Proportion of all children living in foster families who are 0 to 4 years of age, by province and territory, 2011

Source: CICH graphic created using data adapted from Statistics Canada, 2012, Families and Households Highlight Tables. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-312-XWE2011002. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/fam/index-eng.cfm?Lang=E -accessed March 19, 2017.

Almost a quarter of all children living in foster families in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Nunavut are under 5 years of age.

Only 11% of children living in foster families are under 5 in the province of Québec.