Canadian Centre for Child Protection

Offers assistance and support to individuals affected by online abuse or exploitation. This may include, but is not limited to, those who have been affected by luring, sextortion, and non-consensual distribution of intimate images, or who have had child sexual abuse images shared online. Supports include:

• Providing information to caregivers or those concerned about situations they have encountered online and work with them to determine their next steps.
• Helping survivors and caregivers manage through a crisis situation to provide support and navigate next steps.
• Offering information and support for reporting what's happened to the appropriate services.
• Supporting survivors and caregivers with safety planning throughout the situation.
• Helping to disrupt the availability of the abusive and harmful material online.
• Helping connect survivors and caregivers to additional support services, like counselling/therapy, peer support, or victim services that may be available in their region.
• Advocating for families to help coordinate multi-system responses.
• Assisting victims of online sexual exploitation with victim impact statements for criminal proceedings.
• Providing survivors with information about financial supports/remedies specific to online victimization that may be available in their region.

Canada's tipline for reporting potential illegal material online, such as sexual abuse and exploitation of children on the internet. All reports concerning incidents potentially violating the Criminal Code of Canada are sent to the police for possible investigation. Any information about a child potentially in need of protection is sent to child welfare.

Report using fillable form on website.
If you know about a child who is in immediate danger or risk, call 9-1-1 or local police.

• Support for families in finding their missing children
• Education material to help prevent children from going missing
• Often continues support from a caseworker after a child returns home
• A public database of missing children across Canada
• A tool where community members can report tips or possible sightings of a missing child to the authorities. This tool is intended for non-urgent information only. If you have urgent information to provide, please call 9-1-1.

• How to contact websites and online services to request an image/video be removed
• Guidance on involving a safe adult
• Importance of self-care
• Recognizing when things have gone too far