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.

Title Year Sort ascending
15-Year-Old Netasinim: An Investigative Review
Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta
2016
Provincial/Territorial Protocol On Children, Youth and Families Moving Between Provinces and Territories
Government of British Columbia; Government of Alberta; Government of Manitoba; Government of Saskatchewan; Government of New Brunswick; Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; Government of Nova Scotia; Government of Prince Edward Island; Government of Northwest Territories; Government of Nunavut; Government of Yukon; Government of Ontario
2016
Response to the Advocate for Children and Youth Two Tragedies Report: February 2015 Status Update
Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services
2015
Legal Age for Leaving Children Unsupervised Across Canada, 2015
Ruiz-Casares, Mónica; Radic, Ivana
2015
Nova Scotia's child welfare system
Jennifer Nutton, Elizabeth Fast, & Vandna Sinha
2014
On Their Own: Examining the Needs of B.C. Youth as They Leave Government Care
British Columbia Representative for Children and Youth
2014
Manitoba's child welfare system, 2014
Milne, Lise; Kozlowski, Anna; Sinha, Vandna
2014
Saskatchewan's child welfare system, 2014
Fast, Elizabth; Simpson, Megan; Trocmé, Nico
2014
Saskatchewan Child Abuse Protocol 2014
Government of Saskatchewan
2014
Response to the Advocate for Children and Youth Two Tragedies Report: August 2014 Status Update
Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services
2014