Children and youth

Description: Physical and sexual childhood abuse are associated with suicidal ideation and mental health disorders. However, less is known about non-physical types of maltreatment. This study examined associations between non-physical types of child maltreatment (e.g., emotional abuse, interpersonal aggression, exposure to physical intimate partner violence, emotional and physical neglect) and suicidal ideation, and mental health disorders.

Description: This publication brings together and analyzes a wide range of data sources in order to provide information on various aspects of Canadian society, including labour, income, education, social, and demographic issues, that affect the lives of Canadians.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Number and percentage of children and youth with changes or no change in their functional difficulties between 2019 and 2023 by gender and age group, Canada (excluding territories) and provinces.

Description: Number and percentage of youth who report changes or no change in their health characteristics between 2019 and 2023 by gender and age group, Canada (excluding territories) and provinces.

Description: Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, sex and age group, last 5 months.

Description: Regular child care use and reasons for not using child care, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.

Description: Main child care arrangement encourages learning Indigenous values and customs, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.

Description: Child’s main care provider understands needs of families from an Indigenous background, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Number and percentage of children and youth with changes or no change in their functional difficulties between 2019 and 2023 by gender and age group, Canada (excluding territories) and provinces.

Description: Number and percentage of youth who report changes or no change in their health characteristics between 2019 and 2023 by gender and age group, Canada (excluding territories) and provinces.

Description: Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, sex and age group, last 5 months.

Description: Regular child care use and reasons for not using child care, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.

Description: Main child care arrangement encourages learning Indigenous values and customs, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.

Description: Child’s main care provider understands needs of families from an Indigenous background, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.

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Families of tax filers; Census families with children by age of children and children by age groups (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Description: Proportion of annual after-tax family income spent on child care, by economic family type and age of youngest child, Canada.

Description: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care (CSELCC).

CSELCC addresses child care in Canada for children younger than 6 years old and asks about the different types of child care arrangements that families use, the difficulties some families may face when looking for care, as well as reasons for not using child care. The survey also collects information on parents' labour market participation to better understand the interaction between work and the use of child care arrangements.

Description: Differences in the number and proportion of youth with disabilities who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) by province or territory and gender.

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In 2000-2001, 4% of people aged 12 or older reported being in a vehicle driven by someone who had too much to drink. The likelihood of riding with an intoxicated driver was highest at ages 15 to 29. Close to two-thirds of licensed drivers aged 16 or older reported "always" arranging for a designated driver when going to a place where alcohol would be served.

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Early adolescence is a time of rapid social, cognitive, and physical change. For some youth, these changes can make this period a vulnerable point in development. Adding to the stress, some students transfer from an elementary school to a middle school or to a comprehensive high school. While the impact on youth of moving to a higher level of schooling has been the focus of intense research and debate in the United States, surprisingly little research has been conducted examining how Canadian youth make this transition within the context of Canadian schools. With this in mind, this paper examines the academic, behavioural and emotional adjustment of Canadian adolescents who transfer from an elementary school to a middle or comprehensive high school and compares their outcomes to those of a group of youth who did not change schools. Results of several statistical analyses suggest that changing schools had little systematic association to adolescents' academic outcomes. This held true regardless of whether the school was a middle school or a comprehensive high school. Similarly, transferring to a middle school had little negative association to adolescents' emotional and behavioural outcomes. Indeed, with respect to social aggression, the analyses suggested that students in middle schools may use indirect or socially directed aggression less frequently than students who remained in elementary school. However, transferring directly from an elementary school to a comprehensive high school appeared to have some negative emotional consequences. Youth who moved directly from an elementary school to a high school reported greater symptoms of physical stress. Further, female students who directly transfer to high schools at ages 12 and 13, reported higher levels of depressive affect than female adolescents who remained in an elementary school.

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Using data from the Youth In Transition Survey, this article identifies early indicators that a student might be at risk of dropping out of high school by the age of 17, by comparing high school dropouts to high school continuers and graduates on a range of characteristics at age 15.

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This study examines links between changes in relationships with parents and peers during adolescence and adolescent depressive symptoms. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this study provides insight into: the relationships between youth and their mothers, fathers and friends; how these relationships changed over a two-year period; and how these changes related to depressive symptoms experienced by youth at ages 16 and 17.

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This paper describes the design and adjustment methods for handling movers in the U.S. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998/99 (ECLS-K). The paper also discusses how subsampling movers and adjusting for mover non-response affect the survey goal of accurately characterizing the academic growth and experiences of children.

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This study reweighted data from the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ongoing, state-based telephone survey in the United States, to produce more accurate child estimates.

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This article describes the well-being of off-reserve Aboriginal children aged 14 and under, using data from the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) to focus on off-reserve Aboriginal children with respect to health and well-being, education, and learning and use of Aboriginal languages. It is adapted from A Portrait of Aboriginal Children Living in Non-reserve Areas: Results from the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 89-597-XWE).

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This article examines recent evidence on the academic performance of children of people who immigrated to Canada during the 1990s.

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This study examines links between harsh, punitive parenting and aggressive child behaviour, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Children were studied of both sexes aged 2 to 3 years and 8 to 9 years, from various regions of Canada and from a range of income groups.

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This Juristat provides an overview of young offenders in correctional service programs in Canada in 2002/03. The data in the report represent the final year of youth corrections under the Young Offenders Act as the new Youth Criminal Justice Act came into effect on April 1, 2003.

The data are drawn from three sources: the Youth Key Indicator Report, the Youth Custody and Community Services Survey and the Alternative Measures Survey. Data from all these sources are analysed at the provincial/territorial and national levels.

Description: The purpose of this survey is to provide information on the nature and characteristics of Alternative Measures cases in youth corrections, which are of use to justice agencies, the media and the public.

Description: The purpose of this pilot study of court-based recidivism is to explore the possibility for ongoing and improved measures.

Description: The purpose of this survey was to gather information on child care in Canada.

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.

Description: This survey provides valid comprehensive data on Canadian economic families' child care needs, use patterns and parental preferences and concerns.

Description: The purpose of this survey was to find out more about the activities, previous work force attachment and future plans of persons not presently in the labour force; information was also collected on the plans of non-student youth and the retirement circumstances of retired people.

Description: The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is a longitudinal survey undertaken jointly by Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. This survey is designed to examine the major transitions in the lives of youth, particularly between education, training and work.

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.

Description: The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is undertaken jointly by Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. This survey is designed to examine the major transitions in the lives of youth, particularly between education, training and work.

Description: The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is undertaken jointly by Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. This survey is designed to examine the major transitions in the lives of youth, particularly between education, training and work.