Children: Department of Family Services

Department of Family Services: In its 2012-2013 annual report released on Friday, the Department of Family Services and Labour said 3.5 per cent of children aged 17 and under are in care. That compares to 1.9 per cent in 2000-2001. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. More than 10,000 families 10,117 received services from child welfare agencies last year. The percentage of children in Manitoba who are in the care of child welfare agencies has almost doubled since the NDP took power in 1999. There were 9,940 children in care in Manitoba as of March 31. According to one estimate presented last summer during an inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair, more than 80 per cent of kids in care in Manitoba are aboriginal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.