Program participation refers to children and youth who are involved in physical activity, sport, artistic, cultural, social, or intellectual activities. Children who participate in recreational activities are more likely to have higher self-esteem, develop skills for learning, and form positive relationships.[1]
| Senior kindergarten student participation in music, art or dance programs |
About the MeasureThis measure comes from the Kindergarten Parent Survey (KPS), a questionnaire completed by parents of senior kindergarten students. The KPS collects information on factors that may influence a child's developmental health. The survey asks parents about how often their child participates in music, art or dance programs in the year before kindergarten. The 2018 KPS was administered in Dufferin, but not Wellington and Guelph. If you would like to access 2018 KPS data for Dufferin, please contact Jane Hall at County of Dufferin Children’s Services: jahall@dufferincounty.ca Key FindingsAcross Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, over half of all senior kindergarten parents reported their child had never participated in music, art, or dance programs in the year before kindergarten. Parents from Wellington (55.4%) were slightly more likely than parents in Dufferin (50.5%) and Guelph (53.5%) to report that their child had never participated in music, art or dance programs. This means that more kindergarten students in Dufferin and Guelph participated, at least once, in arts programs in the year before kindergarten. Data at the municipal level can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: Kindergarten Parent Survey, 2015. Prepared by the County of Dufferin and the County of Wellington. WDG Report Card Coalition (distributor). Last updated August, 2016. LimitationsThe KPS is completed voluntarily and may be subject to underreporting, recall and response bias. Certain sub-groups of the population are less likely to respond to voluntary surveys. As a result, the data may not be representative of the entire population. Additionally, it is not known how often a child must participate in programs to achieve physical, mental and emotional benefits. As a result, this measure does not focus on frequency of arts program attendance, but complete non-participation. It does not provide a full picture of participation in programming.
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| Senior kindergarten student participation in physical activity with a coach |
About the MeasureThis measure comes from the Kindergarten Parent Survey (KPS), a questionnaire completed by parents of senior kindergarten students. The KPS collects information on factors that may influence a child's developmental health. The survey asks parents about how often their child played a sport or did physical activity with a coach in the last year. The 2018 KPS was administered in Dufferin, but not Wellington and Guelph. If you would like to access 2018 KPS data for Dufferin, please contact Jane Hall at County of Dufferin Children’s Services: jahall@dufferincounty.ca Key FindingsOverall, parents from across Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph report high rates of non-participation in sports or physical activity with a coach. The percentage of senior kindergarten parents reporting their child had never participated in the last year is slightly higher in Wellington (13.2%) and Guelph (12.9%) than in Dufferin (12.0%). Data at the municipal level can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: Kindergarten Parent Survey, 2015. Prepared by the County of Dufferin and the County of Wellington. WDG Report Card Coalition (distributor). Last updated August, 2016. LimitationsThe KPS is completed voluntarily and may be subject to underreporting, recall and response bias. Certain sub-groups of the population are less likely to respond to voluntary surveys. As a result, the data may not be representative of the entire population. Additionally, it is not known how often a child must participate in programs to achieve physical, mental and emotional benefits. As a result, this measure does not focus on frequency of physical activity participation with a coach, but complete non-participation. It does not provide a full picture of participation in programming.
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| Senior kindergarten student library visiting |
About the MeasureThis measure comes from the Kindergarten Parent Survey (KPS), a questionnaire completed by parents of senior kindergarten students. The KPS collects information on factors that may influence a child's developmental health. The survey asks parents how often their child visited the library in the year before kindergarten. The 2018 KPS was administered in Dufferin, but not Wellington and Guelph. If you would like to access 2018 KPS data for Dufferin, please contact Jane Hall at County of Dufferin Children’s Services: jahall@dufferincounty.ca Key FindingsSenior kindergarten parents from Dufferin (19.0%) are more likely than parents from Wellington (13.4%) and Guelph (9.1%) to report their child had never visited a library in the year before kindergarten. Data at the municipal level can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: Kindergarten Parent Survey, 2015. Prepared by the County of Dufferin and the County of Wellington. WDG Report Card Coalition (distributor). Last updated August, 2016. LimitationsThe KPS is completed voluntarily and may be subject to underreporting, recall and response bias. Certain sub-groups of the population are less likely to respond to voluntary surveys. As a result, the data may not be representative of the entire population. Additionally, it is not known how often a child must participate in programs to achieve physical, mental and emotional benefits. As a result, this measure does not focus on frequency of library visiting, but complete non-participation. It does not provide a full picture of participation in programming.
