Statistics

National
The following statistical information was received from the RCMP National Missing Children Services.


The first Canadian statistics on missing children were released in 1987. There were 57,233 children reported missing that year.


In 2009, there were 50,492 children reported missing in Canada. The following table displays a breakdown of the reported cases of missing children in 2009.


    Stranger: 50
    Accident: 25
    Wandered Off: 432
    Parental: 237
    Runaways: 35,768
    Unknown: 11,757
    Other: 2,223
    Total: 50,492


These statistics are not cumulative and do not reflect the actual number of children currently missing in our country.


For more detailed information, please refer to our Statistics Backgrounder.


 


MCSC Statistics


During the 2010/2011 fiscal year, MCSC worked a total caseload of 231 files, closing 141 of them.  That’s one closed file every 2.6 days.


  We currently receive 2-3 calls per day or approximately 800 calls per year from searching families wanting to register new files with us for their missing children. 


Every call is fielded by our Investigation Team.  Every call requires our team to assess the case, review documentation, connect with networks and law enforcement partners before it even becomes an active registration with MCSC.


Brianne Wolgram

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Missing Since:

Sep, 05 1998

Date of Birth:

Mar, 25 1979

Missing From:

Revelstoke, British Columbia

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"Since 1986, the Missing Children Society of Canada has been reuniting missing children with their searching families through professional investigations, public awareness and family support programs. MCSC’s team of former police detectives and trained investigators work closely with law enforcement while conducting frontline, hands-on investigative and search activities."