Child and Family Services Review Board

Important Notice

September 16, 2024

Tribunals Ontario is observing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2024. Our offices will be closed on September 30 and proceedings will resume as scheduled on October 1. Filing deadlines for September 30 will be extended to October 1 and applicable timelines that are calculated by business day will be extended one day.

CFSRB Child and Family Services Review Board


Conducts reviews and holds hearings on matters that affect children, youth and families in Ontario

Learn how to file applications or appeals at the Child and Family Services Review Board (CFSRB) for the removal of a child from a foster home, complaints about a children’s aid society, residential placements for children, emergency admission of a child to a secure treatment program, the refusal or removal of a child from adoption, and the expulsion of a student from an Ontario school.

Submit applications to the CFSRB by email at cfsrb@ontario.ca or by fax at 416-327-0558.

For questions, call 416-327-0111 or toll-free at 1-888-777-3616.


Types of matters before the CFSRB

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Laws and rules

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