Early Childhood Development

A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children

- A New Look at Data from National Surveys

Over the past two decades, the family environment in which young children have grown up in Canada has changed dramatically. The following report visually shows how these changes relate to child development and explain how families have adapted their parenting roles. On each page, findings from current research are used to discuss the implications of the data presented in the chart. In the concluding section, policies to support families with young children are described.

This report was prepared and published through a collaboration between Human Resources Development Canada’s Applied Research Branch and Healthy Child Manitoba.

For printed copies of the report, please see the bottom of this page.

Report Download A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children - A New Look at Data from National Surveys. 905 KB, 32 pages September 2003 PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

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