WHERE WE STAND: The Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being

Where does canada stand?

• Only 55% of children in Canada report a high level of life satisfaction
• 27% report feeling sad or hopeless for long periods of time
• 1 in 3 reporting weekly symptoms linked to mental distress, including headaches and stomach aches
• 1 in 4 young people sometimes goes to bed or school hungry
• More than a third of young people experience discrimination
• 27% are often bullied and 28% get in fights
• 17% feel time pressure and a quarter say they are overwhelmed with school work

8 ways you can use the Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being:

1. Understand what life is like for children and youth in Canada.
2. Share what stands out to you with your networks and include our tags: #OurBigSelfie and @OneYouthCanada
3. Develop better data for and with children.
4. Set bolder goals and benchmarks for community, regional and national progress for children.
5. Advocate for children – influence decision-makers to make Canada among the best places to grow up.
6. Design solutions - policies, investments, programs and practices that address our greatest challenges - and measure their impacts.
7. Track progress toward commitments including the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
8. Do all of this with children and youth.

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