Daily average time and proportion of day spent on various activities, by age group and gender, 15 years and over, Canada, Geographical region of Canada, province or territory, 2022.

Potable water use by sector and average daily use for Canada, provinces and territories.

Daily average time in hours and proportion of day spent on various activities by age group and sex, 15 years and over, Canada and provinces.

This table contains restriction indexes for the provinces and territories. The indexes begin in January 2020 and continue to the most recent reference period. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted. A difference is reported for restrictions on vaccinated and unvaccinated persons once a difference is present.

As of the third quarter of 2024, Canadians spent an average of one hour and ** minutes per day on social media and more than * hours per day using the internet in general. TV consumption was also high at * hours and ** minutes, while Canadians devoted less time to music streaming or gaming activities. Internet usage trends in Canada Canada’s online population has steadily increased over the past two decades. In 2024, the number of internet users in Canada surpassed a record **** million, which translates to approximately **** percent of the Canadian population using the internet for information, communication, and entertainment. Given that most traditional media formats can now be accessed online, Canadians have gradually shifted from TV, radio, and magazine consumption towards digital channels. That said, some forms of analog media and entertainment experienced a surge in demand following the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. What are the leading social media platforms in Canada? Social media has become one of the most popular online activities among Canadian internet users. In 2024, Canada’s social network user penetration stood at ** percent, and according to the latest forecasts, this figure will surpass ** percent by 2028. This rapid increase in social media usage is spearheaded by rising mobile adoption and the ever-increasing selection of digital platforms that Canadians can use to upload photos, send direct messages, or simply pass the time. Facebook was the leading mobile social media website in Canada as of 2024, outpacing Pinterest and Instagram by a large margin of visits.

This table contains 44 series, with data for years 1950 - 2017 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Type of currency (44 items: United States dollar, noon spot rate; United States dollar, 90-day forward noon rate; Belgian franc, noon spot rate; Danish krone, noon spot rate; ...).

Canada CA: Proportion of Time Spent on Unpaid Domestic and Care Work: Female: % of 24 Hour Day data was reported at 14.167 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.250 % for 2010. Canada CA: Proportion of Time Spent on Unpaid Domestic and Care Work: Female: % of 24 Hour Day data is updated yearly, averaging 15.833 % from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.250 % in 2010 and a record low of 14.167 % in 2015. Canada CA: Proportion of Time Spent on Unpaid Domestic and Care Work: Female: % of 24 Hour Day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The average time women spend on household provision of services for own consumption. Data are expressed as a proportion of time in a day. Domestic and care work includes food preparation, dishwashing, cleaning and upkeep of a dwelling, laundry, ironing, gardening, caring for pets, shopping, installation, servicing and repair of personal and household goods, childcare, and care of the sick, elderly or disabled household members, among others.;National statistical offices or national database and publications compiled by United Nations Statistics Division. The data were downloaded on February 14, 2023, from the Global SDG API: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/UNSDGAPIV5/swagger/index.html;;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 5.4.1[https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Daily average foreign exchange rates in Canadian dollars, Bank of Canada

A summer 2023 survey revealed that most common method of getting online news among Canadian adults was accessing specific stories through a news aggregator like Google News, with 22 percent saying they did so every day. Podcasts and newsletters were the least likely way Canadians accessed online news on a daily basis, whereas clicking links found on social media was a popular choice.

General social survey (GSS), average time spent on various activities for the population aged 15 years and over, by sex and main activity.

Sandra Keys provides an overview of how to effectively search the Statistics Canada website, with a particular focus on its CANSIM, The Daily, and Statistics by Subject modules.

Age-standardized 180-day net survival rate for all stroke (ICD-10), by sex, population aged 45 and over, selected provinces

This table contains 6 series, with data starting from 1999 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Type of reserve (6 items: Total, Canada's official international reserves; Convertible foreign currencies, United States dollars;Convertible foreign currencies, other than United States; Gold; ...).

International travel by non-Canadians visitors coming to Canada for a trip, by Canadians returning from a visit abroad and by other non-tourism travellers (e.g. crew), by port of entry (e.g. airport, border crossing). This table includes breakdowns by mode of transportation (e.g. plane, automobile (car), boat) and by duration (same-day, overnight). Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.

Canada CA: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data was reported at 1.500 Day in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.500 Day for 2018. Canada CA: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 3.500 Day from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.500 Day in 2014 and a record low of 1.500 Day in 2019. Canada CA: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

General social survey (GSS), average time spent at various locations for the population aged 15 years and over, by population cohorts.

According to a survey held in June 2023, ** percent of Canadians headed to a Canadian news website first when they accessed news each day, whereas just ***** percent sought news via Apple News as their go-to option. Facebook and Google were both popular, whereas Twitter (now X) was the least visited major social network for news on an average day.

Canadian vehicle survey, vehicle-kilometres, by type of vehicle, type of day and time of day

According to a Juny 2019 survey of adults in Canada, ** percent of respondents aged 18 to 34 years spent between *** and *** hours on social media per day on average. Overall, a fifth of responding adults stated that they did not use social media at all.

General social survey (GSS), average time spent with various social contacts for the population aged 15 years and over, by population cohorts.