As tech­nol­o­gy has advanced, online child sex­u­al exploita­tion has increased in Cana­da. In fact, the Cana­di­an Cen­tre for Child Pro­tec­tion is on the front­lines sup­port­ing Cana­di­ans with reduc­ing online child sex­u­al abuse and exploita­tion, pro­cess­ing more than 100,000 reports every month.

What you should know
Online child sex­u­al exploita­tion is when chil­dren are tricked into see­ing or par­tic­i­pat­ing in online encoun­ters of a sex­u­al nature. As a coun­try, we need to work togeth­er to keep chil­dren safer online.

Find out what you can do to help pre­vent online child sex­u­al exploita­tion, by explor­ing the resources below to learn about online exploita­tion tac­tics like groom­ing, cap­ping, sex­ting, sex­tor­tion, and the dis­tri­b­u­tion of sex­u­al images and videos.