Child Development in Kindergarten 2022
The proportion of children in 5-year-old kindergarten who are considered “vulnerable” in at least one developmental domain has increased over the past 10 years—from 25.6% in 2012, it rose to 27.7% in 2017, then to 28.7% in 2022. Since 2012, the proportion of children in 5-year-old kindergarten who are considered vulnerable has increased for all five developmental domains measured by the QSCDK: physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication skills and general knowledge.
This finding is based on data collected as part of the Québec Survey of Child Development in Kindergarten (QSCDK) on more than 78,000 children who attended 5-year-old kindergarten during the 2021–2022 school year.