How many children are in the care of child welfare systems in Canada?
In 2007, there were an estimated 67,000 children in out-of-home care across Canada (Mulcahy and Trocmé, 2010). Because child welfare services fall under the jurisdiction of provincial and territorial authorities each province has different legislation pertaining to child protection interventions, making it difficult to compare rates of children in out-of-home care across provinces.
