Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 2: Child Welfare (1-5)

% Indigenous Children in Care

January 1, 1970
Province# of Indig. children in care (0-15 yrs)Indigenous Population (0-15 yrs)% Children in Care# of Fully Delegated Indigenous agencies
BC8.0%55%24 of 30
Alberta9.0%69%18 of 25
Saskatchewan25.0%65%17 of 21
Manitoba23%87%17 of 23 2 are Metis
Ontario3.0%21%12 of 50
Quebec2.0%10%8 of 16
New Brunswick3.0%23%11 of 11
Nova Scotia6.0%23%1
PEI
Nfld & Labrador11.0%34%0
Yukon33.0%64% –
NWT61%95% –
Nunavut85%94% –
Totals14,000+7%48%

Fig. 1: 2011 Census; Aboriginal Children in Care: Report to Canada’s Premiers, July 2015, Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal + other sources

https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/Aboriginal Children in Care Report %28July 2015%29.pdf