Provincial Studies
Ontario Incidence Study (OIS)
The Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS) is designed to collect information about the children and families who are investigated by child welfare services on a periodic basis, using a standardized set of definitions, from every jurisdiction in Ontario. There have been four cycles of the study, conducted in 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008.
The OIS-2008 was conducted through a partnership among the federal (Public Health Agency of Canada) and provincial governments, child welfare service providers including provincial level First Nations child welfare organizations, university-based researchers of multiple disciplines, and child advocates. Click here to find out more about the OIS...
Click here to download the OIS-2008 Major Findings Report
Click here to access six new OIS-2008 Information Sheets
Étude d'incidence québécoise (EIQ)
Data were collected in Québec using an automated electronic data collection instrument generated through the provincial client information system (Projet Intégration Jeunesse-PIJ). Adapting the CIS data form and sampling procedure to this new method was led by a team of researchers at McGill University, Université Laval and Centre Jeunesse de Montréal - Institut Universitaire. This modified procedure was used in part to test the cost and feasibility of using similar methods in other jurisdictions in future cycles of the CIS. Click here to find out more about the EIQ...
