Child Welfare Facts and Figures

• In Ontario, there are 50 designated children’s aid societies and Indigenous Child and Family Well-Being Agencies (child welfare agencies). Thirteen are Indigenous Child and Family Well-Being agencies and three are faith-based (two Catholic and one Jewish).

In the fiscal year 2024-2025*:

• On a monthly average, there were more than 7,700^ children and youth between the ages of 0-22 in care or receiving transition supports.   
• More than one-half (56%) of those in care or receiving supports were youth aged 16-22+ (as of the end of the fiscal year). 
• Approximately 125,000 calls and referrals were made. More than 63,000 of these required a full child protection investigation. 
  • The rest of these referrals did not require a full investigation and/or were referred to services available in the community. 
• Of the investigations that were completed, 86% did not require further protection services. 

* These numbers were reported from 37 non-Indigenous member agencies. They are derived from the Q4 2024-2025 Child Welfare Transfer Payment Supplementary Reports (as of August 29, 2025).

^ This includes 3,937 children and youth in the care of a child welfare agency or in customary care; 491 youth receiving supports through a Voluntary Youth Services Agreement (VYSA); and 3,307 young adults 18+ years old receiving services through the Ready, Set, Go program. This excludes 2,782 children and youth in kinship service. For more information, view our infographic here.

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