Brampton Centre OEYC Riding Profile……………………
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BRAMPTON NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE ONTARIO EARLY YEARS CENTRE BRAMPTON CENTRE RIDING & CENTRE PROFILE Prepared by Margaret Douglin & Natalie Johnston Data Analysis Coordinators June 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Peel Early Years Site Map…………………………………….. 3 Brampton Centre OEYC Riding Profile……………………... 3 Sites in Brampton Centre……………………………….. 4 Population Characteristics………………………………. 4 Children Aged 0-6………………………………………... 5 Families………………………………………………….... 5 Aboriginal People and Visible Minorities....................... 6 Immigrant Population Characteristics........................... 6 Mother Tongue Characteristics..................................... 6 Brampton Centre OEYC Profile............................................ 8 Number of Registrations............................................... 8 Relationships................................................................ 8 How are people hearing about the centre?................... 9 Program Participation................................................... 9 Frequency of Program Participation............................. 10 New Participants to the Centre..................................... 10 Child Participation by Age and Time of Day................. 11 Where are participants coming from?........................... 11 Data Cleaning Reports..................................................13 Recommendations for EYSIS© Use..................................... 14 Glossary................................................................................. 15 Data Sources.......................................................................... 16 Acknowledgements............................................................... 16 Appendices............................................................................ 17 2 Peel Early Years Site Map The map below illustrates the Peel OEYC sites by riding. The map also indicates the locations of the main OEYC centres and the satellite centres. This map also includes other early years sites. For a full sized version of the map below please see Appendix A. 3 Brampton Centre Riding Profile Sites in Brampton Centre The map below illustrates the Brampton Centre riding with the main OEYC centre and satellite centres are indicated. For a full sized version of the map below please see Appendix B. Population Characteristics In 2001, the Brampton Centre Riding recorded a total population of 119,971. In 2001, this riding’s population was 12.1% of the total population of Peel (total population of Peel 988,948) 4 Children Aged 0-6 In 2001, there was a total 0-6 population of 11,955 in the riding, which constitutes a total of 11.3% of Peel’s total 0-6 population. The 0-6 population made up 10.0% of the total riding population for 2001. To see a distribution of the 0-6 population in the Brampton Centre riding please see Appendix C. The riding with the lowest 0-6 population per total population was Mississauga East (7.9%). The riding with the highest 0-6 population per total population was Bramalea- Gore-Malton-Springdale (11.5%). The Brampton Centre riding tied with Dufferin-Peel for the middle amount of children 0-6 per total population out of all of the ridings in Peel. The graph below illustrates the 0-6 population for Brampton Centre riding broken down by age. Children Aged 0-6 in Brampton Centre Riding, 2001 3,000 2,500 1,845 1,820 2,000 1,730 1,765 1,650 1,535 1,615 1,500 1,000 Number Number of Children 500 0 Under 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Age in Years Families In 2001, there were 31,510 (economic) families in the Brampton Centre riding. This represents 12.1% of families in Peel. Of the total number of census families in this riding, 28.5% were couples with children and 71.5% were couples without children. For a distribution of the lone parent families in Brampton Centre riding please see Appendix D. 5 For a distribution of median family income in Brampton Centre riding please see Appendix E. Aboriginal People and Visible Minorities In 2001, the total Aboriginal population of Brampton Centre riding was 750. The Aboriginal population in this riding represents 19.2% of the total Aboriginal population in Peel. In 2001, 32.0% of the total population of Brampton Centre riding were visible minorities. 10.0% of Peel’s total population of visible minorities reside in Brampton Centre riding. Immigrant Population Characteristics In 2001, the Brampton Centre riding recorded a total immigrant population of 42,450 which makes up 35.4% of the total population in this riding. For the distribution of new immigrants in the Brampton Centre riding please see Appendix F. In 2001, 50.6% of the total children 0-4 in this riding were immigrants. 2001 Characteristics Number % of total Total Population by Immigrant Status 119,530 100.0% Non-immigrant Population 76,380 63.9% Immigrant Population 42,450 35.5% Non-permanent residents 695 0.6% Mother Tongue Characteristics 70.0% (83,715) of individuals residing in Brampton Centre riding indicated English as their mother tongue. 