[The above table was last updated on 23 December 2011.]

According to a 2008 study by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Representative for children and youth in B.C.),

• 44% of adolescents receiving services from MCFD end up facing criminal charges;
• 36% of kids in care are going to jail;
• only 24% of foster children finish high school.

(source document: Lori Culbert, Canwest News Service published: Thursday, June 26, 2008).

• 41.2% of children (12-17) in care appear in youth court (Table 1 of this joint major study) versus 6.4% of general population, be mindful that children under the age of 12 cannot be charged of criminal offence in Canada;
• 24.5% of children in care graduate versus 74.4% of general population (Table 5 of this joint major study);
• 88.6% of children in care receive income assistance by the age of 19 versus 29.5% of general population (Table 7 of this joint major study)

[added on February 24, 2009]

• Children in care are nearly three times more likely to consider suicide – and nearly six times more likely to have attempted suicide at least once – than youth who have never been in care.
• Aboriginal children and children in care are less likely to experience success in school.
• Children in care are more likely to engage in risky behaviour, such as using tobacco, alcohol and drugs.
• Children in care are more likely to have gone to bed hungry.
• Youth in care consistently talked about the challenges they face in everyday life, such as creating and maintaining long-term relationships, having no-one to see them graduate, not having adult support or financial means to encourage them to do well in school or apply for post-secondary education.

[added on October 20, 2010]

The Ministry often seeks child protection hearings that require many court days. This will guarantee that hearings will take place far in the future, hence lengthening the child holding period for the benefit of the "child protection" industry and allowing time to fabricate "evidence" to support the Ministry's legal actions. Many of these hearings are eventually canceled by the Ministry due to return of children to parents in some weak cases (to avoid their abuse of power being uncovered in hearings) or beating parents to agree to the Ministry's position. These hearings are often canceled shortly before hearing dates. This scheduling tactic deprives scarce and expensive court time to hear other more important cases. As a result, more and more criminal cases are judicially stayed due to a breach of charter right of failing to try within a reasonable time [Section 11 (b) of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]. Although criminal cases dropped are often of a minor nature, the function of the judiciary to provide efficient and timely adjudication is impaired. Society suffers because some criminals walk free and may re-commit due to a lack of deterrent.

[added on 2 August 2011]

Publicity of criminal cases tossed will create public concern. This will pressure government to hire more judges and build more courthouses to ease the artificially created caseload. Taxpayer is a vulnerable and easy target.

[added on 3 August 2011]