If you believe that a child or youth under 19 years old is or is likely to be harmed, you have a legal responsibility to report it.
By phone:
- If the child or youth is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1
- Family and Children’s Services intake line: (867) 667 – 3002
- Hours: 8:30 am to 5 pm
- After hours emergency line (evenings, weekends, holidays): (867) 667-3002
- Toll free in Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories 1-800-661-0408 extension 6.
In person:
- Visit Family and Children’s Services office in Whitehorse:
- Royal Bank Building, 4114 4th Ave, Whitehorse, Y1A 4N7
In communities outside of Whitehorse:
Contact your regional social worker:
- Carcross: 867-821-2920
- Carmacks and Pelly Crossing: 867-863-5800
- Dawson: 867-993-7890
- Faro: 867-994-2749
- Haines Junction (including service to Destruction Bay, Burwash Landing, Beaver Creek): 867-634-2203
- Mayo: 867-996-2283
- Old Crow: Non-emergencies 867-966-4444 | Emergency line 867-667-3002
- Ross River: 867-969-3200
- Teslin: 867-390-2588
Emotional abuse can range from habitual humiliation to withholding life-sustaining nurturing.
This type of abuse is persistent and chronic to the point that it damages the child causing:
- severe anxiety;
- depression;
- withdrawal;
- self-destructive behaviour; or
- aggressive behaviour.
This type of abuse can be repeated attacks on a child’s self worth in the form of:
- insults;
- isolation;
- rejecting;
- unrealistic expectations;
- constant criticism; or
- terrorizing a child with threats of harm to others that they care about, or their pets.
Emotional abuse can occur when there's domestic violence in the family.
Physical abuse is a deliberate assault that causes harm. It's not an accident, and can involve the use of force.
Types of force include:
- slapping;
- hitting;
- punching;
- shaking;
- choking;
- kicking; and
- burning.
Physical abuse could be the result of excessive or inappropriate discipline and could include:
- bruises;
- burns;
- welts;
- broken bones;
- fractures;
- bite marks; or
- scars.
Sexual abuse is any action that tries to involve a child in a sexual activity including:
- sexual touching;
- exposure;
- using a child in the making of, or viewing pornography; and
- involving a child in prostitution.
When children show the effects of child abuse it's generally not seen in 1 behaviour. It can be a pattern of behaviours across time. The presence of a cluster of indicators might show the presence of child abuse.
Indicators of emotional abuse can be:
- depression; or
- withdrawal.
Indicators of neglect can be:
- insufficient food; or
- improper clothing.
Indicators of physical abuse can be:
- bruises; or
- burns.
Indicators of sexual abuse can be:
- sexual touching; or
- exposure.