New Brunswick

This section contains material related to child welfare in New Brunswick.

Statistics

New Brunswick: Children and youth in out-of-home care in 2022¹
Children in out-of-home care	Child (0-18) population	Rate per 1000
1,083	143, 925	7.52

Child welfare services fall under the jurisdiction of provincial and territorial authorities, making it difficult to compile statistics at the national level.

The most notable variations between provinces include, mandate variation by jurisdiction with respect to the age to which children are eligible for service, differences in the length of time a child can receive out-of-home care and the definition of out-of-home care.

References

¹ Pollock, N., Ouédraogo, A., Trocmé, N., Hovdestad, W., Miskie, A., Crompton, L., Campeau, A., Tanaka, M., Zhang, C., Laprise, C., Tonmyr, L. (2024) Rates of out-of-home care among children in Canada: an analysis of national administrative child welfare data. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada (44)4.https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.44.4.02

Publications

Title	Authors	Year
Behind Closed Doors: A Story of Neglect	New Brunswick Office of the Child and Youth Advocate	2019
State of the child report: special focus: youth criminal justice	New Brunswick Office of the Child and Youth Advocate	2017
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
State of the child report: respecting the right to child and youth mental health services	Office of the Child and Youth Advocate	2016
Children's rights impact assessments: A primer for New Brunswick	Whalen, Christian; Kotze, Gavin; Pollack, Candice Ashley, & Office of the Child and Youth Advocate	2015
Family Group Conferences in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick	Poirier Baiani, Geraldine; Rapaport, Joan	2015
Keeping children and youth safe from harm in New Brunswick: a five year strategy by New Brunswickers	Province of New Brunswick	2015
A Long Road Home: An Account of the First Ever New Brunswick Youth In Care Hearings	New Brunswick Youth In Care Network Cormier, Mathieu (Ed.)	2014
First Nations Child Welfare in New Brunswick	Kozlowski, Anna SInha, Vandna Levi, Judy	2012
New Brunswick Department of Social Development: 2010-2011 Annual Report	Department of Social Development

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