Table 1
Percent reporting whether they communicated with friends in-person only, virtually only, or both within the past month, by select sociodemographic characteristics, 2025

Percent reporting whether they communicated with friends in-person only, virtually only, or both within the past month, by select sociodemographic characteristics, 2025
	In-person only	Virtually only	Both in-person and virtually
	%	%	%
Total	2.0	10.2	87.8
Gender
Male+	2.4	10.1	87.5
Female+	1.5	10.4	88.1
Region
Atlantic	2.6	7.9	89.4
Quebec	1.9	8.8	89.3
Ontario	1.7	11.0	87.2
Prairies	2.2	11.9	85.9
British Columbia	2.2	9.2	88.6
Age group
15 to 24 years	1.2	5.8	93.0
25 to 34 years	0.5	11.8	87.7
35 to 44 years	1.0	12.5	86.5
45 to 54 years	2.3	12.2	85.5
55 to 64 years	2.1	10.9	87.0
65 years or older	4.2	8.6	87.2
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant	2.2	8.4	89.4
Recent immigrant	1.4	15.6	83.0
Established immigrant	1.6	12.7	85.7
Racialized group
South Asian	0.9	15.0	84.1
Chinese	1.5	12.1	86.4
Black	1.2	15.7	83.1
Filipino	1.5	11.9	86.6
Arab	1.4	11.1	87.5
Latin American	1.3	13.6	85.1
Southeast Asian	1.9	11.6	86.6
West Asian	1.20^E	12.3	86.5
Korean	1.00^E	11.5	87.4
Japanese	F	F	F
Other racialized group	2.80^E	21.0	76.2
Multiple racialized groups	1.5	10.2	88.3
Non-racialized, non-Indigenous	2.3	8.7	89.0
Disability status
Has a long-term condition or a disability	2.8	11.2	86.1
No long-term condition or disability	1.4	9.6	89.1
Total household income
Less than $40,000	3.1	13.6	83.3
$40,000 to less than $70,000	2.8	11.4	85.9
$70,000 to less than $100,000	1.8	9.0	89.2
$100,000 to less than $150,000	1.7	10.0	88.3
$150,000 and over	0.8	8.8	90.4

use with caution

too unreliable to be published

Source(s):

Survey on Social Connections - Well-being in Canada (5418).

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