Until 1998, the Metro Youth Council was an organization working in the former Metropolitan Toronto region to empower youth to act ontheir issues through education, activism, and peer support. Until 1998, the Ontario Coalition for Children and Youth was a provincial organization working to equip young people with the skills they need to act on issues of concern for them and their communities. In 1998, the two organisations joined together, creating a new space for young people across Ontario to share information, network, and mobilise around issues of concern to youth.

The Ontario Young Peoples Alliance is a children and youth driven organisation creating a learning inclusive culture that mobilises young people to help themselves and each other. Through resource-sharing, networking, and facilitating community-implemented programs, we actively participate in the healthy development of our communities locally, regionally, and provincially throughout Ontario. We want to build and facilitate and powerful, proactive and informed peoples awareness, understanding, and participation in all decision-making processes, especially those that affect our lives.