Yukon

This section contains material related to child welfare in Yukon.

Statistics

Yukon: Children and youth in out-of-home care in 2022 ¹
Children in out-of-home care	Child (0-18) population	Rate per 1000
205	12,433	16.49

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). Original quantitative research – 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
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
Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office 2012 Annual Report	Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office	2012
Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office 2011 Annual Report	Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office	2011
Child and Youth Advocate Act		2009
Child and Family Services Act		2008
Geographic Location and Social Work Supervision in Child Welfare	Schmidt, Glen	2008
The Yukon’s child welfare system	Gough, Pamela	2008
Children's Law Act		2002

Legislation

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