A new website from the Missing Children Society of Canada is seen on a computer in Toronto on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. The site, at rescu.mcsc.ca, aims to provide timely information about missing children by region, and allows users to provide tips or receive text alerts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
September 09, 2019 - 9:06 PM
TORONTO - More than 42,000 children were reported missing across Canada last year. By the numbers:
27: Abducted by strangers
31,000: Runaways
58%: Female
73%: Runaways
62%: Cases resolved in 24 hours
92%: Cases resolved within a week
SOURCE: Statistics Canada
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