Child Welfare Across Canada
Child welfare services fall under the mandate of Provincial and Territorial governments, including a rapidly expanding system of Aboriginal child welfare authorities. This section contains material related to Federal initiatives concerned with child welfare services as well as statistics compiled at the national level.
National - Statistics
Primary Categories of Substantiated Child Maltreatment Investigations in Canada, excluding Quebec, in 2003 and in 1998.
| 1998* | 2003** | |
|---|---|---|
| Child population | 4,829,630 | 4,657,121 |
| Number of Child Investigations | 135,573 | 217,319 |
| Incidence of child maltreatment per 1000 children | 21.52 | 45.68 |
| Categories of Maltreatment | Number | Rate per 1000 children | Number | Rate per 1000 children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - physical abuse | 14,153 | 2.25 | 25,257 | 5.31 |
| - sexual abuse | 5,449 | 0.86 | 2,935 | 0.62 |
| - neglect | 23,059 | 3.66 | 30,366 | 6.38 |
| - emotional maltreatment | 13,887 | 2.20 | 15,369 | 3.23 |
| - exposure to domestic violence | N/A | N/A | 29,370 | 6.17 |
*Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., Fallon, B., Daciuk, J., Billingsley, D., Tourigny, M., Mayer, M., Wright, J., Barter, K., Burford, G., Hornick, J., Sullivan, R., McKenzie, B. (1998). Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 1998: Final Report.
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**Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., Fallon, B., Daciuk, J., Felstiner, C., Black, T., Tonmyr, L. Blackstock, C., Barter, K., Turcotte, D. & Cloutier, R. (2003). Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2003: Final Report.
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