Healthy Child Development

Inclusion

• There are 315,000 children between 10 and 19 living with disabilities.
• Almost one in three children with disabilities lives in poverty.
• Youth have the highest unemployment rate of any age group and are most likely to work in low wage jobs.
• High school dropout rates in Canada are close to 30%.
• More than half of recent immigrant children live in poverty.
• Many recent immigrant workers are in low-wage jobs without benefits, even though today’s immigrants have the highest ever educational credentials.

National Children’s Alliance. (2006). Speaking Out for Canada’s Children: Community Action Guide. Ottawa: Author.