How can I find child welfare information by province or territory on CWRP?

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The Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal (CWRP) organizes provincial and territorial child welfare content under a "Child Welfare Across Canada" section in its main navigation. From there you can select a specific province or territory — BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, YK, NT, NU, NL, PEI, NB, or NS — to reach material tied to that jurisdiction. This is the most direct route if you already know which province or territory you need.

Step-by-step: reaching a province or territory page

  1. Go to cwrp.ca.
  2. Open the Main navigation menu.
  3. Locate the Child Welfare Across Canada area.
  4. Choose the province or territory you want from the list: BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, YK, NT, NU, NL, PEI, NB, or NS.
  5. The resulting page collects child welfare information for that jurisdiction.

Expected result: you land on content scoped to the single province or territory you selected, rather than a national overview.

What you'll find once you're there

The CWRP describes itself as housing "a collection of well curated child welfare studies conducted in Canada," and the provincial/territorial pages are the entry point for that material at the regional level. Two related sections are worth knowing about:

  • Research Watch — an inter-university learning partnership that tracks major journals monthly and produces concise reviews of exceptional child welfare articles.
  • Canadian Research — the broader collection of Canadian child welfare studies held by the portal.

If your question is about a specific province or territory, start with that jurisdiction's page; use Research Watch and Canadian Research when you want journal-level or cross-Canada material instead.

Choosing the right entry point

If you need… Go to…
Information about one province or territory Child Welfare Across Canada → select BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, YK, NT, NU, NL, PEI, NB, or NS
Concise reviews of notable journal articles Research Watch
Canadian child welfare studies generally Canadian Research
National or comparative context The portal's broader Canadian Research collection

Common sticking points

  • The list mixes provinces and territories. YK, NT, and NU are territories; the rest are provinces. If you don't see your region, check whether you're scanning the territory abbreviations.
  • Abbreviations, not full names. The navigation uses two-letter codes (e.g., BC, ON, QC), so match your region to its code before clicking.
  • Regional pages are curated, not exhaustive. The portal describes its holdings as a curated collection, so a province page may not include every study ever published for that jurisdiction.

If you're unsure which region applies — for example, when comparing federal and provincial responsibilities — start from the national Canadian Research collection and then narrow to the relevant province or territory.