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This 8 page paper provides statistics and information on street youth in Canada. Solutions are explored. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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is estimated that the majority of the runaways do return home, but about ten percent do not ("Homeless Youth in Canada," 2006). While there are a great many youths who
walk the streets of Canada, only some of those are runaways ("Homeless Youth in Canada," 2006). Others are there for a variety of reasons. Some youth who live on the
streets live in shelters with one or both parents ("Homeless Youth in Canada," 2006). Others end up on the streets for various reasons. They did not run away, nor do
their parents live on the streets. Each situation is different. Often social service needs were not addressed, and young people find that they are without homes and without resources. These
young people who are deemed homeless or street youth are between the ages of twelve and twenty-four ("Homeless Youth in Canada," 2006). In fact, the most common definition for
the population is "persons between twelve and twenty-four years of age without shelter or with inadequate or insecure shelter" (Peressini and McDonald 2000 as cited in Wingert & Higgitt, 2005,
p.54). These are children and adolescents and young adults who do not have the basic necessities to live a good life. The younger end of the spectrum, of this
population, sees more girls than boys ("Homeless Youth in Canada," 2006). In all, approximately one third of these street youth are girls ("Adolescent Health," 2004). Hence, while there are more
boys than girls in general, the youngest are female. The street children employ various strategies in order to survive which include prostitution, crime and staying with friends ("Homeless Youth in
Canada," 2006). Street youth live a different lifestyle than the homeless adult population (Wingert & Higgitt, 2005). The problem is that the homeless adult population has already gone through needed
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