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  • Table: 35-10-0118-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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-X202400100003
    Description: 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-X202407237447
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-12

  • 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

  • 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

  • Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400100001
    Description: 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-X2021007
    Description: 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: 42-10-0012-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of children in census families, Canada, provinces, territories.
    Release date: 2023-12-19

  • Table: 42-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: 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: 42-10-0055-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: 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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  • Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201100002
    Description:

    Little is known about cross-national differences in the decline of youth life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study compares youth in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom on life satisfaction before and during the pandemic.

    Release date: 2022-11-23

  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X202229135803
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-10-18

  • 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

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022063
    Description: This infographic presents findings from the Survey on Before and After School Care in Canada (2022), which addresses before and after school care in Canada for children who are attending school (i.e. ages 4 to 12 years old), asks about the different types of before and after school care arrangements that families use, difficulties some families may face when looking for care, as well as reasons for not using before and after school care.
    Release date: 2022-10-14

  • Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202100100016
    Description:

    This article about children is part of the "Housing Experiences in Canada" fact sheet series. This series focuses on housing indicators that provide information on the housing experiences of different population groups, with a focus on those identified in legislation that recognizes housing as a human right.

    Release date: 2022-09-07

  • Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200800003
    Description:

    Child care in Canada is essential for supporting paid employment for parents, particularly women who do the majority of child care work. This paper examines the characteristics and evolution of the population of small home daycares and their operators that are ubiquitous throughout Canada. It fills an information gap in the current understanding of the child care market in Canada by providing information about the entrepreneurs that run home child cares, their families and their incomes.

    Release date: 2022-08-24

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100013
    Description:

    This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2021 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.

    Release date: 2022-08-02

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022044
    Description:

    Key statistics about crime in Canada are presented in this infographic. Findings on changes to the Crime Severity Index (CSI) at the national and provincial, territorial levels are presented. Also included are the categories of crime which were reported in 2021.

    Release date: 2022-08-02

  • Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200700003
    Description:

    This paper presents an estimate of unpaid childcare, other unpaid household activities, and paid employment in Canadian provinces for the period from 1998 to 2015. The estimate is then used to assess the effects of the low-cost childcare program launched in Quebec in 1997 on paid employment and to examine the contribution of unpaid childcare and other unpaid household activities to wellbeing and welfare in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-07-27

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022043
    Description:

    This infographic provides information on the effects of the low-cost childcare launched in Quebec in 1997 on paid employment.

    Release date: 2022-07-27
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  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5067
    Description: The Communities Survey collects information from a sample of kindergarten children living in selected communities.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5179
    Description: The Survey of Young Canadians provides nationally representative indicators on child development.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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