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Leisure-time physical activity, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2005


                                      Total Physically active or moderately active Physically inactive Not stated
   number % number % number %
Total, 12 years and over 27,131,964 13,824,176 51.0 12,673,187 46.7 634,601 2.3
Males 13,371,912 7,131,348 53.3 5,890,771 44.1 349,793 2.6
Females 13,760,052 6,692,828 48.6 6,782,415 49.3 284,809 2.1
12 to 19 years 3,353,635 2,334,930 69.6 947,631 28.3 71,074 2.1
Males 1,716,269 1,285,947 74.9 386,366 22.5 43,957 2.6
Females 1,637,366 1,048,983 64.1 561,266 34.3 27,117 1.7
12 to 14 years 1,235,765 901,661 73.0 299,238 24.2 34,866 2.8
Males 648,825 501,814 77.3 127,506 19.7 19,506 3.0
Females 586,940 399,847 68.1 171,732 29.3 15,360 2.6
15 to 19 years 2,117,870 1,433,269 67.7 648,393 30.6 36,208 1.7
Males 1,067,444 784,133 73.5 258,860 24.3 24,451 2.3
Females 1,050,426 649,136 61.8 389,533 37.1 11,757 1.1
20 to 34 years 6,422,774 3,516,737 54.8 2,821,360 43.9 84,677 1.3
Males 3,211,070 1,834,588 57.1 1,331,739 41.5 44,743 1.4
Females 3,211,704 1,682,149 52.4 1,489,621 46.4 39,934 1.2
20 to 24 years 2,239,344 1,348,540 60.2 859,865 38.4 30,939 1.4
Males 1,167,581 744,008 63.7 403,954 34.6 19,619 E 1.7 E
Females 1,071,763 604,532 56.4 455,911 42.5 11,320 E 1.1 E
25 to 34 years 4,183,431 2,168,197 51.8 1,961,495 46.9 53,739 1.3
Males 2,043,490 1,090,580 53.4 927,785 45.4 25,125 1.2
Females 2,139,941 1,077,617 50.4 1,033,710 48.3 28,614 1.3
35 to 44 years 5,087,627 2,447,265 48.1 2,565,268 50.4 75,095 1.5
Males 2,573,924 1,239,343 48.1 1,295,165 50.3 39,415 1.5
Females 2,513,703 1,207,921 48.1 1,270,103 50.5 35,679 1.4
45 to 64 years 8,339,620 3,944,202 47.3 4,246,374 50.9 149,044 1.8
Males 4,122,741 1,965,091 47.7 2,077,388 50.4 80,262 1.9
Females 4,216,879 1,979,111 46.9 2,168,986 51.4 68,782 1.6
45 to 54 years 4,784,779 2,241,448 46.8 2,469,528 51.6 73,803 1.5
Males 2,343,864 1,110,057 47.4 1,195,449 51.0 38,358 1.6
Females 2,440,914 1,131,391 46.4 1,274,079 52.2 35,445 E 1.5 E
55 to 64 years 3,554,841 1,702,754 47.9 1,776,846 50.0 75,241 2.1
Males 1,778,877 855,034 48.1 881,939 49.6 41,904 2.4
Females 1,775,964 847,720 47.7 894,907 50.4 33,337 1.9
65 years and over 3,928,308 1,581,043 40.2 2,092,553 53.3 254,712 6.5
Males 1,747,908 806,380 46.1 800,113 45.8 141,415 8.1
Females 2,180,401 774,663 35.5 1,292,440 59.3 113,297 5.2
65 to 74 years 2,244,943 1,064,670 47.4 1,090,431 48.6 89,842 4.0
Males 1,068,532 550,661 51.5 467,091 43.7 50,781 4.8
Females 1,176,411 514,009 43.7 623,341 53.0 39,062 3.3
75 years and over 1,683,365 516,373 30.7 1,002,122 59.5 164,869 9.8
Males 679,376 255,719 37.6 333,022 49.0 90,634 13.3
Females 1,003,989 260,654 26.0 669,100 66.6 74,235 7.4

1. Population aged 12 and over reporting level of physical activity, based on their responses to questions about the frequency, duration and intensity of their participation in leisure-time physical activity.
2. Respondents are classified as active, moderately active or inactive based on an index of average daily physical activity over the past 3 months. For each leisure time physical activity engaged in by the respondent, an average daily energy expenditure is calculated by multiplying the number of times the activity was performed by the average duration of the activity by the energy cost (kilocalories per kilogram of body weight per hour) of the activity. The index is calculated as the sum of the average daily energy expenditures of all activities. Respondents are classified as follows: 3.0 kcal/kg/day or more = physically active; 1.5 to 2.9 kcal/kg/day = moderately active; less than 1.5 kcal/kg/day = inactive.
3. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate.
4. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
6. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), 2005 (CANSIM table 105-0433).