In 2020 the average number of children requiring foster care per month in Ontario, was 9,300, which is just under 112,000 per year. These numbers do not include indigenous populations, so sadly the overall totals are even higher. Of those 9,300 children included each month, all of them experienced some form of trauma. This does not mean that they were all abused or neglected, it simply implies that even the requirement of leaving their home and the people they know, even if only temporarily, has a traumatic effect.