The Ministry was established in response to two key reports on the province's child and family system, the Report of the Gove Inquiry into Child Protection, released in November 1995, and the Morton Report: British Columbia's Child, Youth, and Family Serving System, Recommendations for Change, released in September 1996.
El Ministerio se creó a raíz de dos informes esenciales sobre el sistema provincial para la infancia y la familia, el Report of the Gove Inquiry into Child Protection, publicado en noviembre de 1995 y el Morton Report: British Columbia's Child, Youth, and Family Serving System, Recommendations for Change, publicado en septiembre de 1996.