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YMCA of Greater Toronto Annual Impact Report 2022–2023

YMCA of Greater Toronto is a major Canadian charity operating across 460+ locations in the Greater Toronto Area, serving 679,209 participants in 2022–23. As Canada's largest not-for-profit child care provider, it played a central role in reducing child care fees by 50% under the national Early Learning and Child Care system. Key programmes include youth services, immigrant settlement, employment support, health and fitness, and the Y Mind mental health programme for young people. The charity has 6,239 employees and 1,949 volunteers, with total revenue of $277.8 million.

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Child care and family services (265,182 participants); youth services including homelessness support (141,884); health and fitness (135,036); immigrant services (66,611); employment services (29,472); camping and outdoor education (30,456); Y Mind early intervention mental health programme for ages 13–30; Youth for Entrepreneurship programme; global initiatives Custom geography from upload: Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 679,209 total participants across all programmes in 2022–23
Key Metric 2 $277.8 million total revenue; 12,266 people received financial assistance totalling $3.33 million
Key Metric 3 6,239 employees and 1,949 volunteers across 460+ locations in the Greater Toronto Area

Key Outcomes

  • Child care fees reduced by 50% on average as part of Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system — YMCA GTA is the largest not-for-profit child care provider in Canada
  • Y Mind evidence-based mental health programme scaled nationally to support young people aged 13–30 experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and depression
  • Two new Centres of Community opened, bringing total locations to 460+; research shows improved wellbeing, mental health and sense of belonging in neighbourhoods with a YMCA presence

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
33,600+ people directly supported; 52,000+ indirectly supported (2025)
Key Metric 2
£19.6M raised in fundraising income, up £3.4M on 2024
Key Metric 3
352 socially isolated people supported by community outreach (up 11%)
97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction