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ArticleHealth promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2026

Child maltreatment in Canada: prevalence and gender differences among youth.

Britt McKinnon, Harriet L MacMillan, Ashley Vandermorris, Katholiki Georgiades, Emma Nolan, Christina Catley, Isabelle Lévesque, Lil Tonmyr

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Article in Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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Britt McKinnonFamily Violence Epidemiology Section, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Harriet L MacMillanDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Ashley VandermorrisDivision of Adolescent Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Katholiki GeorgiadesDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Emma NolanQueen's University Belfast, Department of Psychology, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Christina CatleyCentre for Population Health Data, Social, Health and Labour Statistics Field, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Isabelle LévesqueCentre for Population Health Data, Social, Health and Labour Statistics Field, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Lil TonmyrFamily Violence Epidemiology Section, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents the first Canadian self-reported estimates of child maltreatment (CM) from youth using data from 5256 participants aged 15 to 17 years in the 2023 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth. CM prevalence was high, particularly for emotional abuse (44.9%) and exposure to caregiver emotional intimate partner violence (39.4%). Females reported higher prevalence of sexual abuse (8.1% vs. 1.5%) and emotional abuse (52.2% vs. 35.4%) than males. Youth identifying as nonbinary or with a gender different from their sex assigned at birth reported the highest prevalence across all CM types, including 22.4% for sexual abuse and 83.7% for emotional abuse. These finding underscore the need for targeted research and policies that address structural determinants of gender-based disparities.

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Child AbuseEmotional AbuseAdolescentCanadaChild Abuse, SexualFemaleGender-Nonconforming PersonsHealth SurveysHumansIntimate Partner ViolenceMalePrevalenceSelf ReportSex FactorsCanadachild maltreatmentepidemiologyfamily violencesurveillancesurveysyouth

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