What are performance indicators?

They are a tool to help the child welfare sector strive for better outcomes for the children and families they serve.

By definition, performance indicators can be both descriptive and numerical results that measure the performance of an important service. They can also measure efficiency, effectiveness, value for money, and client satisfaction. For example, numerical performance indicators can measure outputs such as: how much of a service was delivered, percentage of age groups, proportion of specific factors, or the cost of interventions.

In the provincial system of performance indicators, children’s aid societies are collecting numerical data to measure performance in five areas of child welfare: safety, permanence, well-being, organizational capacity, and governance effectiveness.

As of March 2015, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (now known as the Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services) has been reporting on five performance indicators from children’s aid societies to the public. These performance indicators focus on safety, permanency, and well-being.

Performance Indicators – Reported February 2023

Performance Indicators – Reported November 2021

Performance Indicators – Reported March 2019

Performance Indicators – Reported March 2018

Performance Indicators – Reported March 2017

Performance Indicators – Reported March 2016

Performance Indicators – Questions & Answers (English)

Performance Indicators – Questions & Answers (French)