A Review of the Measures to Address Prostitution Initiative (MAPI)

This study uses data from the Measures to Address Prostitution Initiative (MAPI) to present some of the socio-demographic characteristics and experiences of people who provide or have provided sexual services in Canada’s sex trade and received support services through organizations funded by the Measures to Address Prostitution Initiative (MAPI). Data are for the period of 2015-16 to 2019-20 and represent 2,291 people (referred to as MAPI clients throughout the report). The following is a list of the study’s key findings: The majority (94%) MAPI clients were women and girls; gender diverse people accounted for about 2% of all MAPI clients. Indigenous peoples represent about 5% of the population in Canada (Statistics Canada, 2017) but accounted for 16% of the MAPI clients. Over 40% of the MAPI clients were young adults aged 20 to 29 years. About 6% of MAPI clients were minors, younger than 18, at the time of data collection. The majority (79%) of MAPI clients were single and about 40% of clients had children. One in five (21%) MAPI clients had children who had been removed by child welfare agencies. Almost 70% of MAPI clients had an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol; addictions to…

Publisher

Department of Justice Canada

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4

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2023-05-17