Child Welfare Facts and Figures
- In Ontario, there are 50 designated Children’s Aid Societies. Eleven Children’s Aid Societies are Indigenous agencies and three are religious (two Catholic and one Jewish).
In fiscal year 2017-2018*:
- On a monthly average, there are almost 12,000 children and youth in care.
- There are over 8,700 full-time equivalent staff in Children’s Aid Societies across Ontario.
- More than 158,000 calls and referrals were made, approximately 84,000 of which required investigations.
- Of the investigations that were completed, 80% did not require further protection.
*These numbers are reported from 43 of our 48 member agencies.
The most current provincial numbers, from fiscal year 2014-2015:
- The highest number of referrals (in order) were from law enforcement, schools, other Children’s Aid Societies, self (mother/father/child), and community caregiver/professionals.
- The top five reasons for children and families becoming involved with Children’s Aid (in order) are request for assistance, child exposure to partner violence, caregiver with a problem, physical force and/or maltreatment, and inadequate supervision.
- Youth aged 16-18 are the highest represented age group in care.
- More than 36% of adoptions were by the foster family the child had been living with.
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