| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year
2000, 1051700 children between 15-19 years were economically active.
(ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 2001)
* For the year
2000, the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active
children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International
Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population
1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* 964,100 teenagers
between 15-19 are economically active. (ILO, Yearbook
of Labour Statistics, 1999)
*
In 1995, there were 0 economically active children between the ages of
10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* Child labour laws
are enforced effectively. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Slavery |
ADULT STATISTICS
* About 12, 16-30-year-old,
Asian girls and women are trafficked into Canada each week on visitor's
permits and sold into prostitution.The women are sold to brothel owners
in Markham, Scarborough, Toronto, and Los Angeles, and forced into $40,000
debt-bondage. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Police Bust Sex-slave Ring", UPI, 11 September 1997,
citing police officials)
|
| Child
Trafficking |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* 100 children are
trafficked into Canada from Honduras. (CATW, The Fact Book on Global Sexual Exploitation, 1999)
ADULT STATISTICS
* According to various
reports, some 3,500 Bulgarian women are trafficked to Poland, thousands
to the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, while others are trafficked
to Germany, Belgium, Canada, Serbia-Montenegro, Romania, Hungary, TFYR
Macedonia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Agents traffic at
least 30 Thai women into Canada per trip, and there are at least 3 Thai
agents in Toronto alone. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Rob Lamberti, "Sex Slaves: Fodder for Flesh Factories",
Toronto Sun, 10 May 1998)
* About 12, 16-30
year old, Asian girls and women are trafficked into Canada each week on
visitor's permits and sold into prostitution. The women are sold to brothel
owners in Markham, Scarborough, Toronto and Los Angeles, and forced into
$40,000 debt bondage. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Police Bust Sex-slave Ring", UPI, 11 September 1997,
citing police officials)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
*
It is thought that Chinese girls are trafficked into Western Canada
to work in the sex trade. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
*
Canada is a primarily a transit and destination country for trafficking
in persons, primarily from East Asia (especially China and Korea), Eastern
Europe, Russia, and Honduras. (US
Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
* There are also isolated cases of Canadian minors trafficked by pimps
to the United States for the purpose of sexual exploitation. (US
Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
A local NGO reports that girls from Costa Rica have been transported through
Central America and Mexico to work in the sex industry in the United States,
Canada, and Europe.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* South
Africa is a transit point for a large trafficking network operating between
developing countries and Europe, United States and Canada. Migrants from
foreign countries, particularly China, India, the Middle East, former Eastern
Bloc countries and other African countries, are lured to South Africa.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Malaysian women
are trafficked for sexual purposes mostly to Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong,
and Taiwan but also to Japan, Australia, Canada and the United States.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* The Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) issued a report on trafficking
of persons in September, and stated that women and girls from Colombia
are trafficked to North America and Western Europe. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Vietnamese and Chinese
mafia are expanding operations in brothels in Toronto, Canada. They traffic
women from Southeast Asia. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Rob Lamberti, "Sex Slaves: Fodder for Flesh Factories",
Toronto Sun, 10 May 1998)
* The United Nations
lists Mexico as the number one centre for the supply of young children
to North America. The majority are sent to international paedophile organisations.
Most of the children over 12 end up as prostitutes. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Allan Hall, The Scotsman, 25 August 1998)
* Many of the young
girls who are trafficked and forced into prostitution in Canada are ferried
from city to city, from Seattle to San Francisco to Oakland to Phoenix
to Honolulu and Portland. The pimps move them every 3-4 weeks.
(CATW
Fact Book, citing The Province, 19 December 1997, citing Portland Police
Officer Doug Kosloske)
* Recruitment of exotic
dancers into Canada is legal, and may be linked to the issues of trafficking
and sexual exploitation. Women who enter Canada to work as exotic dancers
are vulnerable to sexual and economic exploitation, deprivation of freedom
and can be coerced into criminal activities, whether they have entered
legally or illegally. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Canada's Paper for EU Conference on Trafficking in Women
for Sexual Exploitation, 10-11 June 1996)
|
| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* 70 to 80% of those
involved in the Canadian sex industry began as children. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Kimberly Daum, "Sexually Exploited Children in Canada",
17 October 1996)
LOCAL STATISTICS
* Of 1,500 people
in the sex industry in Montreal, one third are women and children in street
prostitution. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Prostitutes protest police sweep", Montreal Gazette,
23 June 1998)
* Of 25 prostitutes
known to be on the streets of Sudbury, half are under 15 years old and
some are as young as 11. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Wayne Chamberlain, "Half of Sudbury Prostitutes Under
15", The Sudbury Star, 13 April 1998, citing police sources)
* Social workers in Toronto
estimate that there are 10,000 children living on the streets and that many
of them fall prey to pimps. (June Kane, Sold for Sex, Aren Ashgate Publising Limited Gower House, 1998)
* There are between 600 and 300 minors involved in the sex trade in Montreal.
(June Kane, Sold for Sex, Aren Ashgate Publising Limited Gower House, 1998)
* More than 400 children,
some as young as 11, are reported as working for pimps in Calgary.
*
10% of the 100 to 200 women in street prostitution in Calgary, Canada,
are under 18 years of age.
