Quebec

The Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (Ministère de la Santé et Services sociaux) is responsible for providing protection services to children and youth in accordance with the mandate outlined in the Youth Protection Act. There are currently 16 Youth Centres (YC) and three multi-mission centres across the province.  Both of these centres are responsible for services under the Youth Protection Act as well as the Youth Criminal Justice Act (2002). In each centre, there is a director of youth protection (DYP) who is responsible for enforcing the Youth Protection Act. The DYP also has the powers of a provincial director under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. In the youth protection system in Quebec, the intervention process consists of the following stages: receiving and processing a report (intake), evaluating the situation (investigation), orienting the child (intervention planning), and implementing interventions and reviewing the situation. These stages are carried out in separate administrative units, except for the evaluation and orientation stages which are carried out by the same workers.

There are several First Nations and Inuit child welfare agencies across the province which serve children living on reserve. First Nations and Inuit children living off reserve or in regions without a designated First Nations Child and Family Service Agency are served through local DYP offices. First Nations Child Welfare Agencies in Quebec are required to uphold the Youth Protection Act.

For more information, please see the information sheet on Quebec's child welfare system.

Title Authors Year of Publication
Information Sheet
Quebec's child welfare system

Tremblett, Sarah

Trocmé, Nico

Delaye, Ashleigh

Report
First Nations/Quebec Incidence Study of Child Maltreatment and Serious Behaviour Problems Investigated by Child Protection Services in 2019 - Report FN/QIS-2019

Hélie, S.

Trocmé, N.

Collin-Vézina, D.

Esposito, T.

Saint-Girons, M.

Morin, S. 

Report
VOLET PREMIÈRES NATIONS de l’Étude d’incidence québécoise sur les situations évaluées en protection de la jeunesse en 2019 - ÉIQ /PN-2019

Hélie, S.

Trocmé, N.

Collin-Vézina, D. 

Esposito, T.

Saint-Girons, M. 

Morin, S. 

Other
Investigation into the situation of Inuit children under the residential care of the CIUSSS-de-l'Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montreal and the Ungava Tulattavik Health Centre - Summary.

Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse.

Report
The system is "broken": concrete actions are needed to end systemic discrimination

The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)

Journal article
Temporary placements: A crisis-management strategy for physically abused children?

Hébert, Sophie T.
Hélie, Sonia
Esposito, Tonino

Report
Quebec Incidence Study 2014 (ÉIQ-2014): Provincial Portrait

Hélie, Sonia
Collin-Vézina, Delphine
Turcotte, Daniel
Trocmé, Nico
Esposito, Tonino
Girouard, Nadine

Report
Quebec Incidence Study 2014 (ÉIQ-2014): Highlights

Hélie, Sonia
Collin-Vézina, Delphine
Turcotte, Daniel
Trocmé, Nico
Girouard, Nadine

Report
Quebec Incidence Study 2014 (ÉIQ-2014): Appendices

Hélie, Sonia
Collin-Vézina, Delphine
Turcotte, Daniel
Trocmé, Nico
Girouard, Nadine

Journal article
Out-of-home placement and regional variations in poverty and health and social services spending: A multilevel analysis

Esposito, Tonino
Chabot, Martin
Rothwell, David W.
Trocmé, Nico
Delaye, Ashleigh