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  • 1. 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: 2024-04-02
  • 2. Time use among persons with disabilities in Canada
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2022001
    Description: This fact sheet uses time use data from the 2015 General Social Survey to explore how persons with disabilities spend their time, including analysis by sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, and employment status. Activities analyzed include paid work, unpaid work, sleep, personal care, leisure, and transportation. Perceptions of time use among persons with disabilities are also included.
    Release date: 2022-12-02
  • 3. Daily average time spent in hours on various activities by age group and sex, 15 years and over, Canada and provinces
    Table: 45-10-0014-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Daily average time in hours and proportion of day spent on various activities by age group and sex, 15 years and over, Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2019-04-03
  • 4. Daily average time in hours and proportion of day spent on unpaid domestic and care work by sex
    Table: 45-10-0014-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Average time spent on unpaid activities, including domestic and care work, by sex and age groups for Canada, Geographical region of Canada, province or territory.

    Release date: 2019-04-03
  • 5. Daily average time spent in hours on transport to and from activities, by mode of transport
    Table: 45-10-0014-03
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Daily average time spent in hours on transport to and from activities by mode of transport (including private vehicle, active transport and public transport), for Canada, geographical region of Canada, province or territory.

    Release date: 2019-04-03
  • 6. Ready, set, snooze! Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018029
    Description:

    Adequate sleep is considered important for health and well-being. This infographic uses data from the 2015 Time Use Survey to look at how much sleep Canadians are getting and factors associated with less than 6 hours of sleep per night. These include stress levels during an average day, ratings of mental health and reasons why some choose to cut back on their sleep.

    Release date: 2018-10-10
  • 7. Time Use: Total work burden, unpaid work, and leisure Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500154931
    Description:

    Using Statistics Canada data from multiple cycles of the General Social Survey, this chapter of Women in Canada examines gender differences in the allocation of time to both primary activities and simultaneous activities (i.e., those done concurrently with other activities), focusing on unpaid work and leisure. It also estimates the total work burden of women and men. In addition to gender, age, family type, and immigrant status may affect time use. For this reason, gender differences in time use among these sub-populations are explored.

    Release date: 2018-07-30
  • 8. Time use: Total work burden, unpaid work, and leisure Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201821118146
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2018-07-30
  • 9. Time to eat Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018003
    Description:

    This infographic presents results from the 2015 General social Survey on time use, specifically the activity of eating from a time use perspective. The data were collected in a 24 hour diary from respondents 15 years or older. The diary covered the total activities of a day.

    Release date: 2018-03-23
  • 10. A day in the life: How do older Canadians spend their time? Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201800154947
    Description:

    This study uses the 2015 General Social Survey on Time Use to examine the time spent by Canadian seniors aged 65 and over on various activities. The paper focuses on three types of activities: unpaid household work, active pursuits and passive leisure activities. It examines the factors associated with time spent on these activities, and also provides comparisons with the 1986 General Social Survey on Time Use.

    Release date: 2018-03-21
Data (11)

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  • 1. Daily average time spent in hours on various activities by age group and sex, 15 years and over, Canada and provinces
    Table: 45-10-0014-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Daily average time in hours and proportion of day spent on various activities by age group and sex, 15 years and over, Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2019-04-03
  • 2. Daily average time in hours and proportion of day spent on unpaid domestic and care work by sex
    Table: 45-10-0014-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Average time spent on unpaid activities, including domestic and care work, by sex and age groups for Canada, Geographical region of Canada, province or territory.

    Release date: 2019-04-03
  • 3. Daily average time spent in hours on transport to and from activities, by mode of transport
    Table: 45-10-0014-03
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Daily average time spent in hours on transport to and from activities by mode of transport (including private vehicle, active transport and public transport), for Canada, geographical region of Canada, province or territory.

    Release date: 2019-04-03
  • 4. General Social Survey, Cycle 24: Time Stress and Well-Being, 2010: Public Use Microdata Files
    Public use microdata: 12M0024X
    Description:

    This package was designed to enable users to access and manipulate the microdata file for Cycle 24 (2010) of the General Social Survey (GSS). It contains information on the objectives, methodology and estimation procedures, as well as guidelines for releasing estimates based on the survey.

    Cycle 24 collected data from persons 15 years and over living in private households in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and full-time residents of institutions.

    The purpose of this survey is to better understand how Canadians spent their time. Time use estimates can be produced based on information reported in the time use diary portion of the survey. This diary provides a detailed record of participation in a wide variety of daily activities, as well as the time devoted to them, where these activities took place, and the social relationships of the respondent. Also, for the first time, the 2010 GSS collected information on simultaneous activities, i.e. those that are performed at the same time as a primary activity. The questionnaire collected additional information on perceptions of time, time spent doing unpaid work, well-being, paid work and education, cultural and sports activities, transportation, and numerous socio economic characteristics.

    Cycle 24 is the fifth cycle of the GSS dedicated to collecting data on time use. Previous cycles had been conducted in 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005. Cycle 24 includes most of the content from previous cycles as well as new content, added to reflect the society's emerging issues.

