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  • 1. Does screen time make a difference? A longitudinal study of youth screen time and well-being
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202600100003
    Description: Canadian youth are using electronic devices more and more, and concerns are growing about how that usage affects their well-being, including mental health, academic performance, and other subjective indicators. To better understand the amount of time youth are spending in front of screens and possible associated outcomes, this study uses longitudinal data from the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth to look at the relationship between screen time and healthy behaviour.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 2. Spotlight on Canadians: Results from the General Social Survey
    Journals and periodicals: 89-652-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This publication presents key highlights and results from the General Social Survey on the topics of caregiving and care receiving; social identity; giving, volunteering and participating; victimization; time use; and family.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 3. Satisfaction with time use, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026001
    Description: This infographic on satisfaction with time use provides valuable information about how a person perceives their overall time spent in daily activities, such as paid work, unpaid work and care, leisure, or sleep. It is an indicator of the Canada’s Quality of Life Framework and one of the OECD’s recommended measures of subjective well-being.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 4. Screen time and well-being among children
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026016
    Description: This infographic looks at screen time among children and possible associated outcomes. Specifically, it looks at the relationships between screen time and certain well-being outcomes for children who followed the Canadian Paediatric Society's screen time guidelines and those who did not.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 5. Fact Sheet: Satisfaction with Time Use
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2026001
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Time Use Survey, this paper sheds light on Canadians’ Quality of Life by providing a short overview of the satisfaction with time use. Results show that reporting high satisfaction with time use differs depending on factors such as age, disability, and region of Canada.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 6. Study: Does screen time make a difference? A longitudinal study of youth screen time and well-being 2019 and 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202607840530
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 7. Study: Satisfaction with time use 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202607841134
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 8. Satisfaction with time use, by region, gender, and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0112-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians reporting low, medium and high satisfaction with time use and average rating of satisfaction with time use on a scale of 0 to 10. Data are provided by region, gender and other selected sociodemographic variables for the survey year 2022.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 9. Satisfaction with time use, by region, main activity and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0113-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians reporting low, medium and high satisfaction with time use and average rating of satisfaction with time use on a scale of 0 to 10. Data are provided by region, main activity and other selected sociodemographic variables for the survey year 2022.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 10. Participation in outdoor activities
    Table: 38-10-0121-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that participated in outdoor activities, and for those that did the type of activity. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-09-22
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  • 1. Satisfaction with time use, by region, gender, and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0112-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians reporting low, medium and high satisfaction with time use and average rating of satisfaction with time use on a scale of 0 to 10. Data are provided by region, gender and other selected sociodemographic variables for the survey year 2022.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 2. Satisfaction with time use, by region, main activity and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0113-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians reporting low, medium and high satisfaction with time use and average rating of satisfaction with time use on a scale of 0 to 10. Data are provided by region, main activity and other selected sociodemographic variables for the survey year 2022.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 3. Participation in outdoor activities
    Table: 38-10-0121-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that participated in outdoor activities, and for those that did the type of activity. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-09-22
  • 4. Participation in outdoor activities, by type of household
    Table: 38-10-0122-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that participated in outdoor activities, and for those that did the type of activity, by type of household. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-09-22
  • 5. Participation in outdoor activities, by household income
    Table: 38-10-0123-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that participated in outdoor activities, and for those that did the type of activity, by household income. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-09-22
  • 6. Daily time spent alone and with others, by sociodemographic characteristics, 1986-2022
    Table: 45-10-0110-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Average time and rate of time spent alone and with others per day. Data are provided by gender, age groups, sociodemographic characteristics, type of day and by geographical region of Canada, for the years 2022, 2015, 2010, 2005, 1998, 1992, and 1986.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 7. Time pressure in Canada, by sociodemographic characteristics, 1992-2022
    Table: 45-10-0111-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians experiencing low, medium, and high time pressure. Time pressure refers to the feelings of being pressed for time. Data are provided by gender, age groups, sociodemographic characteristics and by geographical region of Canada, for the survey years 1992, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2022.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 8. Types of time pressure in Canada, by sociodemographic characteristics, 1992-2022
    Table: 45-10-0111-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians experiencing different types of time pressure, measured by ten indicators. Time pressure refers to the feelings of being pressed for time. Data are provided by gender, age groups, sociodemographic characteristics and by geographical region of Canada, for the survey years 1992, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2015 et 2022.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 9. Time pressure in Canada, by gender, 1992-2022
    Table: 45-10-0111-03
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians experiencing low, medium, and high time pressure, by gender. Time pressure refers to the feelings of being pressed for time. Data are provided by gender, age groups, sociodemographic characteristics and by geographical region of Canada, for the survey years 1992, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2022.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 10. Types of time pressure in Canada, by gender, 1992-2022
    Table: 45-10-0111-04
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians experiencing different types of time pressure, by gender, measured by ten indicators. Time pressure refers to the feelings of being pressed for time. Data are provided by gender, age groups, sociodemographic characteristics and by geographical region of Canada, for the survey years 1992, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2022.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
Analysis (69)

Analysis (69) (0 to 10 of 69 results)

