This table contains characteristics of children and youth aged 1 to 17 years on general health like perceived health and mental health, on long-term conditions such as asthma and diabetes and on aches and sleeping difficulties.

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.

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.

This table contains functional difficulties for children aged 5 to 17 years in domains such as seeing, hearing, walking, learning and accepting changes.

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.

This table contains functional difficulties for children aged 2 to 4 years in domains such as seeing, hearing, walking and learning.

This table contains 5280 series, with data for years 2004 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Age group (5 items: Total, 5 to 17 years (61 to 215 months); 5 to 11 years; 12 to 17 years; 12 to 14 years; ...); Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females); Measured child body mass index (4 items: Total population for the variable measured child body mass index; Measured child body mass index, neither overweight nor obese; Measured child body mass index, overweight; Measured child body mass index, obese); Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval, number of persons; High 95% confidence interval, number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; ...).

This table contains characteristics of children and youth aged 1 to 17 years on general health like perceived health and mental health, on long-term conditions such as asthma and diabetes and on aches and sleeping difficulties.

The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term survey designed to measure child development and well-being. The first cycle of the survey was conducted by Statistics Canada in 1994-1995 on behalf of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey looked at households containing children 0 to 11 years of age. It will follow these children over time, collecting information on the children and their families, education, health, development, behaviour, friends, activities, etc. The data collected has been released in two cycles of the NLSCY. The amount of information collected was so extensive a decision was made to have two releases rather than waiting for all of the data to be processed. Release 1 contains information on medical/biological childbirth information, motor and social development, parenting, child care, behaviour, etc.. Release 2 contains information on health, activities, literacy, family and custody history, parent health, neighbourhood safety, puberty, drinking and drugs. A complete list of the sections included in the first and second release can be found in the General Contents files.

In response to the Government of Canada identifying the health and safety of Canadians and their families as a priority, Health Canada has developed a marketing campaign to ensure awareness of, and access to, the wealth of expert information the Government of Canada has developed in the areas of children’s health and safety. This multi-departmental initiative is being led by Health Canada and will ensure all priority issues within each department are effectively communicated in campaign products. Topics expected to be covered in the campaign include: consumer product, food, medication, chemical and toy safety; food safety; injury prevention, physical activity, immunization and infectious disease prevention; cyber-safety, bullying prevention and emergency preparedness; and, vehicle and road safety, child restraints, boating safety and rail safety. Health Canada commissioned a survey of parents of children age 16 or younger with the goal of gathering some key baseline measures, partly in order to potentially track their movement as a result of the communications efforts. The objectives of this baseline survey on parents’ knowledge and awareness of children’s health and safety were to assess parents’: - Current level of understanding, perceptions of risk, and concern. - Informational needs, sources, and expectations. - Behaviour toward improving understanding of risks and methods to mitigate risks.

This table contains functional difficulties for children aged 5 to 17 years in domains such as seeing, hearing, walking, learning and accepting changes.

This table contains 7392 series, with data for years 2004 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Age group (7 items: Total, 2 to 17 years; 2 to 11 years; 2 to 5 years; 6 to 11 years; ...); Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females); Measured child body mass index (4 items: Total population for the variable measured child body mass index; Measured child body mass index, neither overweight nor obese; Measured child body mass index, overweight; Measured child body mass index, obese); Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval, number of persons; High 95% confidence interval, number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; ...).

The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term survey designed to measure child development and well-being. The first cycle of the survey was conducted by Statistics Canada in 1994-1995 on behalf of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey looked at households containing children 0 11 years of age. It will follow these children over time, collecting information on the children and their families, education, health, development, behaviour, friends, activities, etc. It should be pointed out that not all the data collected in the first cycle of the NLSCY are included in this first microdata file. The amount of information collected was so extensive a decision was made to have two releases rather than waiting for all of the data to be processed. Release 1 contains informationon medical/biological childbirth information, motor and social development, parenting, child care, behaviour, etc. A complete list of the sections included in the first and second release can be found in the General Contents files.

The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term study conducted in partnership by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)and Statistics Canada. The primary objective of the NLSCY is to monitor the development and well being of Canada's children as they grow from infancy to adulthood. The NLSCY is designed to follow a representative sample of Canadian children, aged newborn to 11 years, into adulthood, with data collection occurring at two-year intervals. The objectives of the NLSCY are: To determine the prevalence of various risk and protective factors for children and youth. To understand how these factors, as well as life events, influence childrens development. To make this information available for developing policies and programs that will help children and youth. Collect information on a wide variety of topics biological, social, economic. Collect information about the environment in which the child is growing up family, peers, school, community Information comes from different sources (parent, child, teacher) and from direct measures (PPVT, math/reading tests, etc.) The NLSCY survey population consists of two sample groups. They are the: longitudinal sample, cross-sectional sample.

