National

Child welfare services fall under the mandate of provincial and territorial governments, including a rapidly expanding system of Aboriginal child welfare authorities. This section contains material related to federal initiatives concerned with child welfare services as well as statistics compiled at the national level.

All Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect reports can be found here.

Title	Year of Publication
Information Sheet Financial Strain, Child Maltreatment and the Great Recession in Canada	2015
Information Sheet Foster Care Disparity for Aboriginal Children in 2011	2015
Information Sheet Foster Care Disparity for First Nations Children in 2011	2015
Journal article How do social workers respond to potential child neglect?	2015
Information Sheet How is Jordan’s Principle related to the Tribunal?	2015
Other Jordan's Principle Infographic	2015
Report Jordan’s Principle – Background Information	2015
Report Jordan’s Principle Advocacy Needed Soon	2015
Information Sheet Legal Age for Leaving Children Unsupervised Across Canada	2015
Information Sheet Long-term Trends in Out of Home Care for On-reserve First Nations Children	2015