9470
Moms Supporting Moms:
200+
Moms retreat:
30
Dads Supporting Dads:
38
Friendly Connections:
500+
Education
Our education programs provide people with an intellectual disability and the broader community with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to support inclusion, build skills, and promote self-determination.
High School Outreach: Teaching Person-Directed Planning:
5
On-campus Postsecondary Experience Network
(IOPEN):
6
Spinclusion:
1,419
(Facilitated the game with 1419 students across the Greater Toronto Area)
Specialized Services
Personalized supports help people with an intellectual disability and their families enhance well-being, build independence, and respond to a range of evolving needs.
Clinical and Therapeutic
Supports:
Behaviour services:
103
Health and wellness services:
70
Early childhood services:
539
Specialized Programs:
Adult Protective Services:
277
Planning and Coordination:
Person-directed
planning:
90
Family support coordination (adults):
219
Family support coordination children):
80
Individualized Passport services support:
536
Workforce Training and System Impact:
Mental Health First Aid Training (staff):
40
Sexual health training (Staff):
45
(estimate)
Vacancies filled:
32
(Supporting people
entering services or moving
within group living and
supported living)
Employment
Employment Services support people in finding meaningful work that reflects their strengths, interests, and goals, while building skills and confidence in inclusive workplaces.
Employment Services:
Employment services intakes:
303
Total number of people found new gainful employment:
38
Project Search Toronto:
Participants:
10
Graduates:
10
Found employment:
6
Social Enterprise:
Sunrise Janitorial employees:
33
The Social Brew graduates:
8
The Social Brew events:
6
MyJobMatch:
MyJobMatch job seekers:
1,156
MyJobMatch: jobs filled:
445
MyJobMatch employers:
73
MyJobMatch disability focused organizations:
16
Digital Products
Digital tools are co-developed with people with an intellectual disability, families, and partners to deliver accessible information, practical resources, and technology that support independence across Ontario.
ConnectABILITY.ca monthly visitors:
13,453
ConnectABILITY.ca total visitors this year:
161,440
MyCommunityHub: registrants:
6,678
MyCommunityHub registrants:
27,045
(Since inception)
MyDirectPlan, Passport registrants
9,674
MyDirectPlan, Special Services at Home registrants:
12,374
MyJobMatch users:
1,049
MyJobMatch applications submitted:
319
And more
Individualized Passport services supports:
536
Early childhood services:
539
Behaviour services
103
