Understanding the over-representation of Black children in Ontario child welfare services

<p>This report describes maltreatment related investigations conducted in Ontario in 2018 that involved Black children and compares these investigations to those involving white children. </p> <p>These analyses present data from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2018 (OIS-2018), the sixth provincial study of maltreatment-related investigations conducted in the province. </p> <p>The report was prepared by the OIS-2018 Research Team at the request of One Vision One Voice, a program of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies.</p>