Children and youth
Key indicators
Selected geographical area: Canada
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78.14.3%
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5,6685.0%
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More children and youth indicators
Selected geographical area: Canada
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97.74.6%
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2,57617.8%
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70.94.1%
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- Table: 35-10-0118-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: Youth custody and community services, admissions to community sentences by sex and sentence length ordered, Canada, provinces and territories, five years of data.Release date: 2024-03-19
- Articles and reports: 85-002-X202400100003Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey, this Juristat article expands on previous analysis and explores the prevalence and nature of police-reported incidents of online child sexual exploitation in Canada between 2014 and 2022. This article examines the types of incidents reported to police, including both online sexual offences against children and child pornography offences, as well as characteristics of victims and accused persons. An analysis of court data is presented, examining the types of charges processed in Canadian courts related to sexual offences against children that were likely facilitated online. Characteristics of adults and youth accused are also presented, along with the outcome of the charges laid against them.Release date: 2024-03-12
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202407237447Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-03-12
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024005Description: This infographic highlights the prevalence and nature of cyber-related harms against young people.Release date: 2024-02-27
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024010Description: 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
- Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400100001Description: Sexual health education delivered in school, provided by parents, or provided by other formal sources has been associated with increased rates of condom use and improvements in many other sexual risk behaviours. Friends and the internet are other information sources, although quality and accuracy of information are not always as high. The objective of this study is to update Canadian information about sources of sex education self-reported by adolescents and the related resource of having an adult to talk with about puberty and sexual health. Data from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth were used to examine the sources typically used to obtain sexual health information by 15- to 17-year-olds, as well as the prevalence and characteristics of adolescents reporting not having an adult to talk with about sexual health and puberty.Release date: 2024-01-17
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021007Description: This interactive tool provides information on early learning and child care in Canada related to high quality care, accessibility, affordability, flexibility, and inclusivity. Indicators, data and research from a variety of sources are available to present information for stakeholders and the Canadian public in general.Release date: 2024-01-11
- Table: 42-10-0012-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Number of children in census families, Canada, provinces, territories.Release date: 2023-12-19
- Table: 42-10-0054-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Number of children 0 to 5 years and 6 to 12 years with employed mothers and with all parents employed, Canada, provinces.Release date: 2023-12-19
- Table: 42-10-0055-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Number of persons employed as child care workers, early childhood educators and assistants, or home child care providers, Canada, provinces, territories.Release date: 2023-12-19
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Data (578)
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- Table: 39-10-0041-01Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration partFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Families of tax filers; Census families with children by age of children and children by age groups (final T1 Family File; T1FF).
Release date: 2023-07-12 - Table: 13-10-0870-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Percentages of children and pregnant women who have received recommended vaccines, by target population and vaccine/antigen covering results from the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 cycles of the Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey.Release date: 2023-06-12
- Public use microdata: 42-25-0002Description: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Survey on Before and After School Care in Canada (SBASCC). SBASCC addresses child care in Canada for children who are attending school (i.e., ages 4 to 12). The survey will ask about the different types of learning and child care arrangements used by families, difficulties some families may face when looking for care, as well as reasons for not using child care. Please note that children under 6 are not included on this PUMF. These data are available through the masterfile or the Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (SELCCA) PUMF.Release date: 2023-04-26
- Table: 42-10-0041-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Count of centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care business by type in Canada.Release date: 2023-03-30
- Table: 42-10-0041-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Proportion of centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care business by type of child care program offered in Canada.Release date: 2023-03-30
- Table: 42-10-0041-03Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Proportion of centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care business by licensing status in Canada.Release date: 2023-03-30
- Table: 42-10-0041-04Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Proportion of unlicensed home-based child care businesses, by reason for being unlicensed in Canada.Release date: 2023-03-30
- Table: 42-10-0041-05Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Average number of children enrolled by centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care business by type. As well as the proportion of centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care businesses having at least one enrollment and the average number of children enrolled, by child age group and program type in Canada.Release date: 2023-03-30
- Table: 42-10-0041-06Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Proportion of centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care businesses with open spots for full time enrollment and the average number of open spots available in Canada.Release date: 2023-03-30
- Table: 42-10-0041-07Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Proportion of centre-based child care businesses with at least one employee and average number of staff, by role; supervisory staff, staff providing direct care or support staff, and by employment status; full time, part time, casual, on call or supply staff in Canada.Release date: 2023-03-30
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Analysis (502)
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- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100003Description: Using multiple surveys, this article examines cyberbullying and cybervictimization among Canadian youth and young adults aged 12 to 29. With rates of online and social media use being high among young people, there is an increased risk of online forms of bullying and victimization. This paper examines the prevalence of cyberbullying and cybervictimization among young people, with a focus on identifying the at-risk populations, behaviours related to prevalence, such as internet and smart phone usage, and the association of online victimization with other forms of victimization, such as fraud and assault.Release date: 2023-02-21
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023017Description: Using 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, this infographic looks at the prevalence of cyberbullying among youth aged 12 to 17 and the relationship between frequency of social media use and cyberbullying. It also examines potential factors to protect youth against the online victimization.Release date: 2023-02-21
- 43. Study: Online harms faced by youth and young adults: The prevalence and nature of cybervictimizationStats in brief: 11-001-X202305231525Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-02-21
- Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300200002Description: Online digital media are a central part of adolescents’ lives, providing opportunities for social connection. However, some research has suggested that online digital media use may be negatively associated with mental health. Using data from 13,600 adolescents aged 12-17 drawn from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, the purpose of the present study was to examine differential associations between different types of online digital media use and mental health among Canadian adolescents.Release date: 2023-02-15
- Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300200003Description: Utility scores are an important tool for evaluating health-related quality of life. Utility score norms have been published for Canadian adults, but no nationally representative utility score norms are available for non-adults. Using Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) data from two recent cycles of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (i.e., 2016-2017 and 2018-2019), this is the first study to provide utility score norms for children aged 6 to 11 years and adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.Release date: 2023-02-15
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023011Description: This infographic presents an analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and retention rates of early learning and child care workers in Canada.Release date: 2023-01-31
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300100001Description: 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
- Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300100002Description: In 2015 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada placed child well-being foremost in their Calls to Action list and within Action 19 called upon the federal government to identify gaps in health between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, including measures of long-term trends. Based on the 2006 and 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts (CanCHECs), this study extends previous work by separately reporting the hospitalization rates for two cohorts of First Nations children and youth living on or off reserve, Métis children and youth, and Inuit children and youth living in Inuit Nunangat (excluding Nunavik), relative to the rates among non-Indigenous children and youth.Release date: 2023-01-18
- Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201200002Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100016Description: Using retrospective data from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), this Juristat article examines factors associated with an elevated likelihood of experiencing childhood victimization and further identifies adult outcomes that are associated with experiences of childhood victimization, including adult mental and physical health, drug and alcohol use, and subsequent victimization in adulthood. The article also includes information on additional experiences of child maltreatment, including experiences of emotional abuse and neglect and witnessing violence in the home.Release date: 2022-12-12
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3325Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3327Description: The purpose of this pilot study of court-based recidivism is to explore the possibility for ongoing and improved measures.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3807Description: The purpose of this survey was to gather information on child care in Canada.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3824Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3848Description: This survey provides valid comprehensive data on Canadian economic families' child care needs, use patterns and parental preferences and concerns.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4400Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4435Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4450Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5058Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5059Description: 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.
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