The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released Interrupted Childhoods: Over-representation of Indigenous and Black children in Ontario child welfare. The report outlines findings from its public interest inquiry into whether First Nations, Métis and Inuit (Indigenous) and Black children are over-represented at children’s aid societies (CASs), particularly in admissions into care. Overall, the OHRC’s inquiry found that:
- Race-based data collection processes and practices are a patchwork across the sector
- Indigenous and Black children and youth are over-represented in admissions into care at many agencies in Ontario.
The following link provides a complete breakdown of the overrepresentation of indigenous youth in the Child Welfare Agencies of Ontario by region and locale.