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
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Infants in Canada in 2019	Joh-Carnella, Nicolette Fallon, Barbara Saint-Girons, Marie	2021
Denouncing the Continued Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canadian Child Welfare: Findings from the First Nations/Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2019	Fallon, Barbara Lefebvre, Rachael Trocmé, Nico Richard, Kenn Hélie, Sonia Montgomery, Monty Bennett, Marlyn Joh-Carnella, Nicolette Saint-Girons, Marie Filippelli, Joanne MacLaurin, Bruce Black, Tara Esposito, Tonino King, Bryn Collin-Vézina, Delphine* Dallaire, Rachelle Gray, Richard Levi, Judy Orr, Martin Petti, Tara Thomas Prokop, Shelley Soop, Shannon *Subsequent authors are listed alphabetically	2021
Disparities in Investigation Characteristics by Age in Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations and Non-Indigenous Children in Canada in 2019	Joh-Carnella, Nicolette Fallon, Barbara Saint-Girons, Marie	2021
Exploring the health care utilization of children and youth in the care of child welfare: a retrospective matched cohort study	Breneol, S. Rose, H. Brown, M. Andreou, P. Bishop, A. Mitchell, C.	2021
Household Risk Factors in Investigations Involving First Nations Children Living On Reserve and Off Reserve and Non-Indigenous Children in Canada in 2019	Joh-Carnella, Nicolette Fallon, Barbara Saint-Girons, Marie	2021
Legal Age for Leaving Children Unsupervised Across Canada	Ruiz-Casares, Mónica Kilinc, Deniz	2021
Primary Caregiver Risk Factors in Investigations Involving First Nations and Non-Indigenous Children in Canada in 2019	Joh-Carnella, Nicolette Fallon, Barbara Saint-Girons, Marie	2021
The Efficacy of Birth Alerts: Literature Scan	Sistovaris, M., Sansone, G., Fallon, B. & Miller, S.	2021
Utilizing Information and Communication Technologies for the Provision of Child Welfare Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Sajedinejad, S., Sansone, G., Fallon, B., Miller, S., Birken, C., Denburg, A., Jenkins, J., Levine, J., Mishna, F., Sokolowski, M., & Stewart, S.	2021
Who gets services and who does not? Multi-level approach to the decision for ongoing child welfare or referral to specialized services	Jud, A., Fallon, B., & Trocmé, N.	2021