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  • 1. Results from the Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements: Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities, American Sign Language
    Stats in brief: 11-629-X2024001
    Description: Using data from the 2023 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities (SELCCA – CLCD), this American Sign Language video examines the early child care experiences of children with long-term conditions or disabilities.
    Release date: 2024-04-22
  • 2. Young people and exposure to harmful online content in 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024005
    Description: This infographic highlights the prevalence and nature of cyber-related harms against young people.
    Release date: 2024-02-27
  • 3. Where do youth aged 15 to 17 get their sexual health information?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024010
    Description: This infographic examines where youth aged 15 to 17 in Canada typically get their sexual health information, using data from the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY) 2019.
    Release date: 2024-02-15
  • 4. Consequences of having encountered difficulties in finding a child care arrangement, children aged 0 to 5 years
    Table: 42-10-0009-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of children aged 0 to 5 years by consequences encountered by parents and guardians as a result of having difficulty finding an early learning and child care arrangement.

    Release date: 2023-12-05
  • 5. Reasons for not using any child care arrangement, children aged 0 to 5 years
    Table: 42-10-0010-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of children aged 0 to 5 years by reasons for not using any early learning and child care arrangements (including maternity and parental leave, cost, and the child being in school).

    Release date: 2023-12-05
  • 6. The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and screen time among Canadian youth
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202301000001
    Description: The COVID-19 pandemic had a detrimental impact on the physical activity and screen time of youth, in particular among girls. Using The Canadian Community Health Survey, the purpose of this study is to give an update on the screen time and physical activity habits of Canadian youth in 2021 by providing a comparison with values previously reported before and during the first year of the pandemic. This study takes a focused look at how the physical activity and screen time of boys and girls were affected differently.
    Release date: 2023-10-18
  • 7. What do we know about physical and non-physical childhood maltreatment in Canada?
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300100001
    Description: In Canada, national-level estimates have primarily focused on physical types of child maltreatment (e.g., physical abuse, sexual abuse), while less is known about non-physical types of maltreatment (e.g., emotional abuse, exposure to intimate partner violence, physical neglect). Using data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, this study examines the percentage of individuals living in Canada who reported experiencing no maltreatment, only non-physical types of maltreatment, only physical types of child maltreatment, or both non-physical and physical child maltreatment.
    Release date: 2023-01-25
  • 8. Adolescent social media use and its association with relationships and connections: Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, 2017/2018
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201200002
    Description:

    Strong, positive relationships are critical to the healthy development of adolescents in their transition to adulthood. Using 2017/2018 reports from the nationally representative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, this study examined the strength, consistency and significance of associations between “intensive” social media use (frequent use to connect with other people) and “problematic” social media use (use that depicts addictive qualities) and available measures of adolescent relationships and connections.

    Release date: 2022-12-21
  • 9. Bullying among sexually and gender diverse youth in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022065
    Description:

    This infographic looks at bullying experienced by sexually and gender diverse youth aged 15 to 17. It uses data from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey of Children and Youth to examine the common forms of bullying, the likelihood of experiencing multiple forms of bullying, and the impacts of bullying on the overall health and well-being of sexually and gender diverse youth.

    Release date: 2022-10-18
  • 10. A profile of children with affirmative responses to the 2016 census questions on difficulties with activities of daily living
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200300006
    Description:

    This study presents a socio-demographic profile of children aged 0 to 14 years with affirmative responses to the DSQ filter questions on the 2016 Census. More specifically, the study examined the distributions of activity limitations by children’s age, sex, and family socioeconomic characteristics. The consistency of this profile with well-established patterns of child disability from the existing literature is discussed, and recommendations are made for research to further assess the suitability of the DSQ filter questions for generating an appropriate sampling frame for prospective child disability surveys.

    Release date: 2022-03-23
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  • 1. Consequences of having encountered difficulties in finding a child care arrangement, children aged 0 to 5 years
    Table: 42-10-0009-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of children aged 0 to 5 years by consequences encountered by parents and guardians as a result of having difficulty finding an early learning and child care arrangement.

    Release date: 2023-12-05
  • 2. Reasons for not using any child care arrangement, children aged 0 to 5 years
    Table: 42-10-0010-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of children aged 0 to 5 years by reasons for not using any early learning and child care arrangements (including maternity and parental leave, cost, and the child being in school).

    Release date: 2023-12-05
  • 3. Children's participation in physical activities, in hours per week, by sex, household population aged 6 to 17, 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey - Nutrition, Canada and provinces
    Table: 13-10-0798-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 3960 series, with data for years 2015 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...);  Age group (3 items: Total, 6 to 17 years; 6 to 11 years; 12 to 17 years);  Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females);  Children's physical activity (5 items: Total population for the variable children's physical activity; Children's physical activity, less than 7 hours per week; Children's physical activity, 7 to 13 hours per week; Children's physical activity, 14 to 20 hours per week; ...);  Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval, number of persons; High 95% confidence interval, number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; ...).

