“It is easier to build a child than to fix an adult”

The Society for Orphaned Children in Canada

To contact us:

orphan-book@pobox.com

Statistics in Canada

Statistics Canada has no statistics on orphaned (abandoned) children in Canada. (Yet we have reams of statistics on overseas orphans.) We've obtained data from the several Canadian adoption organizations and agencies. There are 88,000 children in foster care in Canada (I believe the number is significantly higher because there are 30,423 children in foster care in Ontario alone and the numbers are similar in Alberta); of these, 49 per cent are "Crown Wards". In other words the Government is 'looking after' 49% of children in foster care.

 

It is far too easy to remove children from their homes. 25,000 are in foster care because their mothers are in jail - often on minor charges while legal processes delay. Abandonment issues are not considered or recognized.

 

“43% of children in foster care are violently abused”

 

Thousands of children in foster care are waiting for adults to "roll the dice" on their future.

 

The cost of one child in foster care for one year is $40,000. Another report suggests that 43 per cent of these children experience violence in the foster care setting.

 

These children exist in Ottawa and every city in Canada.  Their plight has not been brought to public attention. They are children who have fallen through the cracks.

 

Meanwhile, there are 22,000 foster children in Canada actively awaiting adoption. Every year these numbers increase while Canadian adoptions decrease.

These children exist in every city in Canada.

  It is an aspect of our country with so much wealth, that few people recognize.

“This is under Provincial Jurisdiction”

No documentation on our children—our future