Baseline demographic characteristics of children and adolescents aged 17 years or less in Ontario and Manitoba, January 2017–November 2020
| Characteristic | Ontario; year; no. (%) of children* | Manitoba; year; no. (%) of children* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 n = 2 761 302 | 2018 n = 2 776 698 | 2019 n = 2 800 407 | 2020 n = 2 829 172 | 2017 n = 306 813 | 2018 n = 310 111 | 2019 n = 311 212 | 2020 n = 313 395 | |
| Age† | ||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 8.70 ± 5.13 | 8.70 ± 5.12 | 8.72 ± 5.12 | 8.73 ± 5.11 | 8.96 ± 5.17 | 8.95 ± 5.16 | 8.93 ± 5.13 | 8.96 ± 5.11 |
| Median (IQR) | 9 (4–13) | 9 (4–13) | 9 (4–13) | 9 (4–13) | 9 (4–13) | 9 (4–13) | 9 (4–13) | 9 (4–13) |
| Age group | ||||||||
| ≤ 28 d‡ | 140 537 | 139 911 | 139 901 | 115 778§ | 17 282 | 16 885 | 16 618 | 14 782§ |
| 29–365 d | 131 375 (4.8) | 130 602 (4.7) | 130 260 (4.7) | 130 494 (4.6) | 15 698 (5.1) | 15 883 (5.1) | 15 955 (5.1) | 15 530 (5.0) |
| > 1 to 5 yr | 742 356 (26.9) | 744 524 (26.8) | 746 450 (26.7) | 753 127 (26.6) | 87 222 (28.4) | 88 136 (28.4) | 88 303 (28.4) | 88 369 (28.2) |
| 6–12 yr | 1 096 809 (39.7) | 1 107 217 (39.9) | 1 121 055 (40.0) | 1 132 943 (40.0) | 120 121 (39.2) | 122 353 (39.5) | 124 220 (39.9) | 126 181 (40.3) |
| 13–17 yr | 790 762 (28.6) | 794 355 (28.6) | 802 642 (28.7) | 812 608 (28.7) | 83 772 (27.3) | 83 739 (27.0) | 82 734 (26.6) | 83 315 (26.6) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 1 344 457 (48.7) | 1 352 005 (48.7) | 1 363 728 (48.7) | 1 377 931 (48.7) | 149 272 (48.7) | 150 890 (48.7) | 151 469 (48.7) | 152 583 (48.7) |
| Male | 1 416 845 (51.3) | 1 424 693 (51.3) | 1 436 679 (51.3) | 1 451 241 (51.3) | 157 541 (51.4) | 159 221 (51.3) | 159 743 (51.3) | 160 812 (51.3) |
| Rurality | ||||||||
| Urban | 2 485 062 (90.0) | 2 497 901 (90.0) | 2 518 679 (89.9) | 2 543 736 (89.9) | 210 245 (68.5) | 212 892 (68.7) | 213 045 (68.5) | 213 820 (68.2) |
| Rural | 269 754 (9.8) | 271 559 (9.8) | 273 500 (9.8) | 275 592 (9.7) | 96 568 (31.5) | 97 219 (31.3) | 97 758 (31.4) | 98 773 (31.5) |
| Missing | 6486 (0.2) | 7238 (0.3) | 8228 (0.3) | 9844 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | < 6¶ | 409 (0.1) | 802 (0.3) |
| Material deprivation quintile | ||||||||
| Q1 (lowest) | 629 475 (22.8) | 643 277 (23.2) | 658 048 (23.5) | 672 771 (23.8) | 61 371 (20.0) | 62 077 (20.0) | 62 231 (20.0) | 62 686 (20.0) |
| Q2 | 584 527 (21.2) | 588 752 (21.2) | 594 765 (21.2) | 601 189 (21.2) | 61 291 (20.0) | 61 858 (19.9) | 62 195 (20.0) | 62 624 (20.0) |
| Q3 | 509 432 (18.4) | 509 138 (18.3) | 511 701 (18.3) | 514 908 (18.2) | 61 413 (20.0) | 61 986 (20.0) | 62 222 (20.0) | 62 696 (20.0) |
| Q4 | 470 261 (17.0) | 468 997 (16.9) | 469 988 (16.8) | 472 749 (16.7) | 61 209 (19.9) | 61 852 (19.9) | 62 144 (20.0) | 62 437 (19.9) |
| Q5 (highest) | 535 311 (19.4) | 533 274 (19.2) | 531 452 (19.0) | 531 273 (18.8) | 61 357 (20.0) | 62 078 (20.0) | 62 257 (20.0) | 62 874 (20.1) |
| Missing | 32 296 (1.2) | 33 260 (1.2) | 34 453 (1.2) | 36 282 (1.3) | 172 (0.1) | 260 (0.1) | 163 (0.1) | 78 (0.0) |
| Immigrant status | ||||||||
| Nonrefugee | 141 985 (5.1) | 126 321 (4.5) | 109 697 (3.9) | 95 549 (3.4) | 27 487 (9.0) | 27 444 (8.8) | 24 174 (7.8) | 21 207 (6.8) |
| Refugee | 41 434 (1.5) | 37 658 (1.4) | 33 328 (1.2) | 29 522 (1.0) | 3736 (1.2) | 3867 (1.2) | 3321 (1.1) | 2887 (0.9) |
| Canadian-born | 2 577 883 (93.4) | 2 571 754 (92.6) | 2 566 491 (91.6) | 2 559 252 (90.5) | 275 590 (89.8) | 277 451 (89.5) | 275 776 (88.6) | 275 386 (87.9) |
| Not available | < 6¶ | 40 965 (1.5) | 90 891 (3.2) | 144 849 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1349 (0.4) | 7941 (2.6) | 13 915 (4.4) |
Note: IQR = interquartile range, Q = quintile, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.
↵† On Jan. 1.
↵‡ Not included in the sociodemographic groupings.
↵§ Includes only those born to Oct. 28.
↵¶ Institutional policy precludes reporting of cell sizes less than 6. Missing values less than 6 were combined with another category to prevent back-calculation of small cell sizes.