    Release date: 2011-12-15
  • 5. General Social Survey, Cycle 19: Time Use (2005): Public Use Microdata File Archived
    Public use microdata: 12M0019X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    The core content of time use repeats that of cycle 12 (1998), cycle 7 (1992) and cycle 2 (1986), and provides data on the daily activities of Canadians. Question modules were also included on unpaid work activities, cultural activities, social networks and participation in sports. The target population of the General Social Survey consisted of all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces.

    Release date: 2006-11-20
  • 6. Overview of the Time Use of Canadians Archived
    Table: 12F0080X
    Description:

    This publication presents a series of tabulations produced from the General Social Survey on time use of Canadians. It includes information on average amounts of time spent on various activities by sex, by age, by selected role groups.

    Release date: 2006-07-12
  • 7. General social survey (GSS), average time spent with various social contacts for the population aged 15 years and over, by population cohorts
    Table: 45-10-0003-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: General social survey (GSS), average time spent with various social contacts for the population aged 15 years and over, by population cohorts.
    Release date: 2002-12-31
  • 8. General social survey (GSS), average time spent on various activities for the population aged 15 years and over, by sex and main activity
    Table: 45-10-0001-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: General social survey (GSS), average time spent on various activities for the population aged 15 years and over, by sex and main activity.
    Release date: 2002-12-23
  • 9. General social survey (GSS), average time spent at various locations for the population aged 15 years and over, by population cohorts
    Table: 45-10-0002-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: General social survey (GSS), average time spent at various locations for the population aged 15 years and over, by population cohorts.
    Release date: 2002-12-23
  • 10. General Social Survey, Cycle 12: Time Use (1998) - Public Use Microdata File Archived
    Public use microdata: 12M0012X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    Cycle 12 collected data from persons 15 years and older. The core content of time use repeats that of cycle 7 (1992) and cycle 2 (1986), and provides data on the daily activities of Canadians. Question modules were also included on unpaid work activities, cultural activities and participation in sports. The target population of the General Social Survey consisted of all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces.

    Release date: 1999-11-09
Analysis (26)

Analysis (26) (0 to 10 of 26 results)

  • 1. 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: 2024-04-02
  • 2. Time use among persons with disabilities in Canada
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2022001
    Description: This fact sheet uses time use data from the 2015 General Social Survey to explore how persons with disabilities spend their time, including analysis by sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, and employment status. Activities analyzed include paid work, unpaid work, sleep, personal care, leisure, and transportation. Perceptions of time use among persons with disabilities are also included.
    Release date: 2022-12-02
  • 3. Ready, set, snooze! Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018029
    Description:

    Adequate sleep is considered important for health and well-being. This infographic uses data from the 2015 Time Use Survey to look at how much sleep Canadians are getting and factors associated with less than 6 hours of sleep per night. These include stress levels during an average day, ratings of mental health and reasons why some choose to cut back on their sleep.

    Release date: 2018-10-10
  • 4. Time Use: Total work burden, unpaid work, and leisure Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500154931
    Description:

    Using Statistics Canada data from multiple cycles of the General Social Survey, this chapter of Women in Canada examines gender differences in the allocation of time to both primary activities and simultaneous activities (i.e., those done concurrently with other activities), focusing on unpaid work and leisure. It also estimates the total work burden of women and men. In addition to gender, age, family type, and immigrant status may affect time use. For this reason, gender differences in time use among these sub-populations are explored.

    Release date: 2018-07-30
  • 5. Time use: Total work burden, unpaid work, and leisure Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201821118146
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2018-07-30
  • 6. Time to eat Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018003
    Description:

    This infographic presents results from the 2015 General social Survey on time use, specifically the activity of eating from a time use perspective. The data were collected in a 24 hour diary from respondents 15 years or older. The diary covered the total activities of a day.

    Release date: 2018-03-23
  • 7. A day in the life: How do older Canadians spend their time? Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201800154947
    Description:

    This study uses the 2015 General Social Survey on Time Use to examine the time spent by Canadian seniors aged 65 and over on various activities. The paper focuses on three types of activities: unpaid household work, active pursuits and passive leisure activities. It examines the factors associated with time spent on these activities, and also provides comparisons with the 1986 General Social Survey on Time Use.

    Release date: 2018-03-21
  • 8. Study: A day in the life: How do older Canadians spend their time? Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201808018343
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2018-03-21
  • 9. Changes in parents' participation in domestic tasks and care for children from 1986 to 2015 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201715215505
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2017-06-01
  • 10. Changes in parents' participation in domestic tasks and care for children from 1986 to 2015 Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2017001
    Description:

    This article compares Canadians fathers' and mothers' participation in domestic tasks and care to children for the past 30 years. The results are based on data from the 2015 and 1986 General Social Survey on Time Use.

    Release date: 2017-06-01
Reference (4)

Reference (4) ((4 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. 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
  • 3. 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
  • 4. 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
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