policy & legislation

This section contains information on Canadian child welfare legislation and policy. In Canada, child welfare services are provincially and territorially funded and legislated, with the exception of federally funded services to First Nations peoples living on reserves. In accordance with individual agreements negotiated between First Nations communities, provincial/territorial governments, and the federal government, an increasing number of First Nations are delivering child and family services in accordance with provincial and territorial child welfare laws.

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Newfoundland & Labrador's Child Welfare System Information Sheet

Tremblett, Sarah
Trocmé, Nico
Delaye, Ashleigh

 

2021
Nova Scotia Child Welfare Services Information Sheet

Tremblett, Sarah
Trocmé, Nico
Delaye, Ashleigh

2021
Vaccination and Child Welfare: Does vaccine hesitancy constitute medical neglect?

Allan, Kate
Livingston, Eliza

2021
Annual Report 2019/20

Children, Seniors and Social Development Newfoundland and Labrador

2020
Children in Out-of-Home Care in Canada in 2019

Saint-Girons, Marie
Trocmé, Nico
Esposito, Tonino
Fallon, Barbara 

2020
Worlds Apart: Canadian Companion to UNICEF Report Card 16

UNICEF Canada

2020
Worlds Apart: Canadian Summary of UNICEF Report Card 16

UNICEF Canada

2020
Worlds of Influence: Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Counties. Innocenti Report Card 16.

Gromada, Anna

Rees, Gwyther

Chzhen, Yekaterina

2020
17-Year-Old Susan: An Investigative Review

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta

2018
19-Year-Old Dakota: An Investigative Review

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta

2018