    Release date: 2017-06-20
  • 4. Children's screen time, 2 hours per day or less, by sex, household population aged 6 to 17, 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey - Nutrition, Canada and provinces
    Table: 13-10-0799-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 2376 series, with data for years 2015 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...);  Age group (3 items: Total, 6 to 17 years; 6 to 11 years; 12 to 17 years);  Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females);  Children's screen time (3 items: Total population for the variable children's screen time; 2 hours or less of screen time per day; More than 2 hours of screen time per day);  Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval, number of persons; High 95% confidence interval, number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; ...).

    Release date: 2017-06-20
  • 5. Lone-parent families as a proportion of all census families living in private households, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 1996 Archived
    Table: 17-10-0096-01
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    This table contains 519 series, with data for years 1996 - 1996 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (173 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services St. John's Region, Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services Eastern Region, Newfoundland and Labrador; ...);  Lone-parent families (3 items: Total lone-parent families; Male lone-parent families; Female lone-parent families).

    Release date: 2017-03-06
  • 6. Bicycle helmet use, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, selected provinces and health regions (January 2000 boundaries) Archived
    Table: 13-10-0072-01
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    This table contains 159264 series, with data for years 2000 - 2000 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over;12 to 14 years;15 to 19 years;12 to 19 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females ...), Bicycle helmet use (6 items: Total; bicycle helmet use; Bicycle helmet use; most of the time; Bicycle helmet use; rarely; Bicycle helmet use; always ...), Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval; number of persons; High 95% confidence interval; number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons ...).

    Release date: 2010-06-15
  • 7. Health behaviour in school-aged children 2002, student response to question: How do you describe yourself? Archived
    Table: 13-10-0240-01
    Frequency: Every 4 years
    Description: This table contains 84 series, with data for years 2002 - 2002 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-03-30. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...) Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...) Age group (3 items: 11 years; 13 years; 15 years ...) Student response (14 items: White; Chinese; South Asian; Black ...).
    Release date: 2010-03-30
  • 8. Health behaviour in school-aged children 2002, student response to question: How would you describe your health? Archived
    Table: 13-10-0241-01
    Frequency: Every 4 years
    Description: This table contains 816 series, with data for years 2002 - 2002 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-03-30. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (34 items: Austria; Belgium (Flemish speaking); Canada; Belgium (French speaking) ...) Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...) Age group (3 items: 11 years; 15 years; 13 years ...) Student response (4 items: Excellent; Good; Fair; Poor ...).
    Release date: 2010-03-30
  • 9. Health behaviour in school-aged children 2002, student response to question: How many hours a day do you usually spend watching television or using a computer in your free time? Archived
    Table: 13-10-0244-01
    Frequency: Every 4 years
    Description: This table contains 1836 series, with data for years 2002 - 2002 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-03-30. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (9 items: Belgium (French speaking); Canada ...) Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...) Age group (3 items: 11 years; 15 years; 13 years ...) Activity (2 items: Watching television; Using a computer ...) Period of the week (2 items: Weekdays; Weekend ...) Student response (9 items: None at all; About 1 hour; About 2 hours; About half an hour ...).
    Release date: 2010-03-30
  • 10. Health behaviour in school-aged children 2002, student response to question: How many hours a day do you usually spend doing school homework out of school hours? Archived
    Table: 13-10-0245-01
    Frequency: Every 4 years
    Description: This table contains 3672 series, with data for years 2002 - 2002 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-03-30. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (34 items: Austria; Canada; Belgium (French speaking); Belgium (Flemish speaking) ...) Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...) Age group (3 items: 11 years; 15 years; 13 years ...) Period of the week (2 items: Weekdays; Weekend ...) Student response (9 items: None at all; About 1 hour; About 2 hours; About half an hour ...).
    Release date: 2010-03-30
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  • 51. Use of cannabis and other illicit drugs Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030046976
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Cannabis use has increased over the past decade.

    Males, teenagers and young adults were most likely to have used cannabis in the past year.

    Cocaine/Crack was the second most commonly used illicit drug.

    Release date: 2004-07-21
  • 52. Alcohol and drug use in early adolescence Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030036846
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report examines the odds of 12- to 15-year-olds drinking to intoxication and using drugs. It uses data from the 1998/99 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY).

    Release date: 2004-05-18
  • 53. Adolescent self-concept and health into adulthood Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-S20030006692
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The gender gap emerges as an important issue in this article, which studies links between self-worth and sense of control in adolescence, and mental and physical health over the next several years. Health outcomes in young adulthood are analyzed in relation to positive and negative self-concept in adolescence, and differences between the sexes are highlighted.

