Table 4
Volunteer rates and average and median annual hours volunteered, by immigrant status and time immigrants spent in Canada, population aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010

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Table 4
Volunteer rates and average and median annual hours volunteered, by immigrant status and time immigrants spent in Canada, population aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010
This table displays the results of volunteer rates and average and median annual hours volunteered. This information is grouped by 2010 and 2007, volunteer rate, average annual volunteer hours, and median annual volunteer hours (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and hours as units of measure.

	2010			2007
	Volunteer rate	Average annual volunteer hours1	Median annual volunteer hours1	Volunteer rate	Average annual volunteer hours1	Median annual volunteer hours1
	percentage	hours		percentage	hours
Immigrant status
Canadian-born†	49	155	52	49	163	55
Immigrant	39*	162	60*	40*	170*	67*
Time immigrants spent in Canada
Less than 10 years	39*	167E	60*	37*	136*	48*
10 to 19 years	36*	133	44*	42	150	70*
20 to 29 years	37*	118	48*	38*	187*	71*
30 years or more	42*	193	80*	42*	203*	85*
E use with caution † reference group * statistically significant difference (=0.05) from the reference group 1. Estimates of average and median annual volunteer hours are calculated for volunteers only. Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007 and 2010.