Custom Search
| Family Helper > International Statistics | Search this site: |
Custom Search
|
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS STEADY: 1,891 IN 2002Figures released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada show that intercountry adoptions are holding steady. In 2002 Canadians adopted 1,891 children from abroad, compared to 1,874 the year before. The numbers follow a pattern started in the mid-1990s. Intercountry adoptions to Canada have been fairly stable for eight years, running between 1,800 and 2,200 a year:
China kept its position as the most popular country by far. Canadian families adopted 771 children from China in 2002, a considerable jump from 618 in 2001. The increase went mainly to Québec, which overtook Ontario in 2002 as most popular destination for Chinese children, 365 to 266. Second place Russia is far behind China, with 146 Russian children finding Canadian homes in 2002, about the same as the 142 in the previous year. The increase in adoptions from China was offset by drops in other countries. Adoptions from Haiti to Canada dropped to 96 in 2002 (from 161 in 2001) as processing of files slowed down there. Adoptions from Vietnam to Canada dropped to 84 in 2002 (from 132 in 2001). Vietnam stopped taking foreign adoption applications in April 2002 in order to revamp its procedures. Foreign adoptions remain on hold pending new agreements with receiving countries. The relatively stable national statistics mask differences among provinces. In 2001 Québec and Ontario welcomed children from abroad in the same numbers, 713 and 703 respectively. Then in 2002 Québec surged ahead to become the leading receiving province: 788 children adopted internationally. Ontario saw its international adoptions decline, to 655. The extent to which SARS will affect adoptions from China in 2003 remains to be seen. Although Health Canada's Travel Health Advisory of April 7, 2003 recommended postponing travel to China, Canadian adoptive parents are treating their trips as definitely essential. Three groups of 20, 25 and 43 parents-to-be travelled in April. If the numbers for international adoptions in 2003 do decline, it will be the result of five countries being currently closed to foreign adoption: Cambodia, Guatemala, Romania, Thailand and Vietnam. What about Canadian children who need adoptive homes? Looking at domestic adoptions, roughly the same number of Canadian children find adoptive homes in Canada as do children from abroad. In the April 2003 edition of Child and Youth Care Forum the article, "Adoptable But Still in Limbo: The Forgotten Children in Canada", states that while over 20,000 Canadian children remain in care, only 2,000 are placed for adoption annually. Canada has a national photolisting web site, "Canada's Waiting Children", run by the Adoption Council of Canada. It shows photos and profiles of children in care of Canadian child welfare agencies and waiting for permanent adoptive families. Following is a table showing the top 25 countries for international adoption in 2002. (Totals are for all countries and all provinces and territories.) Adoptions to Canada, 2002 - Top 25 countries
NOTE: Figures include both relative and non-relative adoptions. Only the top 25 source countries are shown. Only ten receiving provinces are shown (not shown are Nunavut, NWT, Yukon). Totals are for all countries and all provinces/territories. Compiled by Robin Hilborn (Adoption Council of Canada) using data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Following is a table showing the top 20 countries in 2001. (Totals are for all countries and all provinces and territories.) Adoptions to Canada, 2001 - Top 20 countries
Source: Adoption Council of Canada, www.adoption.ca |
|
Adoptions to Canada, 1995-2001 Leading countries
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
China 655 681 519 901 687 604 618
Haiti 160 151 118 156 137 125 161
Russia 73 124 164 160 208 148 142
Vietnam 64 69 50 79 88 76 132
India 185 167 232 178 137 79 113
Korea 64 94
U.S. 94 92 88 78 102 78 65
Philippin 116 64 33 79 76 82 63
Ukraine 28 46
Jamaica 82 77 88 85 82 53 42
Colombia 27 36
Thailand 49 35
Belarus 24 30
Romania 94 148 104 91 70 59 25
Guatemala 75 68 78 70 74 68 22
TOTAL 2010 2061 1800 2222 2019 1866 1874
NOTE: Compiled by Robin Hilborn (Adoption Helper) based on data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Figures include both relative and non-relative adoptions. The annual totals are for all countries.
