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  • 1. Physical activity, self reported, youth, 12 to 17
    Table: 13-10-0096-14
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of youth being moderately active or active during leisure time, by age group and sex.

    Release date: 2022-08-26
  • 2. Body mass index, overweight or obese, self reported, youth (12 to 17 years old)
    Table: 13-10-0096-21
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of youth who reported being overweight or obese, by sex.

    Release date: 2022-08-26
  • 3. Portrait of youth in Canada: Environment
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022025
    Description:

    This infographic highlights the environmental engagement of Canadian youth, defined as those aged 15 to 30 years old. It explores youth donations to environmental organizations, the satisfaction of youth with their local environment, the health benefits from living in walkable neighbourhoods and the use of sustainable transit. Data are drawn from a number of sources including the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home, 2015 to 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey and the 2016 Census of Population.

    Release date: 2022-04-07
  • 4. Unravelling: Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian families
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032021003
    Description:

    The pandemic presented a long list of threats to the mental and physical well-being of children, parents and educators across the nation. To move towards the end of the pandemic and a return to normalcy, difficult choices such as closing schools had to be made by policy-makers. With our guest Dr. Kelley Zwicker, a pediatric doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), we discussed the potential short- and long-term effects of the school closures on students and their parents.

    Release date: 2021-12-07
  • 5. Data profile: Expanding the research potential of the Canadian Health Measures Survey using paired respondent data
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100700001
    Description:

    The family environment is an important influence on the health and behaviours of children. Few large-scale datasets include detailed and objectively measured health data about multiple individuals from the same family who are living in the same household. The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) is a repeating, cross-sectional survey that selects two members of a household-a child and a randomly selected older member of the household aged 12 to 79 years-with at least one child aged 3 to 11 years in residence. These paired respondent records, available in the CHMS relationship files, provide unique opportunities to researchers interested in examining associations between two members of the same household for health behaviours and outcomes. This paper highlights the unique features, recommendations for use and research potential of paired data in the CHMS relationship files.

    Release date: 2021-07-21
  • 6. Blood pressure of children and adolescents, 2016-2019
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X202100100002
    Description:

    This is a Health fact sheet about measured blood pressure of Canadian children and youth aged 6 to 19 as well as the association between blood pressure and body mass index. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2021-03-23
  • 7. Prescription medication use among Canadian children and youth, 2012 to 2017
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100300001
    Description:

    Prescription medications are used throughout the life course, including among children and youth. This article describes prescription medication use in the past month among those aged 3 to 19 years.

    Release date: 2021-03-17
  • 8. Selected socio-demographic and health indicators to better understand the impact of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on children (various reference periods)
    Table: 13-10-0815-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Health region, Local health integration network
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This data table covers key socio-demographic and health indicators at the health region levels of geography to better understand the different ways that remote learning approaches and temporarily closed schools have affected children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Release date: 2021-03-15
  • 9. Trends in paediatric cancer survival in Canada, 1992 to 2017
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100200001
    Description:

    This study describes survival, improvement in survival over time and conditional survival for paediatric cancer patients in Canada.

    Release date: 2021-02-17
  • 10. Chapter 1: Health of youth in Canada
    Articles and reports: 42-28-0001202100100001
    Description:

    Using Statistics Canada data, this chapter describes the health of Canadian youth, defined as those aged 15 to 30 years old. Indicators of physical and mental health and substance use are presented to highlight the health of young Canadians. Comparisons with older Canadians and trends mostly over the last 20 years are provided for context. When possible, indicators are also examined by sex, ethnicity and household income.

    Release date: 2021-02-01
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  • 1. Portrait of youth in Canada: Environment
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022025
    Description:

    This infographic highlights the environmental engagement of Canadian youth, defined as those aged 15 to 30 years old. It explores youth donations to environmental organizations, the satisfaction of youth with their local environment, the health benefits from living in walkable neighbourhoods and the use of sustainable transit. Data are drawn from a number of sources including the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home, 2015 to 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey and the 2016 Census of Population.

    Release date: 2022-04-07
  • 2. Unravelling: Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian families
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032021003
    Description:

    The pandemic presented a long list of threats to the mental and physical well-being of children, parents and educators across the nation. To move towards the end of the pandemic and a return to normalcy, difficult choices such as closing schools had to be made by policy-makers. With our guest Dr. Kelley Zwicker, a pediatric doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), we discussed the potential short- and long-term effects of the school closures on students and their parents.

    Release date: 2021-12-07
  • 3. Data profile: Expanding the research potential of the Canadian Health Measures Survey using paired respondent data
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100700001
    Description:

    The family environment is an important influence on the health and behaviours of children. Few large-scale datasets include detailed and objectively measured health data about multiple individuals from the same family who are living in the same household. The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) is a repeating, cross-sectional survey that selects two members of a household-a child and a randomly selected older member of the household aged 12 to 79 years-with at least one child aged 3 to 11 years in residence. These paired respondent records, available in the CHMS relationship files, provide unique opportunities to researchers interested in examining associations between two members of the same household for health behaviours and outcomes. This paper highlights the unique features, recommendations for use and research potential of paired data in the CHMS relationship files.

    Release date: 2021-07-21
  • 4. Blood pressure of children and adolescents, 2016-2019
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X202100100002
    Description:

    This is a Health fact sheet about measured blood pressure of Canadian children and youth aged 6 to 19 as well as the association between blood pressure and body mass index. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2021-03-23
  • 5. Prescription medication use among Canadian children and youth, 2012 to 2017
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100300001
    Description:

    Prescription medications are used throughout the life course, including among children and youth. This article describes prescription medication use in the past month among those aged 3 to 19 years.

    Release date: 2021-03-17
  • 6. Trends in paediatric cancer survival in Canada, 1992 to 2017
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100200001
    Description:

    This study describes survival, improvement in survival over time and conditional survival for paediatric cancer patients in Canada.

    Release date: 2021-02-17
  • 7. Chapter 1: Health of youth in Canada
    Articles and reports: 42-28-0001202100100001
    Description:

    Using Statistics Canada data, this chapter describes the health of Canadian youth, defined as those aged 15 to 30 years old. Indicators of physical and mental health and substance use are presented to highlight the health of young Canadians. Comparisons with older Canadians and trends mostly over the last 20 years are provided for context. When possible, indicators are also examined by sex, ethnicity and household income.

    Release date: 2021-02-01
  • 8. Portrait of Youth in Canada: Physical Health and Behaviours
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021011
    Description:

    This infographic presents information about the physical and mental health status of Canadian youth. Information about health behaviours such as smoking, heavy drinking, cannabis use, obesity and physical activity is also provided. Data are drawn from the Canadian Community Health Survey and the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series.

    Release date: 2021-02-01
  • 9. Health of youth in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202103228083
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-02-01
  • 10. Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202020520264
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-07-23
Reference (4)

Reference (4) ((4 results))

  • 1. Ontario Child Health Study
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3824
    Description: The survey was conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. The purpose of the Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS) is to collect up-to-date information about children and youth's mental health in Ontario.
  • 2. Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5185
    Description: The purpose of the Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey is to collect information on national immunization coverage for childhood vaccines.
  • 3. Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5233
    Description: The Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY) is designed to paint a portrait of the health and well-being of Canadian children and youth by collecting information about factors influencing their physical and mental health. The survey covers a broad range of topics related to the overall health of children and youth including chronic conditions, injuries, physical activity, nutrition and their social environment (family, friends, and communities).
  • 4. Public Health Agency of Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 7509
    Description: This is non-Statistics Canada information.
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