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Legislation

This section contains links to national, provincial and territorial legislation acts related to child welfare.

National

Indian Act
Youth Criminal Justice Act
Criminal Code of Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

 

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HIGHLIGHTS

The Commission to Promote Sustainable Child Welfare's final report titled: Realizing a Sustainable Child Welfare System in Ontario has been released. 

The Quebec Incidence Study 2008 has been released.

The Ontario Incidence Study 2008 has been released, along with six information sheets.

Information Sheets

Click here to access more than 80 concise information sheets on Canadian child welfare.

Most recent information sheets:
  • Child and family poverty in Canada: Implications for child welfare research
  • Physical Abuse and Physical Punishment in Canada
  • A Profile of Unfounded Risk Investigations in Ontario in 2008

Canadian Research in Brief

35th Edition (April 2013)
Goldstein et al: The relationship between post-traumatic stress symptoms and substance use among adolescents involved with child welfare
Guibord et al: Risk and protective factors for depression and substance use in an adolescent child welfare sample
Piotrowski: Patterns of adjustment among siblings exposed to intimate partner violence.
Singh et al: Determinants of substance abuse in a population of children and adolescents involved with the child welfare system
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Research Watch

Child welfare: Organizational culture can affect worker retention
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