Socioeconomic and health outcomes among Indigenous adults who were under the legal responsibility of the government as children

In 2018, 11% of Indigenous people aged 15 years and older reported having been under the legal responsibility of the government during childhood, such as being in foster care, a group home under child protection or child welfare services, an orphanage, a residential school for Indigenous children or under the custody of a youth justice facility or group home. This is a significantly higher proportion than their non-Indigenous counterparts (2%).