Description for chart 13
Reasons for not volunteering more, volunteers aged 15 and over,1 2007 and 2010

Warning View the most recent version.

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.


This is a Clustered bar chart
There are in total 10 categories in the vertical axis.
The horizontal axis starts at 0 and ends at 80.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "percentage of volunteers".
The title of series 1 is "2007".
The title of series 2 is "2010".

Chart 13
Reasons for not volunteering more, volunteers aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010
Reason for not volunteering more percentage of volunteers
2007 2010
Did not have the time 75 74
Unable to make a long-term commitment 52 54
Gave enough time already 41 39
Preferred to give money instead of time 31 30
No one asked 30 30
Had no interest 20 18
Health problems or physically unable 16 17
Did not know how to become involved 15 15
Financial cost of volunteering 11 12
Dissatisfied with a previous experience 9 9
1. Excludes those volunteering more than 1,500 hours.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007 and 2010.
Date modified: