Incidents of online child exploitation continue to steadily increase. The need for protection to ensure predators do not exploit children’s vulnerability has never been greater.
Between September 22 and 26, 2025, 14 agencies from the Provincial Strategy to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet (Provincial Strategy) focused on reports of children self-exploiting online. Police spoke with 282 impacted families and observed that the average age of the children generating the material was between five and nine years old.
The Provincial Strategy coordinates law enforcement partners across the province to combat child sexual abuse on the internet. Strategy partners share information, resources and investigative techniques and coordinate on investigations.
Provincial Strategy members urge all parents to remain vigilant and to intensify their involvement to further strengthen the collective effort to protect children from victimization. Members of the public are invited to learn more about how to keep children safe at Canadian Centre for Child Protection or cybertip.ca.
Anyone with information regarding instances of child exploitation is asked to contact their local police. Report any instances of online child abuse to police or cybertip.ca. If a child is being harmed, call 9-1-1.
A video highlighting this project is available on the OPP YouTube Channel: YouTube.com/OntarioProvincialPolice.
(Richard Evans)