On average, one baby per day is placed into provincial care in Manitoba, and it’s a growing problem, according to data from the Manitoba Liberal Party.

In 2006, 295 infants, all less than a month old, were taken into provincial care. That number has steadily climbed since then, reaching a total of 388 last year.

And there are more than 10,000 children across Manitoba who are the same situation. The province has the highest incidence of kids in provincial care in Canada.

One mother, whose family was afflicted by addiction issues and abuse, told CTV News that all of her children, as well as her eight grandchildren, were turned over to the province's Child and Family Services agency.

"Almost all of my grandkids are in care," the mother said. "They don't give parents a chance to raise their kids, and I wasn't given that chance either."

Despite a $4.5 million investment from the province in a healthy baby program for low-income families, and other initiatives, critics say not enough is being done to tackle the issue.

On Sagkeeng First Nation, roughly 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg, 592 children are involved with provincial child welfare authorities.

The Circle of Care program seeks to place children in the system with other relatives, rather than strangers.

But the chief of Sagkeeng First Nation, Derrick Henderson, says that the program has been plagued by overcrowding.

Jon Gerrard, a Liberal MLA in Winnipeg, says that there needs to be a "focused effort" on keeping children out of provincial care.

"(We need) to support parents much better and to do it effectively,” Gerrard said. “And one of the really important places to start is to reduce the number of babies apprehended at birth."

With a report from CTV News' Jill Macyshon