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To estimate the prevalence of child maltreatment among Canadian youth and assess gender differences.

Child maltreatment in Canada: prevalence and gender differences among youth

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Reveals high prevalence of child maltreatment in youth, indicating urgent need for targeted interventions.

To estimate the prevalence of child maltreatment among Canadian youth and assess gender differences.
Conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from the 2023 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth.
Included 5256 participants aged 15 to 17 years.
Analyzed self-reported instances of various forms of child maltreatment.
Emotional abuse prevalence was 44.9% and exposure to caregiver emotional intimate partner violence was 39.4%.
Females reported higher rates of sexual abuse (8.1%) compared to males (1.5%).
Nonbinary youth reported the highest prevalence of sexual abuse (22.4%) and emotional abuse (83.7%).

McKinnon et al. (2026) studied this question.

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