What we know

  • 60,582 Canadian children were reported missing to law enforcement in 2007 1
 
  • Parents list abduction and sexual exploitation as 2 of the top 3 concerns facing Canadian children 2
 
  • Most Canadian parents are using outdated and ineffective information to teach their children about personal safety 2
 
  • Children account for 61% of all victims of sexual assault
    reported to the police and 21% of all victims of physical assault 3
 
  • 72% of Canadians feel that if someone wanted to access child pornography online, it would be very easy to do so 4
 
  • 92% of Canadians are concerned about child pornography being distributed on the Internet and 96% feel it is important to have a place to report child pornography online 4
 
  • Cybertip.ca processes over 600 reports per month relating to the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet and receives over 800,000 website hits per month from people seeking educational information 5
 
  • In homes without rules about Internet use, 74% of children report that an adult is never present when they use the Internet 6
 
  • 21% of children report having met someone in person they met first online 6

1 RCMP, 2007
2 IpsosReid, 2006
3 Statistics Canada, 2003

4 Pollara, 2005
5 Cybertip.ca, 2007
6 Erin Research, 2005