Manitoba’s child- welfare system by the numbers
Posted Dec 20, 2015 10:00:03 AM.
Last Updated Dec 20, 2015 10:40:10 AM.
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WINNIPEG – Some facts about Manitoba’s child-welfare system:
— 10,293 children in care in 2014
— 57 per cent are permanent wards
— 87 per cent of the children in care are indigenous
— 22 per cent of all First Nations children end up in care at some point in their lives compared with slightly more than 1.5 per cent of non-indigenous children
— Indigenous families are investigated for abuse or neglect at a rate four times higher than non-indigenous families
— Three per cent of infants in Manitoba are placed in care
— Manitoba seizes an average of one newborn baby a day
— 45 per cent of apprehended newborns have developmental or addiction issues
— 7.5 per cent of all Manitoba children have been in care by the time they are seven years old
(Sources: The Children’s Advocate, Phoenix Sinclair inquiry, Manitoba government, University of Manitoba)
