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Important Notice

April 13, 2026

The Child and Family Services Review Board is introducing an additional, more user-friendly way for applicants to fill out its most commonly used application forms. For more information, please see our operational update.

Forms and filing

Find forms and information related to filing an application for all Child and Family Services Review Board (CFSRB) matters.

On this page

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.

Overview

You must complete and submit the application or appeal form related to your matter by the deadline outlined on the form. Learn more about the hearing process on the Application and hearing process page.

There is no filing fee but there may be other expenses, such as fees to pay witnesses for attending. Hearings and mediations are held during the week and you or any witnesses may need to take time off school or work to attend.

Form instructions

“Forms wizard” instructions – NEW!

The CFSRB has introduced an additional, more user-friendly way for applicants to fill out its most commonly used application forms: Forms 1- 4. An interactive, forms wizard will guide you through the form, step-by-step. Once you have finished filling out the form, the wizard will prompt you to download the form as an accessible PDF. The PDF form can be submitted to the CFSRB by email, mail, courier or fax. For more information about the new forms wizard, please see the operational update.

“PDF download” instructions

To view, print or email CFSRB‘s “PDF download” forms, you need Adobe Reader. You can download this free software from Adobe’s website.

To download PDF forms to your computer:

  • right click on the title of the form and select “Save link as”
  • open the form on your computer

Do not open the “PDF download” forms directly online as some browsers (ex: Chrome, Safari, or Edge) may not allow you to open, complete and save the form.

Help completing your form

If you need help completing your form, contact us. Representatives can explain how to fill out forms, what information the CFSRB needs, and how long steps in the process normally take. However, they cannot:

  • give legal advice,
  • recommend a lawyer or paralegal to represent you,
  • tell you what words to use in your documents,
  • tell you what to say at a pre-hearing, mediation or hearing, or
  • tell you if you have a good case or what the outcome of your decision with the CFSRB could be.

If you need a form in an alternate format, such as braille or large print, please contact us.

Forms

CFSRB Forms
NEW Forms Wizard PDF Download Additional Information
Form 1 – Application Form: Removal of a Child from a Foster Home Form 1 – Application Form: Removal of a Child from a Foster Home Apply for a review of a written notice proposing to remove a child in extended society care from your foster home
Form 2 – Application Form: Complaints Against a Children’s Aid Society Form 2 – Application Form: Complaints Against a Children’s Aid Society Submit a complaint about the services you received from a children’s aid society in Ontario
Form 3 – Application Form: Review of an Adoption Refusal Form 3 – Application Form: Review of an Adoption Refusal Apply for a review of a written notice to refuse your application to adopt a particular child, or apply to remove a child who has been placed with you for adoption
Form 4 – Appeal Form: School Board Expulsion Decision Form 4 – Appeal Form: School Board Expulsion Decision Appeal a school board’s decision to expel a student
Form 5 – Application Form: Review of Emergency Admission to Secure Treatment Program (ESTA) Apply for a review of an emergency admission to a secure treatment program
Form 6 – Withdrawal of ESTA Application  
Form 7 – Application Form: Review of a Residential Placement Apply for a review of your residential placement in a foster home, group home or treatment home
Form 8 – Application Form: Litigation Guardian – Mental Incapacity Apply to be a litigation guardian for an applicant who does not have mental capacity to make decisions about an Application. See the Practice Direction on Litigation Guardians
Form 9 – Withdrawal of an Application Application form coming soon
Accommodation Request Form Accommodations are arrangements that allow everyone to participate fully in the tribunal process, regardless of their abilities. You can request an accommodation by submitting an Accommodation Request Form.
Request for French Language Services Complete this form if you wish to receive French language services. If you have submitted an application in French, there is no need to submit this request form

How to submit forms

You can submit your application or appeal form to the CFSRB by email, mail, courier or fax.

Email

cfsrb@ontario.ca

Mail

Child and Family Services Review Board
15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2G6

Fax

416-327-0558