Statistics Canada conducted the first national Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) in the fall of 1994. The survey had two components: children aged 10 to 14 who were surveyed at school, while youth aged 15 to 19 were interviewed at home, by telephone. The survey findings were published in 1996 by Health Canada as a research report and as a set of fact sheets. The smoking behaviour of the 15 to 19 year olds has been monitored by the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, conducted for Health Canada by Statistics Canada, since 1999. Health Canada asked Statistics Canada to repeat the school portion of the 1994 Youth Smoking Survey in the fall of 2002. Besides smoking as the core content, the 2002 YSS includes questions referring to experiences with alcohol and drugs for students in grades 7 to 9 (in Quebec secondary school grades 1 to 3). Both the 1994 and the 2002 survey provided national (excluding the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut) and provincial estimates. Health Canada has plans to repeat the survey in 2004 and is working with the territories to support them in carrying out surveys comparable to the Youth Smoking Survey. Information on smoking, as well as the use of alcohol and drugs by children and youth, is also available from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), a Statistics Canada survey that started in 1994. However, given the nature of the NLSCY, the coverage of smoking behaviour is not extensive and the cross-sectional samples are of modest size. Additionally, the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) conducted in 2001, collected data on smoking for children aged 12 and over.

The Aboriginal Peoples Survey provides data on the social and economic conditions of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 6 years and older.

This data set contains results from a MCYS employee survey created in 2016 and completed by MCYS staff over two and a half weeks in April 2016. The MCYS Staff Survey contains employee engagement survey response data on work-life balance, organizational communication, career, and data work and information management. The survey was designed to provide management with data to develop and measure the success of employee engagement initiatives. It does this by providing point-in-time data on the implementation and impact of the five foundations of Organizational Health and Excellence, found in the 2013-2018 MCYS Strategic Plan Growing Together. *[MCYS]: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

A series of health-related data sets from various quantitative public opinion research studies.

Post-secondary students experience abnormally high levels of stress compared to the general population, and parents pursuing post-secondary education have additional demands that challenge their mental health. Understanding the mental health of parent versus non-parent students is imperative to support students in their academic pursuits. The purpose of this mixed-methods, cross-sectional paper was two-fold: (1) to investigate the mental health (flourishing/languishing) of parents pursuing post-secondary education in Ontario, Canada with children/youth aged 0–18 years compared to non-parent post-secondary students; and (2) to explore parents’ and non-parents’ lived experiences of mental health (flourishing/languishing) while pursuing post-secondary education. A total of 374 students (n = 86 parents; n = 288 non-parents) completed an online survey that included demographics and the previously validated Mental Health Continuum-Short Form. A subset of participants (n = 10 parents; n = 10 non-parents) participated in one of six focus groups (3 parent focus groups; 3 non-parent focus groups). Results from the independent sample t-tests indicated no significant differences between the overall mental health scores. Thematic analysis revealed 4 themes for student-parents: (1) factors that challenge mental health; (2) realities of being a student-parent; (3) social connectivity among family and friends; and (4) mental health fluctuations. A total of 6 non-parent specific themes were found: (1) social connectivity among peers; (2) factors that challenge mental health; (3) the bidirectional relationship between school and mental health status; (4) prioritizing academic roles; (5) finding purpose through academic pursuits; and (6) admiration for student-parents. Findings from the current study highlight the dichotomy in student-parent versus non-parent academic identities and are important for university personnel to understand to provide tailored supports.

The 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition (2015 CCHS-Nutrition) is a nationally-representative survey of the nutrition of people in Canada. The survey provides a rich source of detailed information on food consumption using a 24-hour (hr) dietary recall for the total sample and a repeat sub-sample, nutrient supplement intake, physical measurements, household food insecurity, and other topics that support the interpretation of the 24-hr recall. It also allows the evaluation of changes that have occurred since this survey was last done in 2004. Development and implementation of the 2015 CCHS-Nutrition has been a joint initiative between Health Canada and Statistics Canada, as also occurred for the 2004 CCHS-Nutrition. To facilitate comparison, the 2015 survey used methods that were very similar to the 2004 survey. The over-arching goal of the 2015 CCHS-Nutrition is to provide reliable, timely information about dietary intake, nutritional well-being and their key determinants, with the purpose of informing and guiding programs, policies and activities of federal and provincial governments. The specific objectives of the 2015 CCHS-Nutrition were to: - Collect detailed data on the consumption of foods and dietary supplements among a representative sample of Canadians at national and provincial levels. - Estimate the distribution of usual dietary intake in terms of nutrients from foods, food groups, dietary supplements and eating patterns. - Gather anthropometric (physical) measurements for accurate body weight and height assessment to interpret dietary intake. - Support the interpretation and analysis of dietary intake data by collecting data on selected health conditions and socio-economic and demographic characteristics. - Evaluate changes in dietary intake from the 2004 CCHS-Nutrition.