Currently, there is no up-to-date national data on Canadian youth’s sexual health, mental health, and substance use experiences, as well as HIV attitudes. At the end of 2019, CANFAR conducted a national online survey to hundreds of youth across Canada as part of a landscape assessment for our national youth HIV awareness program.
We collected responses from 471 youth on their experiences with sex, substances, condom use, HIV/STI testing, mental health, access to resources, and knowledge of and attitudes towards HIV. The findings collected from this survey will directly inform CANFAR's national youth HIV awareness program to ground our work in an evidence-based and youth-centered approach. The findings are also being shared with community partners to strengthen community capacity across sectors and regions serving youth.
