Translation of "Age children in census families " (English → French) :

if the legislation of a Member State which is applicable under subparagraph 1 does not make a distinction between the members of the family and other persons to whom it is applicable, the spouse, minor children, and dependent children who have reached the age of majority shall be considered members of the family;

The following are eligible for home detention: a) pregnant women and mothers of children under 10 who live with them; b) fathers who exercise parental authority over children under 10 who live with them if the mother is dead or incapable of caring for their children; d) those over 60 years of age if they are incapacitated, even partly; e) those under 21 where there are duly substantiated reasons connected with their health, education, work or family situation.

(12) The possibility of limiting the right to family reunification of children over the age of 12, whose primary residence is not with the sponsor, is intended to reflect the children's capacity for integration at early ages and shall ensure that they acquire the necessary education and language skills in school.

24. Children cared for (other than by the family) as a proportion of all children in the same age group.

There should be a Government of Canada policy framework and action plan on aboriginal children and youth and their families in communities, with a vision, goals, targets, and desired outcomes; a commitment by the Government of Canada to make regular public reports on agreed outcome indicators of child and community well-being, tabled in the House of Commons and routinely referred to this standing committee; evaluation of the experience to date of the first nations component of the national child benefit; an exploration of the merits of expanding the first nations component ...[+++] of the Canada prenatal nutrition program; a consideration of expanding the national children's agenda to include school-aged children, specifically school-aged children with disabilities; a consideration of expanding the early childhood development initiatives by adding a specific aboriginal component a good start was made September 11, 2000 on this; an exploration of using the 115 or so native friendship centres that exist currently across the country as delivery agencies for supports and services for aboriginal peoples, whether on or off reserve, whether status or non-status; perhaps the establishment of multi-year framework agreements between the major national aboriginal organizations and relevant federal departments on funding child and family services for a variety of programs and benefits, including those for children with disabilities; and building on the throne speech promise last year of expanding significantly the aboriginal head start initiatives, an extension of that to include children aged 7 to 12, with a priority being given to inclusive services and supports in health, child care, and education (1635) Perhaps on the wider disability policy community debate, I would just conclude by saying, have the dollars follow the children and their families'.

Slide 16 shows that, from the census, we learned that First Nations living off-reserve, Metis and Inuit young children — that is, those under the age of 6 — are growing up in families that are unique in many ways from the families of non- Aboriginal children.