  • 1. Does screen time make a difference? A longitudinal study of youth screen time and well-being
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202600100003
    Description: Canadian youth are using electronic devices more and more, and concerns are growing about how that usage affects their well-being, including mental health, academic performance, and other subjective indicators. To better understand the amount of time youth are spending in front of screens and possible associated outcomes, this study uses longitudinal data from the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth to look at the relationship between screen time and healthy behaviour.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 2. Spotlight on Canadians: Results from the General Social Survey
    Journals and periodicals: 89-652-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This publication presents key highlights and results from the General Social Survey on the topics of caregiving and care receiving; social identity; giving, volunteering and participating; victimization; time use; and family.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 3. Satisfaction with time use, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026001
    Description: This infographic on satisfaction with time use provides valuable information about how a person perceives their overall time spent in daily activities, such as paid work, unpaid work and care, leisure, or sleep. It is an indicator of the Canada’s Quality of Life Framework and one of the OECD’s recommended measures of subjective well-being.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 4. Screen time and well-being among children
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026016
    Description: This infographic looks at screen time among children and possible associated outcomes. Specifically, it looks at the relationships between screen time and certain well-being outcomes for children who followed the Canadian Paediatric Society's screen time guidelines and those who did not.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 5. Fact Sheet: Satisfaction with Time Use
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2026001
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Time Use Survey, this paper sheds light on Canadians’ Quality of Life by providing a short overview of the satisfaction with time use. Results show that reporting high satisfaction with time use differs depending on factors such as age, disability, and region of Canada.
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 6. Study: Does screen time make a difference? A longitudinal study of youth screen time and well-being 2019 and 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202607840530
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 7. Study: Satisfaction with time use 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202607841134
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-19
  • 8. Pressed for time
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025043
    Description: This infographic provides new evidence on time pressure in Canada over a period of 30 years, using the Time Use Survey from 1992 to 2022. The infographic investigates how much time pressure do Canadians feel and in what domains this time pressure is felt the most. It also explores how feelings of time pressure have changed over time and how they might differ by gender.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 9. How do parents share child care?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024041
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Time Use Survey, this infographic explores how parents in different-gender couples share the unpaid work of caring for their own children. It examines how much time parents spend caring for children, how parents report sharing child care in their households, when equal sharing is more or less common, and how sharing child care is linked to time pressure.
    Release date: 2024-10-07
  • 10. Recent immigrants report greater difficulty making ends meet and are less satisfied with their amount of free time Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202417037886
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-06-18
Reference (9)

Reference (9) ((9 results))

  • 1. General Social Survey 2015 Time Use Survey Technical Note
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-658-X
    Description:

    This short technical note provides additional information on mitigating the risk of non-response bias and how data are fit for use.

    Release date: 2017-06-01
  • 2. General Social Survey on Time Use: Cycle 19 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-622-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This series presents detailed analyses based on the 2005 General Social Survey on Time Use data. Each report covers a specific subject developed from detailed information on the daily activities of Canadians. Links to other products related to time use are also available.

    Release date: 2006-11-20
  • 3. Canada's General Social Survey on Time Use: Challenges and Potential Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-622-X2006003
    Description:

    The General Social Survey (GSS) is an annual survey that monitors changes and emerging trends in Canadian Society. For the fourth time in Canada, the GSS has collected national level time use data. The GSS is funded through a government initiative aimed to fill data gaps for policy research. In this paper we present the policy framework that supports the survey, and discuss the impact of that framework on the content decisions that GSS has made. Following a brief review of the major findings from the first three cycles of time use data we discuss the lessons learned and best practices in the development, collection and processing of these data in Canada. Finally, we compare the methods and content of the Canadian time use survey with the US survey.

    Release date: 2006-11-20
  • 4. Unpaid Work, 2001 Census Technical Report (Reference Products: 2001 Census) Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 92-397-X
    Description:

    This report covers concepts and definitions, the imputation method and data quality for this variable. The 2001 Census collected information on three types of unpaid work performed during the week preceding the Census: looking after children, housework and caring for seniors. The 2001 data on unpaid work are compared with the 1996 Census data and with the data from the General Social Survey (use of time in 1998). The report also includes historical tables.

    Release date: 2005-01-11
  • 5. Statistics Canada Total Work Accounts System: Technical Guide to the 1998 Edition Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 12-584-G
    Description:

    This book introduces technical aspects of the Statistics Canada Total Work Accounts System (TWAS). The TWAS is designed to facilitate the analysis of issues that require simultaneous consideration of both paid work and unpaid productive work. Its key contribution is to allocate the deemed output of each episode of unpaid work activity to a specific beneficiary or group of beneficiaries (called "destinations"). The guide presents the criteria used to decide the allocation of each work episode to one of the destinations, as well as the pseudo code for DESTIN, the key variable of the System. This pseudo code allows programmers to quickly create the actual programming code needed to derive the DESTIN variable in their own microdata files of diary-based time-use records. The guide also discusses illustrative applications of the System, as well as its key limitations.

    Release date: 2002-02-12
  • 6. Survey of Leisure Time Activities and Reading Habits
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3815
    Description: This survey is aimed at determining directly who reads, how much reading is done and what is read, including types of material and subject matter. Also general leisure time activity data were updated.
  • 7. Survey of Volunteer Activity
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3865
    Description: The objectives of this survey are to provide information on the activities of volunteers and the organizational settings in which they work.
  • 8. Time Use Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4503
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.
  • 9. General Social Survey: Canadians at Work and Home
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5221
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. The mandate of the GSS "Canadians at Work and Home" is to explore people's views about work, home, leisure and well-being, and the relationships between these. Data from this survey will help decision makers select the programs and policies that will best serve Canadians.

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