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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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
15-Year-Old Jimmy: An Investigative Review

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta

2017
16-Year-Old Dillion Serious Injury: An Investigative Review

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta

2017
2016 Annual Report - Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth

Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth

2017
Defining ‘reasonable force’: Does it advance child protection?

Durrant, Joan E.
Fallon, Barbara
Lefebvre, Rachael
Allan, Kate

2017
10-Month-Old Lily: An Investigative Review

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta

2016