Educators are encouraged to use the following list of stats in their classrooms. You may come up with a list of questions that can help address the curriculum you are teaching. For example in a grade 10 social studies class in Alberta you could ask questions such as "how has globalization led to the expansion of sex trafficking?" or "what can these stats tell us about the vulnerability of women concerning sex trafficking an prostitution". Both of these questions would address several aspects of the curriculum in a grade 10 social studies classroom in Alberta.
- Canada abolished slavery in 1807 as a colony of the British Empire but sex slavery still persists today
- United Nations estimates 12.3 - 27 million people are trafficked each year
- UNICEF estimates that up to two million children are subject to prostitution in the global commercial sex trade
- 92% of victims come from Asia or Central/Easter Europe
- RCMP estimates that 600-800 persons are trafficked into Canada annually
- 1,500 - 2,200 personas are trafficked through Canada into the United States annually
- Girls as young as 12 have been trafficked in Canada
- Traffickers in Canada make almost 280,000 per victim each year
- 6% of victims in Canada are minors
- 74% of victims in Canada are women
- from 2007 to 2009 30 people where accused under the Criminal Code for human trafficking
- craigslist has been used to sell victims as young as fourteen
- less than 10% of victims come forward on their own
- 85-95% of women want out of prostitution but see no options to
- only 1% of prostitutes report that they enjoy working in the sex trade
- the average age of a women (girl) entereing the industry is 14
All stats were taken from the following sources:
(ACT, 2012), (Alliance Against, 2012), (Face it, 2012), (End Modern Day Slavery, 2012), (SexTrade101, 2009), (Walk With Me, 2012), (REED, 2012), (Hope for the Sold, 2012)