* Figures are estimates. All children within prime trick-or-treating age - 5 to 14 years old. Figures have been rounded.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2000 to 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Number of children that trick-or-treated in Canada 2000-2016
This statistic shows the estimated number of children that trick-or-treated in Canada from 2000 to 2016. In 2016, approximately 3.87 million children between the ages of five and fourteen trick-or-treated throughout Canada during Halloween.
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Number of children that trick-or-treated in Canada from 2000 to 2016 (in millions)* [Graph], StatCan, October 26, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/275692/number-of-kids-that-trick-or-treated-in-canada/