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| Senior kindergarten student participation in play-based programs |
About the MeasureThis measure comes from the Kindergarten Parent Survey (KPS), a questionnaire completed by parents of senior kindergarten students. The KPS collects information on factors that may influence a child's developmental health. The survey asks parents how often their child participated in play-based programs in the year before kindergarten. The 2018 KPS was administered in Dufferin, but not Wellington and Guelph. If you would like to access 2018 KPS data for Dufferin, please contact Jane Hall at County of Dufferin Children’s Services: jahall@dufferincounty.ca Key FindingsSenior kindergarten parents from Guelph (32.6%) are more likely than parents from Wellington (27.8%) and Dufferin (26.3%) to report their child had never participated in play-based programs the year before kindergarten. Data at the municipal level can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: Kindergarten Parent Survey, 2015. Prepared by the County of Dufferin and the County of Wellington. WDG Report Card Coalition (distributor). Last updated August, 2016. LimitationsThe KPS is completed voluntarily and may be subject to underreporting, recall and response bias. Certain sub-groups of the population are less likely to respond to voluntary surveys. As a result, the data may not be representative of the entire population. Additionally, it is not known how often a child must participate in programs to achieve physical, mental and emotional benefits. As a result, this measure does not focus on frequency of play-based program attendance, but complete non-participation. It does not provide a full picture of participation in programming.
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| Grade 3 student participation in out-of-school programs |
About the MeasureThe Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) provincial tests assess student literacy and mathematic skills.[2] Students in grade 3 must write an EQAO test. A questionnaire is administered alongside the test that asks students about their out-of-school experience. The questionnaire ask students about their participation in the following activities:
This measure focuses on students who report never participating in each of the three activities. Key FindingsMore students participated in sports than in after-school clubs or art, music, or drama activities. However, rates of non-participation in sports and the arts have increased over time meaning that fewer students are participating in these activities. Rates of non-participation in all three types of out-of-school activities varied slightly across Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph. Data for Wellington, Dufferin and Guelph separately can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: EQAO. 2010-18. Grade 3 Student Questionnaire Data. Prepared by Health Analytics Team, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. WDG Report Card Coalition (distributor). Last updated August, 2019. LimitationsThis portion of the EQAO is voluntary. It collects self-reported data and is subject to response and recall bias. Additionally, it is not known how often a child must participate in programs to achieve physical, mental and emotional benefits. As a result, this measure does not focus on frequency of participation, but complete non-participation. It does not provide a full picture of participation in programming.
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| Youth who report high levels of youth program involvement |
About the MeasureThis measure is collected from the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (WDG) Youth Survey that gathers self-reported well-being data from grade 7 and 10 students. The survey asks students how often they do the following activities:
Students' responses to the above statements are totalled and then given a high or low Youth Program Involvement score. Key FindingsThe percentage of youth who report high program involvement increased between 2011-12 and 2014-15 but decreased in 2017-18. More grade 7 than grade 10 students reported high levels of program involvement. Not shown in the graph, youth in Guelph (54%) and Wellington (53%) were more likely to report high program participation than youth in Dufferin (48%). Females (54%) were more likely to report high levels of involvement than males (50%) and non-binary students (45%). Municipal level data can be found in the downloadable Excel file.
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Source: WDG Youth Survey, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2017-18. WDG Report Card Coalition. Last updated August 2, 2018. LimitationsThe WDG Youth Survey collects self-reported data and is subject to response and recall bias. There have been minor changes to the wording of this question with each implementation of the youth survey. Survey results have been weighted to allow for comparisons across the three data collection periods.
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[1] Ontario Task Group on Access to Recreation for Low-Income Families. (n.d.). Affordable access to recreation for Ontarians policy framework. Available at: http://www.prontario.org/index.php/ci_id/3681.htm
[2] Education Quality Accountability Office (EQAO). (2015). The assessments. Toronto, ON: Available at: http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments