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  • 1. Screens Replaced Play, and Our Bodies Noticed
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032025008
    Description: Has Canada become a sedentary nation? Health data have never been more accessible. We have smart watches to count our steps, notifications about our screen times and apps to track our daily diets. Despite the futuristic tech, researchers are growing concerned. And they’re especially concerned about young Canadians. Today we sat down with Rachel Colley, a senior health researcher at StatCan for a deep dive into Canada’s obesity, physical activity and screen time trends. And the new data from the Canadian Health Measures survey may surprise you.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 2. Anthropometry measures of the household population
    Table: 13-10-0319-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Anthropometry measures of the household population, by sex and age group.
    Release date: 2025-10-17
  • 3. Overweight and obesity based on measured body mass index, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0373-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of Canadians aged 5 to 79 with a measured body mass index categorized as overweight or obese, by age group and sex.

    Release date: 2025-10-02
  • 4. Metabolic health and body mass index phenotypes in adults
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500900002
    Description: To better understand the interplay between adiposity and metabolic health, joint phenotypes have been used to categorize people as being metabolically healthy or metabolically unhealthy while having a body mass index indicative of obesity, overweight, or normal weight. This study examines the prevalence of these phenotypes in adults, the factors associated with them, and their relationship with adverse health outcomes.
    Release date: 2025-09-17
  • 5. The health consequences of obesity history and weight fluctuations in adulthood
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500200002
    Description: The prevalence of Canadian adults with obesity has been steadily increasing over the past four decades. Nine percent of Canadian adults had obesity in 1981, 27.2% had obesity in 2018 and the most recent estimates from 2022 indicate that 30% of Canadian adults have obesity. The purpose of this study is to describe the obesity change pattern among Canadian adults aged 28 to 79 years and to examine associations between obesity history and health outcomes.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 6. Body mass index, overweight or obese, self-reported, adult, age groups (18 years and older) Archived
    Table: 13-10-0096-20
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number and percentage of adults who reported being overweight or obese, by age group and sex.
    Release date: 2023-11-06
  • 7. Body mass index, overweight or obese, self reported, youth (12 to 17 years old) Archived
    Table: 13-10-0096-21
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of youth who reported being overweight or obese, by sex.

    Release date: 2023-11-06
  • 8. Sleep duration, sleep quality and obesity in the Canadian Armed Forces
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300500001
    Description: Research has identified an association between sleep and obesity in the general population, it is also important to examine this association in the military population. This study presents the prevalence of overweight, obesity, sleep duration and measures of sleep quality in the Canadian Armed Forces. In addition, the independent associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with obesity are examined.
    Release date: 2023-05-17
  • 9. An examination of the associations between walkable neighbourhoods and obesity and self-rated health in Canadians Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201900900002
    Description: The purpose of this study is to examine the association between walkability and obesity and self-rated general and mental health in a nationally-representative sample of Canadians in children and adults. A secondary purpose is to examine and describe the mediating effect of physical activity in the association between walkability and obesity. Data are from the 2016 Canadian Active Living Environments database and the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2009-2015).
    Release date: 2019-09-18
  • 10. Walkable neighbourhoods and physical activity in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019066
    Description:

    This infographic presents findings on the association between walkable neighbourhoods and physical activity by age and type of physical activity, as well as the association between walkability and obesity.

    Release date: 2019-09-18
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  • 1. Screens Replaced Play, and Our Bodies Noticed
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032025008
    Description: Has Canada become a sedentary nation? Health data have never been more accessible. We have smart watches to count our steps, notifications about our screen times and apps to track our daily diets. Despite the futuristic tech, researchers are growing concerned. And they’re especially concerned about young Canadians. Today we sat down with Rachel Colley, a senior health researcher at StatCan for a deep dive into Canada’s obesity, physical activity and screen time trends. And the new data from the Canadian Health Measures survey may surprise you.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 2. Metabolic health and body mass index phenotypes in adults
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500900002
    Description: To better understand the interplay between adiposity and metabolic health, joint phenotypes have been used to categorize people as being metabolically healthy or metabolically unhealthy while having a body mass index indicative of obesity, overweight, or normal weight. This study examines the prevalence of these phenotypes in adults, the factors associated with them, and their relationship with adverse health outcomes.
    Release date: 2025-09-17
  • 3. The health consequences of obesity history and weight fluctuations in adulthood
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500200002
    Description: The prevalence of Canadian adults with obesity has been steadily increasing over the past four decades. Nine percent of Canadian adults had obesity in 1981, 27.2% had obesity in 2018 and the most recent estimates from 2022 indicate that 30% of Canadian adults have obesity. The purpose of this study is to describe the obesity change pattern among Canadian adults aged 28 to 79 years and to examine associations between obesity history and health outcomes.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 4. Sleep duration, sleep quality and obesity in the Canadian Armed Forces
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300500001
    Description: Research has identified an association between sleep and obesity in the general population, it is also important to examine this association in the military population. This study presents the prevalence of overweight, obesity, sleep duration and measures of sleep quality in the Canadian Armed Forces. In addition, the independent associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with obesity are examined.
    Release date: 2023-05-17
  • 5. An examination of the associations between walkable neighbourhoods and obesity and self-rated health in Canadians Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201900900002
    Description: The purpose of this study is to examine the association between walkability and obesity and self-rated general and mental health in a nationally-representative sample of Canadians in children and adults. A secondary purpose is to examine and describe the mediating effect of physical activity in the association between walkability and obesity. Data are from the 2016 Canadian Active Living Environments database and the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2009-2015).
    Release date: 2019-09-18
  • 6. Walkable neighbourhoods and physical activity in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019066
    Description:

    This infographic presents findings on the association between walkable neighbourhoods and physical activity by age and type of physical activity, as well as the association between walkability and obesity.

    Release date: 2019-09-18
  • 7. Overweight and obese adults, 2018 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X201900100005
    Description:

    This is a Health fact sheet about Canadians aged 18 and older who are overweight or obese, based on self-reported height and weight that has been adjusted with correction factors. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Community Health Survey.

    Release date: 2019-06-25
  • 8. Obesity in Canadian Adults, 2016 and 2017 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018033
    Description:

    This infographic looks at obesity in Canadian adults for 2016 and 2017. It details how obesity varies by age, education, diet, landed immigrant status and province using data from the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Health Measures Survey and the 2017 Canadian Community Health Survey.

    Release date: 2018-10-24
  • 9. Parent-Child association in body weight status Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201700614828
    Description:

    Using measured data for 1,563 biological parent-child pairs collected by the Canadian Health Measures Survey, this study examines parent and child BMI in a nationally representative sample of Canadian children.

    Release date: 2017-06-21
  • 10. Development of a population-based microsimulation model of body mass index Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201700614829
    Description:

    POHEM-BMI is a microsimulation tool that includes a model of adult body mass index (BMI) and a model of childhood BMI history. This overview describes the development of BMI prediction models for adults and of childhood BMI history, and compares projected BMI estimates with those from nationally representative survey data to establish validity.

    Release date: 2017-06-21
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