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Table 2
Participation in various groups of sports on a given day

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  1992 2005
percentage
Golf 0.6 0.8
Swimming 0.9 2.0*
Field, court, lane, table sports1 2.8 1.7*
Other sports2 1.2 1.2
† Reference group.
* Statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.01.
1. Includes football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, hockey, soccer, field hockey, tennis, squash, racquetball, paddleball, bowling, pool, ping-pong, pinball.
2. Includes skiing, ice skating, sledding, curling, snowboarding, judo, boxing, wrestling, fencing, rowing, canoeing, kayaking, wind surfing, and sailing.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2005.