Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P; french: Centre canadien de protection de l'enfance) is a Canadian registered charitable organization dedicated to the personal safety of all children. More specifically, its goal is to reduce the victimization (

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and

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) of children by providing programs and services to the Canadian public. The organization is supported by the

Government of Canada The government of Canada (french: gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the ''Crown ...

, along with the provincial/territorial governments of

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, and the

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. C3P offers various prevention and intervention services to the Canadian public; one of its core services is Cybertip.ca, Canada's official tip-line for reporting the online

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.https://www.protectchildren.ca/pdfs/C3P_SocialValueReport_2018-2019_en.pdf

History

In April 1985, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection was founded as Child Find Manitoba by Wilma Derksen, the mother of 13-year-old Candace Derksen, who was abducted and murdered on 30 November 1984. On 26 September 2002, the Cybertip.ca began operation as a two-year pilot project. In May 2004, it was recognized as a national hotline by the

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, and was officially launched in January 2005. Also in 2004, C3P launched Kids in the Know, a national, interactive safety education program. In May 2006, the organization was renamed the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. In May 2011, C3P launched MissingKids.ca.

Projects

Cybertip.ca

Cybertip.ca (french: Cyberaide.ca) is Canada's official tip-line for reporting the online

. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, in partnership with local law enforcement agencies and the

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...

, whose

National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

coordinates and supports national investigations into child sexual exploitation. Initiated on 26 September 2002 as a two-year pilot project, the

recognized and announced Cybertip.ca in May 2004 as the national tip-line for the Canadian public reporting of online child sexual exploitation. The site had its full launch in January 2005, and has since received over 40,000 suspected cases from the Canadian public. Cybertip.ca accepts and addresses online and telephone reports from the public regarding

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(child abuse images and material), online luring, children exploited through prostitution, travelling to sexually-exploited children, and

child trafficking Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt" kidnapping of a child for the purpose of slavery, forced labour and exploitation. ...

. Staff examine reports from the public and forward those that are deemed potentially illegal to law enforcement in the appropriate jurisdiction. Although the majority of Cybertip.ca's reports are provided online, the public is also able to contact the tipline by phone. As the central clearinghouse for online child exploitation, Cybertip.ca maintains a regularly updated list of specific foreign-hosted Internet addresses (URLs) associated with images of child sexual abuse, and provide that list in a secure manner to participating

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s (ISPs). Launched in January 2007, Project Cleanfeed Canada is designed to reduce accidental access to child sexual abuse images, as well as create a disincentive for those trying to access or distribute child pornography. Participating ISPs include

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Telus Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voi ...

Shaw Shaw may refer to: Places Australia *Shaw, Queensland Canada *Shaw Street, a street in Toronto England *Shaw, Berkshire, a village *Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton *Shaw, Swindon, a List of United Kingdom ...

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, and

SaskTel Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation, operating as SaskTel, is a Canadian crown-owned telecommunications firm based in the province of Saskatchewan. Owned by the provincial government, it provides wireline and wireless communicati ...

Reports

, over 10,000 reports are processed by Cybertip.ca each month. Reports to Cybertip.ca are submitted by the public under one of eight reporting categories: * Agreement or arrangement with another person to commit a

sexual offence Sex and the law deals with the regulation by law of human sexual activity. Sex laws vary from one place or jurisdiction to another, and have varied over time. Unlawful sexual acts are called sex crimes. Some laws regarding sexual activity are ...

against a child — 0.40% * Child pornography (Child sexual abuse material)"

Child sexual abuse material Child pornography (also called CP, child sexual abuse material, CSAM, child porn, or kiddie porn) is pornography that unlawfully exploits children for sexual stimulation. It may be produced with the direct involvement or sexual assault of a chi ...

" is the terminology used by the Centre rather than "

." They argue that it "more clearly describes the assaults taking place against children" and "more accurately describes the images and videos depicting this form of abuse."
Social Value Report, 2018-2019
p. 3) — 95.95% *

Child prostitution Child prostitution is prostitution involving a child, and it is a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The term normally refers to prostitution of a minor, or person under the legal age of consent. In most jurisdictions, child ...

— 0.38% * Child sex-tourism — 0.22% *

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— 0.14% * Luring — 1.98% * Making

sexually explicit material Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults,

available to a child — 0.31% * Non-consensual distribution of intimate images — 0.64% In 2018-2019, Cybertip.ca processed 1,474,075 reports, marking a 945% increase from 2017-18. Of the reports processed, 98% were attributed to Project Arachnid; Of the child sexual exploitation reports processed, 99% were forwarded to law enforcement agencies, child welfare agencies, and/or INHOPE member hotlines, or a notice was sent to an electronic service provider; nearly 1.2 million notices were issued to electronic service providers in relation to

child sexual abuse material Child pornography (also called CP, child sexual abuse material, CSAM, child porn, or kiddie porn) is pornography that unlawfully exploits children for sexual stimulation. It may be produced with the direct involvement or sexual assault of a chi ...

detected on their service.

Kids in the Know

Kids in the Know (KIK) is a national, interactive safety education program, helping to increase students' personal safety and reduce their risk of victimization, both online and offline. Launched in 2004, Kids in the Know was created to help children from kindergarten to high school using the unique information taken into account from the operation of Cybertip.ca. The program meets the curricula outcomes mandated by ministries of education in all jurisdictions across Canada.