(CATW
Fact Book, citing Helen Dolik "Help group for families is launched"
Calgary Herald, 11 August 1997)
* 200-300 juveniles
in Vancouver are routinely arrested on prostitution-related charges.
(CATW
Fact Book, citing Kimberly Daum, "Sexually Exploited Children in
Canada", 17 October 1996)
ADULT STATISTICS
* There are
an estimated 5,000 prostituted persons in Montreal. (CATW,
The Fact Book on Global Sexual Exploitation, 1999)
* About 12,
16-30 year old, Asian girls and women are trafficked into Canada
each week on visitor's permits and sold into prostitution.The women
are sold to brothel owners in Markham, Scarborough, Toronto, and
Los Angeles, and forced into $40,000 debt-bondage. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Police Bust Sex-slave Ring", UPI, 11 September
1997, citing police officials)
* There are
10,000 prostitutes in the Greater Toronto Area, and more than 4,000
women are in the escort trade. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Dating Services Bring Boom Times to Prostitution",
Toronto Star, 1997, citing Detective Mark Marple of Peel Region
and Police Nick Pron)
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
*
Child sex tourism is reported to be a problem in Vancouver. It is
estimated that there are about 100 offences relating to the child
sex trade in Vancouver every day. People also come from other parts
of Canada to Vancouver to find prostituted children. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* In February 2001, a child of 11 was the youngest victim rescued
by the Vice Squad. She had been abducted in Portland, Oregon, and
was being prostituted by three young Americans.
(ECPAT, CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* It is thought that Chinese girls are trafficked into Western
Canada to work in the sex trade. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
*
There are also isolated cases of Canadian minors trafficked by pimps
to the United States for the purpose of sexual exploitation. (US
Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
A local NGO reports that girls from Costa Rica have been transported
through Central America and Mexico to work in the sex industry in
the United States, Canada, and Europe. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999,
25 February 2000)
* Malaysian
women are trafficked for sexual purposes mostly to Singapore, Macau,
Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but also to Japan, Australia, Canada, and
the United States. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999,
25 February 2000)
* A recent study by the Canadian government shows that the number
of children involved in prostitution is unexpectedly large. Hundreds
of children are being abused as prostitutes in the province of British
Columbia, which has the highest incidence of children involved in
prostitution in Canada. (ECPAT
International, A Step Forward, 1999)
* Many of the
young girls that are trafficked and forced into prostitution in
Canada are ferried from city to city, from Seattle to San Francisco
to Oakland to Phoenix to Honolulu and Portland. The pimps move them
every 3-4 weeks. (CATW
Fact Book, citing The Province, 19 December 1997, citing Portland
Police Officer Doug Kosloske)
* Vietnamese
and Chinese mafia are expanding operations in brothels in Toronto,
Canada. They traffic women from Southeast Asia. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Rob Lamberti, "Sex Slaves: Fodder for Flesh Factories",
Toronto Sun, 10 May 1998)
* There is evidence
of children in prostitution. (IWGCL,
Working Children:
Reconsidering the Debates, 1998)
*
Hundreds of children under 17 years old are being exploited in the
sex industry in Vancouver, Canada. Middle-aged male buyers are increasingly
seeking girls as young as 11. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Mark Clayton, "To Curb Vancouver's Big Trade in
Child Sex " Christian Science Monitor, 1997)
|
| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* In 1998 there were 627,226 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing
24.49% of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 155 cases of murder
(12.04% of all murders), 7,379 cases of serious assault (17.12% of all cases),
413,035 cases of all types of theft (32.23% of all cases), 147,670 cases
of aggravated theft (38.95% of all cases), 10,553 cases of robbery and violent
theft (36.45% of all cases), 138,529 cases of breaking and entering (39.56%
of all cases), 70,315 cases of theft of motor cars (42.41% of all cases),
198,513 cases of other theft (26.95% of all cases), 6,752 cases of fraud
(7.14% of all cases), 6,397 cases of counterfeit currency offences (16.08%
of all cases), 9,018 cases of drug offences (12.65% of all cases)
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National Statistics)
* 10,564 imprisonment
of minors in 1992-93. (DCI,
International Child Rights Monitor, October 1994 to March 1995)
|
| Child
Soldiers |
GOVERNMENT
FORCE STATISTICS
*
According to a Canadian government statement of March 2000, approximately
1,000 16 and 17 year-olds are enlisted into the Canadian armed forces each
year. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001 citing OSCE Human
Dimension Seminar on Children and Armed Conflict, Warsaw, 23-26 May 2000)
* There are about
200 child soldiers in the armed forces. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database, citing inquiries made through the Canadian
Mission to the UN, Geneva by Rädda Barnen)
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
*
New legislation prevents soldiers under 18 years of age from being deployed
operationally. (CSUCS, Rory Mungoven, e-mail
message to GMIS, 18 October 2000)
NOTES
ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
* The government
recruits volunteers as young as 16 years. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database, citing inquiries made through the Canadian
Mission to the UN, Geneva by Rädda Barnen)
|
| Domestic
Child Servants |
- |
Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC
SECTORS
* Garment Manufacturing
- 20% of garment home-workers are children. (IWGCL,
Working Children: Reconsidering the Debates, 1998)
|
|
