Child Protection Reports

Case Data and Trends

Social workers assess each call that the ministry receives. If there is a safety concern then the ministry focuses on protecting the child(ren).

¹ "-" Indicates no count of new protection reports.

² At least one of the asterisks (“*”) indicates a count lower than 10 in the respective cell. The next “*”/s in the same column or row may have been masked for data privacy reasons.

³ The Vancouver Coastal Service Deliver Area houses the ministry's 24/7 Centralized Screening Team. This team handles protection reports from across the province. The total count of new protection reports includes 16,845 protection reports that were safely dealt with by Centralized Screening. These calls are reflected in Vancouver/Richmond but these calls come from all over the province.

In 2023/24, just over 50,000 protection reports were made, involving approximately 55,000 children and youth.

¹ "-" Indicates no count of new protection reports.

² At least one of the asterisks (“*”) indicates a count lower than 10 in the respective cell. The next “*”/s in the same column or row may have been masked for data privacy reasons.