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Trends in physical activity since 19941, Adults 20+

  20072 20053 20024 20005 19986 19967 19948
Canada
48%
49%
49%
44%
45%
40%
38%
East
44%
44%
44%
39%
40%
34%
33%
  Newfoundland
42%
42%
42%
36%
39%
34%
31%
  Prince Edward Island
44%
40%
41%
39%
38%
29%
30%
  Nova Scotia
46%
46%
45%
42%
43%
37%
32%
  New Brunswick
44%
44%
43%
37%
37%
32%
35%
Quebec
45%
46%
45%
39%
41%
36%
33%
Ontario
47%
50%
48%
43%
45%
41%
38%
West
53%
53%
54%
50%
49%
44%
46%
  Manitoba
50%
46%
48%
41%
39%
37%
42%
  Saskatchewan
45%
47%
47%
43%
41%
35%
39%
  Alberta
51%
52%
53%
48%
50%
46%
45%
  British Columbia
56%
57%
58%
55%
53%
47%
49%
North
46%
49%
50%
49%
n/a
n/a
n/a
  Yukon
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
  Northwest Territories
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
  Nunavut9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
  1. Activity for adults is defined as a daily energy expenditure of 1.5 kilocalories/kilogram of body weight/day or more; roughly equivalent to walking one half hour every day or more.
  2. Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2007-08.
  3. Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005.
  4. Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2002/03.
  5. Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2001/02.
  6. Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1998/99.
  7. Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1996/97.
  8. Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1994/95.
  9. Nunavut data included in Northwest Territories for 1996 and 1994 study years.

 

 

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