    Release date: 2003-10-31
  • 54. Witnessing violence-aggression and anxiety in young children Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-S20030006693
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article focuses on children who were aged 4 to 7 in 1994, and examines levels of anxiety and aggression in relation to their exposure to violence in the home. The evidence that emerges of the short- and longer-term effects on their behaviour and emotions is compelling.

    Release date: 2003-10-31
  • 55. Parental Work, Child-care Use and Young Children's Cognitive Outcomes Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 89-594-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper uses three cycles of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to examine whether parental labour market participation and the use of substitute child-care influence the development of the skills needed by pre-school-aged children in order to begin school. The analysis in this paper is based on the arguments that parent-child interaction fosters the development of the skills needed by pre-school-aged children in order to begin school successfully, and that full-time participation in the work force by lone parents (in one-parent families) and by both parents (in dual-parent families) often results in comparatively less time for parent-child interaction than in families with a stay-at-home parent. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine whether reductions in parental time spent with children as a result of work outside the home impact the intellectual development of young children.

    The study indicates that parental participation in the labour market has little effect on the school readiness scores of most pre-school-aged children. However, children's school readiness does appear to be influenced by parental labour market participation if the parents exhibit above-average parenting skills and levels of parental education. Children of mothers who display above-average parenting skills and higher levels of education tend to benefit slightly when their mothers do not work outside the home. Likewise, children of fathers with above-average education exhibit slightly higher cognitive outcomes if their fathers work part time.

    Although the author finds that there is no association between the number of hours that children spend in child care and their level of school readiness, the study does observe that among pre-school children in substitute child-care, those who come from higher-income families tend to score higher on the school readiness tests than do children from lower-income families. This finding may be attributed to the possibility that children in higher-income families are exposed to a higher quality of substitute child-care, or it may be attributed simply to the advantages of growing up in a family with greater resources.

    Release date: 2003-10-23
  • 56. Family disruptions and childhood happiness Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X20010025819
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines whether adults who experienced change in their parental structure regard their childhood as happy and if they were less close to their parents than children whose families remained intact.

    Release date: 2001-09-11
  • 57. Problem behaviour and delinquency in children and youth Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X20010048390
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using data from the 1994/95 and 1996/97 National Longitudinal Survey on Children and Youth, this Juristat examines problem behaviour and delinquency as reported by a representative sample of youths between 10 and 13 years of age. Specifically four different issues are explored. First, the demographic variation in delinquency is assessed. Second, to understand life-course trajectories of children and youth involved in aggressive behaviour and delinquent acts against property, stability in delinquency is examined. Third, to understand why young people commit offences, it is important to differentiate aggressive behaviour from other types of delinquency. Therefore, the relationship between aggressive behaviour and delinquent acts against property is examined. Finally, the most common risk factors in childhood and early adolescence are presented.

    Release date: 2001-06-12
  • 58. How can research contribute to policy for children at risk? Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-589-X20010015835
    Description:

    Dr. Levin started his presentation with a comparison of the worlds of research and policy. In the world of social science research, he pointed to findings that are often indefinite and less than profound, and that do not necessarily reflect a consensus among researchers.

    Release date: 2001-05-22
  • 59. IEA studies and youth at risk Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-589-X20010015838
    Description:

    Dr. Wagemaker started his presentation with an introduction to his organization, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The IEA encompasses over 56 member countries, including Canada.

    Release date: 2001-05-22
  • 60. The contemporary concepts of at-risk children: theoretical models and preventive approaches in the early years Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-589-X20010015839
    Description:

    The first section of the paper and Dr. Puentes-Newman's presentation highlighted several of the meanings that exist for the concept of "at risk" in the existing literature. The subsequent section of the paper focuses on resilience. This term is used to describe children who succeed and have positive outcomes despite adversity.

    Release date: 2001-05-22
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  • 1. National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4450
    Description: The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term study of Canadian children that follows their development and well-being from birth to early adulthood. The study is designed to collect information about factors influencing a child's social, emotional and behavioural development and to monitor the impact of these factors on the child's development over time.
  • 2. Communities Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5067
    Description: The Communities Survey collects information from a sample of kindergarten children living in selected communities.
  • 3. Aboriginal Children's Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5108
    Description: The Aboriginal Children's Survey was designed to provide a picture of the early development of Aboriginal children and the social and living conditions in which they are learning and growing. The survey provides an extensive set of data about Aboriginal (Métis, Inuit, and off-reserve First Nations) children under six years of age in urban, rural, and northern locations across Canada.
  • 4. International Youth Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5117
    Description: The International Youth Survey (IYS) is the Canadian portion of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD) involving youth in Grades 7 to 9 in about 30 European countries, United States and Canada. The National Crime Prevention Centre of the federal department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada sponsored this study. It was conducted by Statistics Canada in Toronto in the spring of 2006.
  • 5. Survey of Young Canadians
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5179
    Description: The Survey of Young Canadians provides nationally representative indicators on child development.
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