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  • 1. Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0021-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-05-10
  • 2. Proportion of annual family income spent on child care, by economic family type
    Table: 11-10-0080-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of annual after-tax family income spent on child care, by economic family type and age of youngest child, Canada.
    Release date: 2024-04-26
  • 3. Child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 5 with long-term conditions or disabilities, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024022
    Description: This infographic examines the early child care experiences of children with long-term conditions or disabilities using data from the 2023 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities (SELCCA – CLCD). It explores the types of extra support needed while in child care, the common difficulties they experienced as well as the impacts on the parent or guardian having difficulty finding a child care arrangement.
    Release date: 2024-04-22
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Factors associated with the use of oral health care services among Canadian children and youth
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400400002
    Description: Children’s oral health can affect functional capacities, psychological well-being, and social integration. Additionally, health behaviours established in childhood extend into adulthood and can influence oral health outcomes later in life. Using data from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, this study investigates the association between dental insurance, income, and dental care access for Canadian children and youth aged 1 to 17 years. It contributes to a baseline understanding of oral health care use before the implementation of the Canadian Dental Care Plan.
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 6. Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 37-25-0002
    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.
    Release date: 2024-04-04
  • 7. “Sandwiched” between unpaid care for children and care-dependent adults: A gender-based study
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey Wave 6 (Well-being and caregiving), this study explores unpaid caregiving in the past 12 months for care-dependent groups (children under 15 years old or adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability). This paper explores: Who are the unpaid caregivers, including "sandwich" caregivers? How much unpaid care is provided and to whom? What are the impacts of this unpaid caregiving on well-being, especially the gendered differences?
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 8. Who are the sandwich caregivers in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024003
    Description: This infographic investigates sandwich caregiving in Canada in 2022, defined as providing care in the past 12 months to both children under 15 years old and care-dependent adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability. The infographic explores the prevalence of sandwich caregiving, the types of relationships involved, and the impacts of this type of caregiving.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 9. Study: “Sandwiched” between multiple unpaid caregiving responsibilities
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202409337749
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 10. Youth not in employment, education, or training for persons with disabilities aged 15 to 29 years by gender
    Table: 13-10-0893-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    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.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
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  • 41. Online harms faced by youth and young adults: The prevalence and nature of cybervictimization
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100003
    Description: 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
  • 42. Cyberbullying among youth in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023017
    Description: 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 cybervictimization
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202305231525
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-02-21
  • 44. Online digital media use and adolescent mental health
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300200002
    Description: 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
  • 45. Health Utilities Index Mark 3 scores for children and youth: Population norms for Canada based on cycles 5 (2016 and 2017) and 6 (2018 and 2019) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300200003
    Description: 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
  • 46. Diversity and retention of early learning and child care workers in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023011
    Description: 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
  • 47. 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
  • 48. Changes to acute-care hospitalizations among Indigenous children and youth: Results from the 2006 and 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300100002
    Description: 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
  • 49. 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
  • 50. Profile of Canadians who experienced victimization during childhood, 2018
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100016
    Description: 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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  • 21. Communities Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5067
    Description: The Communities Survey collects information from a sample of kindergarten children living in selected communities.
  • 22. 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.
  • 23. 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.
  • 24. Youth Shelter Pilot Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5119
    Description: The purpose of this is to collect data on residential services for abused and at-risk youth (aged 16 to 29) during the previous 12 months, as well as to provide a one-day "snapshot" of the clientele being served on a specific date.
  • 25. Survey of Young Canadians
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5179
    Description: The Survey of Young Canadians provides nationally representative indicators on child development.
  • 26. 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.
  • 27. 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).
  • 28. Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (SELCCA)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5287
    Description: Statistics Canada gathers information on early learning and child care arrangements for children under the age of 6 in the 3 territories of Canada.
  • 29. Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5338
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect information on the provision of child care services in Canada for children ages 12 and under at the national, provincial and territorial level. Data is collected from licensed and unlicensed home-based and centre-based child care providers. Questions will be asked about staff, services provided, enrollment and daily fees as well as the extent of challenges related to COVID-19. The data will be used by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) for policy research and development.
  • 30. Survey on Before and After School Care in Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5343
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to address 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.

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