Child and Family Services Review Board

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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

Choosing an application

Laws and rules

Contact the CFSRB

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