Adoptions to Canada, 2000 Top 20 countries
Nfld PEI NS NB Que Ont Man Sask Alta BC TOTAL
China 0 2 21 3 279 218 6 7 27 38 604
Russia 0 0 5 0 56 67 2 1 2 15 148
Haiti 0 0 0 4 85 8 7 0 11 9 125
Philippin 0 0 0 0 15 32 9 1 6 19 82
India 0 0 1 0 4 38 2 0 4 30 79
U.S. 0 0 2 0 4 27 0 0 6 37 78
Vietnam 0 0 1 1 36 32 3 0 2 1 76
Guatemala 0 0 1 2 19 36 1 0 0 8 68
Korea 0 0 0 0 47 13 0 0 1 3 64
Romania 2 0 0 1 16 20 0 2 15 3 59
Jamaica 0 0 0 0 1 46 0 1 5 0 53
Thailand 4 0 0 1 30 7 0 0 0 7 49
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 2 18 3 0 5 0 28
Colombia 0 0 0 0 18 8 0 0 0 0 27
Ghana 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 2 0 2 26
Georgia 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 11 25
Belarus 0 0 0 0 20 3 0 0 0 0 24
Cambodia 0 0 0 0 12 8 0 0 0 1 21
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 18
Poland 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 3 3 15
TOTAL 8 2 34 12 715 715 45 16 96 213 1866
NOTES FOR 2000, 2001-- Only the top 20 source countries are shown. Only ten receiving provinces are shown (not shown are Nunavut, NWT, Yukon). Totals are for all countries and all provinces/territories. -- Figures include both relative and non-relative adoptions. For some countries (e.g. India, Philippines, Jamaica) adoptions of relatives predominate. -- Compiled by Robin Hilborn (editor of Adoption Helper) based on data from Stephen Joy, Citizenship and Immigration, with the help of Elspeth Ross. -- The statistics for international adoptions to Canada are in "News Briefs" at Family Helper web site (www.familyhelper.net/intstats.html ). Adoptions to Canada, 1999 Top 10 countries
Nfld PEI NS NB Que Ont Man Sask Alta BC Total
China 2 0 25 12 353 224 4 12 13 43 687
Russia 0 0 6 0 74 88 3 0 4 33 208
Haiti 0 0 0 3 91 13 0 2 11 14 137
India 0 0 0 1 3 72 3 0 14 44 137
U.S. 1 0 2 0 6 39 2 4 2 46 102
Vietnam 0 0 0 0 56 22 3 0 2 5 88
Jamaica 0 0 0 0 4 71 0 1 3 3 82
Philippin 1 0 1 0 5 33 6 4 4 20 76
Guatemala 1 0 0 1 1 52 0 1 1 17 74
Romania 6 0 0 0 38 4 0 5 10 7 70
Total 12 1 35 19 805 725 29 35 80 273 2,019
NOTES FOR 1999-- Figures include both relative and non-relative adoptions. For some countries (e.g. India, Jamaica) adoptions of relatives predominate. -- Only the top ten source countries and top ten receiving provinces/territories are shown. Totals are for all countries and all provinces/territories. -- For six countries, figures show a combination of adoptions finalized in Canada and finalized abroad. E.g. for the U.S., 49 were finalized in Canada, 53 in a state. -- Compiled by Robin Hilborn based on data from Patricia Claeys, Program Specialist, Citizenship and Immigration, web cicnet.ci.gc.ca. Thanks to Harriet Fancott, AFABC, for the fax of March 8, 2000. SOURCE: Family Helper web site (www.familyhelper.net/intstats.html) |
FOR MORE
Find an agency for the country you've chosen: Agency chooser, www.familyhelper.net/ad/chooser.html.
Full details of agency programs: www.familyhelper.net/arc/agy.html.
For more on adopting internationally, see Canadian Guide to Intercountry Adoption.
| Infertility | Adoption | Adoption Resource Central | Post-adoption | Family Tree |
| Contact: Robin Hilborn, helper@familyhelper.net Box 1353, Southampton, Ont. N0H 2L0 Canada |
Copyright 2006 Robin Hilborn. All rights reserved Updated Aug. 4, 2006 |
|
Family Helper www.familyhelper.net |
A WEB RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES SINCE 1996. |
||