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	Authors	Year
The structure of Aboriginal child welfare in Canada	Sinha, Vandna Kozlowski, Anna	2013
Understanding the investigation-stage overrepresentation of First Nations children in the child welfare system: An analysis of the First Nations component of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2008	Sinha, Vandna Trocmé, Nico Fallon, Barbara MacLaurin, Bruce	2013
Aboriginal children suffer while governments ignore Jordan’s Principle	MacDonald, Noni E.	2012
Are we doing enough? A status report on Canadian public policy and child and youth health, 2012 edition	Canadian Paediatric Society	2012
Children's best interests and intimate partner violence in the Canadian family law and child protection systems	Hughes, Judy Chau, Shirley	2012
CIS-2008 Major Findings Supplementary Tables: Caregiver Age by Primary Substantiated Maltreatment and Risk	Allan, Kate Lefebvre, Rachael Trocmé, Nico Fallon, Barbara	2012
CIS-2008 Major Findings Supplementary Tables: Child Age and Sex by Primary Substantiated Maltreatment and Risk	Lefebvre, Rachael Fallon, Barbara Trocmé, Nico	2012
CIS-2008 Major Findings Supplementary Tables: Child Functioning Concerns by Primary Substantiated Maltreatment and Risk	Lefebvre, Rachael Trocmé, Nico Fallon, Barbara	2012
CIS-2008 Major Findings Supplementary Tables: Child Welfare Court by Primary Substantiated Maltreatment and Risk	Lefebvre, Rachael Fallon, Barbara Trocmé, Nico	2012
CIS-2008 Major Findings Supplementary Tables: Duration of Maltreatment by Primary Substantiated Maltreatment	Allan, Kate Lefebvre, Rachael Trocmé, Nico Fallon, Barbara	2012