TOTAL POPULATION 31,892,000
CHILD POPULATION 5,740,560 |
Population Reference Bureau -2004 |
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TOTAL CHILD LABOUR
No Confirmed Data |
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ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION
In 2010, the economically active population is estimated to be 17,794,000 with no child in the age group 10-14 years being economically active |
ILO, Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population |
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GENDER RATIO
1020 females for 1000 males |
CIA, factbook-2005 (Fig is an estimate for 2005) |
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CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL
In 2001, 9,700 children of the primary school age group of 6-11 were out of school |
UNESCO's EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 |
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PROGRESS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION MDG
Data Not Available |
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CHILD SLAVERY
The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children; however, there were reports that such practices occurred. |
US Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2004, February 2005 |
| Women and children are trafficked for forced labor. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
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CHILD TRAFFICKING
Canada is primarily a destination and transit country for women trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation. Women and children are trafficked from Central and South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia for sexual exploitation.
In February 2004, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) estimated that 800 persons are trafficked into Canada annually and that an additional 1,500-2,200 persons are trafficked through
Canada into the United States. But some estimate that this number is much higher. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
| The country was a destination and a transit point to the United States for women, children, and men trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation, labor, and the drug trade. |
US Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2004, February 2005 |
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CHILD PROSTITUTION & PRONOGRAPHY
The production, distribution and purchasing of child pornography is a serious problem in Canada. Some experts suggest Canada is ranking third after the United States and Russia in terms of production of child pornography.
The Report and Recommendations in Respect of Legislation, Policy and Practices Concerning Prostitution-Related Activities states that between 10 and 15% of those exploited through prostitution in Canada are minors.
A Vancouver study demonstrated that the average age of entry of boys into sexual exploitation is 15.6 years, a year younger than the girls. The Vancouver Police also reports that girls as young as 14 are trafficked from Asian countries to be sexually exploited in brothels and massage parlours in several Canadian cities with large Asian populations - including Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and others. |
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
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CHILDREN USED IN CRIME
In May 2000, the National Post reported that, nationwide, thousands of children are being bought and sold to pimps and drug lords, while others are recruited for mail-order marriages or to work as household servants.
A network composed of American and Canadian procurers called the "West Coast Players’, has been involved in the trafficking of Canadian teenagers to Los Angeles for commercial sexual exploitation. In addition, the network seems to have developed links with Asian organised crime groups established in British Columbia. |
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
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CHILD SOLDIERS
At the end of May 2004 over 1,000 recruits aged between 16 and 19 were serving in the regular forces and a further 5,000 in the reserve forces. |
CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers, 2004 |
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CHILD LABOUR IN UNORGANISED SECTOR
No Confirmed Data |
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