MissingKids.ca

MissingKids.ca is Canada’s

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resource centre, offering families support in finding their missing child, as well as providing educational material to help prevent children from going missing. MissingKids.ca works in collaboration with Réseau Enfants-Retour to provide missing children services to

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residents. In turn, Réseau Enfants-Retour helps MissingKids.ca in offering case management support to

Francophone French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...

families. MissingKidsALERT is MissingKids.ca's notification system providing information to the public in the search for missing children. The service is targeted and precise, notifying those who have signed up in the event of a missing child in their region. The service can also complement the existing

AMBER Alert An Amber Alert (alternatively styled AMBER alert) or a child abduction emergency alert ( SAME code: CAE) is a message distributed by a child abduction alert system to ask the public for help in finding abducted children. The system originated i ...

systems in Canada, as well as being used in cases that fall outside of the protocol of AMBER Alert.

Project Arachnid

Project Arachnid is an automated crawler developed by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection to detect images and videos on the internet and the

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based on confirmed digital fingerprints of illegal

child sexual abuse Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whet ...

content. , since its launch in 2017, Project Arachnid has processed more than 127 billion images; over 37.9 million images have been triggered for analyst review; over 7.2 million notices have been sent to

s to remove

; and 85% of the notices issued relate to victims who are not known to have been identified by police. Aiming to work in collaboration on a global scale to reduce the availability of child sexual abuse material, the initiative is supported, in part, by the

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in the

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. Hotlines and organizations around the world have worked with the Centre on Project Arachnid, including: *

Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government i ...

eSafety Commissioner * (Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

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) *

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Belgium * ECPAT Sweden * Innocence in Danger Germany * Jugendschutz.net * ''Lastekaitse Liit'' — Estonian Union for Child Welfare * National Association for People Abused in Childhood *

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress. In September 2013, the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and the Pres ...

( US) *

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* (

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Finland) * Red Papaz ( Columbia) * (Protect Children)

Partners

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has partnered with various organizations in the public and private sectors. The Centre has been supported by the

since May 2004, particularly by

Public Safety Canada Public Safety Canada (PSC; french: Sécurité publique Canada, SPC; PSP), legally incorporated as the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PSEPC), is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for (most) matters of ...

under the "National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation". The Centre is also supported by the

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and is a designated agency in the province to receive reports under Manitoba's ''Child and Family Services Act'', as well as to provide supports and information pursuant to the provincial ''Intimate Image Protection Act''. The Centre has also prioritized the establishment of formalized protocols with law enforcement agencies across Canada. , the Centre has signed formalized agreements with 26 law enforcement services around Canada. In regards to education and prevention programs, resources, and training, the Centre has formal memorandums of understanding/protocols in place with the Government of Manitoba, Coaching Association of Canada,

Scouts Canada Scouts Canada is a Canadian Scouting association providing programs for young people, aged 5 to 26, with the stated aim "to help develop well rounded youth, better prepared for success in the world". Scouts Canada, in affiliation with the Frenc ...

, Calgary & Area Child Advocacy Centre, and the

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Canadian Cadet Organizations The Canadian Cadet Organizations, marketed under the name of Cadets Canada, are a youth program known as the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Royal Canadian Army Cadets, and Royal Canadian Air Cadets. The program is sponsored by the Canadian Armed For ...

. C3P also provides resources and training to such child-serving organizations as

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, viaSport British Columbia, the City of Winnipeg, and

Canada Soccer The Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides ...

. In the non-governmental sector, the Centre has partnered with and/or has been supported by:

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Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company which provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw provides home telecommunications services primarily in Alberta and Br ...

Bell MTS Bell MTS Inc. (formerly Manitoba Telecom Services) is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. that operates telecommunications services in Manitoba. Originally established as Manitoba Government Telephones after the Government of Manitoba purchased the Manito ...

Lifetouch Lifetouch Inc. is an American-based photography company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with its Canadian operations based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was founded as National School Studios (NSS) in 1936 by Eldon ...

, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association,

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, No Fixed Address,

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Circle K Circle K Stores, Inc. is a Canadian chain of convenience stores headquartered in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is owned by the multinational company Couche-Tard. Founded in 1951 in El Paso, Texas, the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1 ...

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, and Magnet Forensics. For Project Arachnid, the Centre works with hotlines and government organizations from around the world, including:

, ECPAT Sweden, (Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Croatia),

eSafety Commissioner, (Protect Children), (

Finland), Jugendschutz.net,

Belgium, ''Lastekaitse Liit'' — Estonian Union for Child Welfare,

, National Association for People Abused in Childhood, and Innocence in Danger Germany.

Notes

References

External links

Official WebsiteCybertip.ca

Project Arachnid pageShattered Trust
— a three-part CBC series that includes interviews and information from C3P on sexual abuse in sport. It revealed that at least 222 coaches who were involved in amateur sports in Canada have been convicted of sexual offences in the past 20 years involving more than 600 victims under the age of 18. {{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian Centre for Child Protection Non-profit organizations based in Canada Children's rights organizations Child welfare in Canada Children's rights in Canada Anti–child pornography organizations