Canada's Second Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child

PART II : Measures adopted by Governments of the Provinces

PART III : Measures adopted by Governments of the Territories

PART IV : Annexes

PART V : Tables

Table 1: Number of children in Canada, 1921-1996
Table 2: Youth aged 15-17 and total children under age 18, 1971-1996
Table 3: Immigrant children, 1975-1995
Table 4: Region of birth of children immigrating to Canada, 1995
Table 5: Immigrant refugee children, 1992-1995
Table 6: Children among visible minority populations, 1996
Table 7: Living arrangements of children under age 15 and youth aged 15-17, 1991 and 1996
Table 8: Dependent children involved in divorces, by party obtaining custody, 1978-1995
Table 9: Missing children, by cause of disappearance, 1996
Table 10: Employment Rates of Mothers by age of youngest child, 1981-1997
Table 11: Day care spaces, by type, 1971-1996
Table 12: Maternity absences from work, 1980-1997
Table 13: Infant mortality, 1960-1996
Table 14: Causes of infant deaths by sex, 1996
Table 15: Causes of deaths of children aged 1-14, 1996
Table 16: Children with AIDS, 1997
Table 17: Incidence of low income, 1981-1996
Table 18: Selected education indicators, 1971-72 to 1995-96
Table 19: Television viewing by children, 1985-1995
Table 20: Youths charged by type of offence (1992-1996)
Table 21: Average number of young offenders in custody per day, 1992-93 to 1996-97
Table 22: Selected Indicators for Registered Indian Population on Reserve
Table 23: Suicides
Table 24: Summary Total Child Tax Benefits Paid 1994/95 - 1996/97
Table 25: Total Child Tax Benefits Paid 1994/95 - 1996/97
Table 26: Firearms Homicides, 1974 - 1996
Table 27: Deaths from Firearms by Age