The Spectator's analysis of 535,000 provincial birth records reveals that between 2006 and 2010 the 20 communities

with the highest incidence of teen mothers are either in Ontario's Far North or native reserves.

ONTARIO: A PROVINCE DIVIDED

Sandy Lake First Nation
Median household income: $30,805 Unemployment rate: 26.4% No high school diploma, certicate or degree (ages 25-64): 58% Rate of teen mothers: 40%

Big Trout Lake First Nation

14
Median household income: $28,000 Unemployment rate: 11.9% No high school diploma, certicate or degree (ages 25-64): 74% Rate of teen mothers: 28.2%

Communities with the highest rates of teen mothers

Percentage of all mothers that are teenagers
1 2 3 4 5 6

Sandy Lake First Nation Pikangikum First Nation Fort Albany First Nation Shoal Lake First Nation Big Trout Lake First Nation Cochrane, unorganized North Wabaseemoong First Nation Wapekeka 2 First Nation Grassy Narrows First Nation Fort William 52 First Nation Weagamow Lake 87 First Nation Wikwemikong First Nation Thunder Bay, unorganized Fort Severn 89 First Nation Attawapiskat First Nation Factory Island 1 First Nation Smooth Rock Falls Whitesh Bay 32A First Nation Deer Lake First Nation Kenora, unorganized

5 1 19 2

11

Grassy Narrows First Nation

Median household income: $17,824 Unemployment rate: 31.9% No high school diploma, certicate or degree (ages 25-64): 51% Rate of teen mothers: 25.9%

15 3 16

7 8 9 10 11 12 17 6 Cochrane 13 14 15 16 17 18

9 7 4 20 18

Sioux Lookout

Timmins
13 10 Thunder Bay 4

Sudbury Sault Ste. Marie

1

19 20

40% 32.6 30.1 29.2 28.2 27.6 27.1 26.9 25.9 24.4 24.4 24.1 23.3 23.1 22.9 22.5 21.9 21.6 20.9 19.2

Sudbury

North Bay Ottawa Cornwall

Communities with the lowest rates of teen mothers

Percentage of all mothers that are teenagers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

St. Joseph East Garafraxa Assiginack Township Schreiber Vaughan Markham Oakville Caledon Richmond Hill Whitchurch-Stou ville Milton Middlesex Centre Burlington West Lincoln Aurora King Wellesley Mississauga Uxbridge Halton Hills

12

Kingston Peterborough Barrie

19 16 15 10 9 6 8 5 20 18 Toronto 11 7 13 14

Oakville
Median household income: $92,394 Unemployment rate: 5.3% No high school diploma, certicate or degree (ages 25-64): 5.7% Rate of teen mothers: 0.7%

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

2 17

Kitchener
12

Niagara Falls

Sarnia

West Lincoln
Median household income: $66,680 Unemployment rate: 4.8% No high school diploma, certicate or degree (ages 25-64): 19.5% Rate of teen mothers: 1.4%

Burlington
Median household income: $74,969 Unemployment rate: 4.6% No high school diploma, certicate or degree (ages 25-64): 7.3% Rate of teen mothers: 1.4%

Windsor

0 0 0 0 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8

SOURCE: BORN ONTARIO, STATISTICS CANADA 2006 CENSUS

Steve Buist, Teri Pecoskie, Dean Tweed // THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR