Annex A
Table 1: Who Prepares the VCRs By Jurisdiction? (n=30/33; 91%)Footnote 27
Jurisdiction | Mental Health ProfessionalsFootnote * of Table 1 | Legal Advisers | Social Workers | Family Justice Professionals | OtherFootnote ** of Table 1 |
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BC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
AB | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
SK | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
MB | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
ON | Yes | Yes | |||
NS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
PEI | Yes | Yes | |||
NWT | YesFootnote *** of Table 1 | ||||
Table 2: Other Methods to Include the Voice of the Child by Jurisdiction (n=33/33; 100%)Footnote 28
Jurisdiction | Other Methods to Obtain the Child/ren’s Voice | Who Prepares/Undertakes These Other Methods |
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Table 3: Case Law Summary Data from All Jurisdictions Across Canada by Selected Variables
Jurisdiction | Number of Cases | Number of Children Identified | Average Age of Children (years) |
Gender of Children | Majority Type of Expert Evidence Identified | Majority Type of Service | Professionals Testified in Court | |
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F | M | |||||||
BC | 72 | 138 | 11.45 | 65 51% |
63 49% |
Psychologist | VCRs | 10/60 |
AB | 25 | 44 | 10.86 | 25 60% |
17 40% |
Psychologist | N/A | 4/11 |
SK | 14 | 23 | 12.48 | 10 50% |
10 50% |
Psychologist | VCRs | 0/12 |
MB | 10 | 13 | 12.23 | 7 58% |
5 42% |
Other | N/A | 1/6 |
ON | 113 | 198 | 11.30 | 87 49% |
91 51% |
s.112 | N/A | 25/110 |
QC | 1 | 5 | 10.8 | 3 60% |
2 40% |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
NB | 28 | 62 | 10.18 | 35 60% |
23 40% |
Other | VCRs | 9/26 |
NS | 13 | 23 | 12.77 | 13 65% |
7 35% |
Other | VCRs | 0/14 |
PEI | 1 | 3 | 8.67 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0/1 |
NL | 6 | 8 | 12.63 | 5 63% |
3 38% |
Other | Other | 0/6 |
YT | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 67% |
1 33% |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
NWT | 1 | 5 | 10.8 | 3 60% |
2 40% |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
NU | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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