1.4% (1,670) of individuals residing in Brampton Centre riding indicated French as their mother tongue. In 2001, of the 119,530 total population by mother tongue, 26.8% registered non-official languages (English and French), as their mother tongue. The top five non-official reported mother tongue groups in the Brampton Centre riding in 2001 are shown in the following graph. 6 Top 5 Non-Official Mother Tongue Languages in Brampton Centre, 2001 8,000 7,095 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,465 4,000 3,250 Count 3,000 1,925 2,000 1,515 1,000 0 Punjabi Portuguese Italian Spanish Polish Language 7 Brampton Centre OEYC Profile All of the data compiled in this section were taken from the Brampton Centre OEYC Early Years Services Information System (EYSIS©) database. Number of Registrations As of March 31, 2007, there were 13,473 persons registered in the database, representing 5098 families, professionals and other individuals. Of all of the persons registered, 49.4% (6650 persons) were identified as children 0-6. 36.5% of family registrations were from the 180 Sandalwood site. It should be noted that 41.1% of the time the location was unspecified. Of all families whose registration dates were specified, there was a 1.8% decrease in total number of families registered between the 2005/06 and the 2006/07 fiscal years. The family registration by date is as follows. Fiscal Year/Period of Registration Number of Families Registered April 1, 2003 – March 31, 2004 1,235 April 1, 2004 – March 31, 2005 1,079 April 1, 2005 – March 31, 2006 1,307 April 1, 2006 – March 31, 2007 1,283 Erroneous or unspecified dates of registration 194 Total number of families to date 5,098 Relationships It should be noted that one person can be a member of numerous families and therefore one person can be defined by several relationships. Of all persons registered in the database the relationships defined within the context of a family are as follows: Relation Persons Caregiver Caregiver 112 Relative Caregiver/Parent Caregiver/Parent 139 Child 6585 Mother Erin Oaks Worker 3 Father 1457 Friend 42 Grandparent 140 Grandparent Child Mother 4230 Friend Father Relative 111 Erin Oaks Worker 8 How are people hearing about the centre? Of those people who had registered with the database and indicated where they had heard about the OEYC 43.5% had heard about the OEYC from a Friend in the 2006/07 fiscal year. The distribution of responses in all categories are as follows: How did you hear Persons about the OEYC Advertisement Teacher Advertisement 26 Flyer Flyer 40 Other Friend 227 Internet 52 Teacher 1 Advertisement 26 Friend Flyer 40 Internet Other 176 Program Participation Since starting to use the EYSIS© database, the Brampton Centre OEYC has offered 94 different OEYC programs. Of the programs offered during the 2006/07 fiscal year, the top 10 programs by participation were Read & Play (4 Corners Library), Baby Time (Heart Lake), Toddler Time (HL), Family Time (HL) THUR 9:15-11:15, Mother Goose (0-12 months), Family Time (Gillingham Wed 9:15-11:15), Move & Groove (HL) 1:30-2:30, Terrific Tots (HL), Family Time (Gillingham) FRI 9:15-11:00. All of the above programs are parent/child interactive programs. The following graph shows the number of unique participants, both children 0-6 and parents and caregivers per program. Unique Participants for 10 Program with Highest Participation in 2006/07 273 FAMILY TIME (HL) THUR 9:15 - 11:15 357 265 TODDLER TIME (HL) 253 239 BABY TIME (Heart Lake) 227 227 READ & PLAY (4 CORNERS LIBRARY) 335 203 FAMILY TIME (HL) MON 9:15 - 11:15 262 189 MOTHER GOOSE (0-12 MONTHS) 184 Program 186 MOVE & GROOVE (HL) 1:30 - 2:30 220 171 TERRIFIC TOTS (HL) 180 170 FAMILY TIME (Gillingham Wed 9:15 - 11:15) 228 157 FAMILY TIME (Gillingham) FRI 9:15 - 11:00 210 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Children 0-6 Parent/Caregiver Unique Participants 9 Although the chart excludes children over 6 years of age, it is interesting to note that there were 87 children between 7 and 13 that participated across all programs during the 2006/07 fiscal year. Frequency of Program Participation On average, a participant attended a program 6.0 times during the 2006/07 fiscal year. This includes all programs – multi-session as well as drop-in. During the 2006/07 fiscal year, 1,813 program participants at the Brampton Centre OEYC attended only once. 3 participants attended programs over 100 times. The graph below illustrates the frequency of program participation (all participants including adults and children at all sites). Frequency of Program Participation 2006/07 2500 2084 2000 1813 1500 1000 Participants 495 500 261 47 3 0 Once 2 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100+ Record of Program Attendance New Participants to the Centre During the 2006/07 fiscal year an average of 208.2 new children aged 0-6 and 178.9 parents/caregivers per month attended the Brampton Centre OEYC. Besides the month of April, which records the highest number of new participants because everyone is new as of April 1, most new participants were recorded in May 2006. There were 279 children aged 0-6 and 246 parents/caregivers in May 2006.