· It’s estimated that there are 160 million victims of child labour, worldwide.
· 79 million of child labour victims work in dirty, dangerous and degrading jobs.
· Involves intolerable abuse, such as child slavery, child trafficking, debt bondage, forced labour, or illicit activities
. Almost half of all child labourers are between ages 5 and 11.
. Approximately 4.3 million children work in forced labour, including debt bondage, slavery and commercial sexual exploitation.
. Over 1,200 companies operating in Canada are known to be importing goods at a high risk of being produced by a child or through forced labour.
. 71 per cent of child labour victims are in agriculture: fishing, forestry, livestock herding, commercial farming.
· 17 per cent of child labour victims are in services: sex trafficking and tourism, domestic services, food services, housekeeping.
· 12 per cent are in industry: sweatshops, factories, mining, brick making, stone quarries.
· The number of children involved in child labour has declined by one third since 2000.
. By 2025, UN member states—which includes Canada—are committed to ending all forms of forced labour, modern slavery and child labour.