Table 1
Volunteer rate and volunteer hours, population aged 15 and over, 2004, 2007 and 2010

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Table 1
Volunteer rate and volunteer hours, population aged 15 and over, 2004, 2007 and 2010
Volunteer rate 2010 2007 2004
Total population (thousands) 28,285 27,069‡ 26,093‡
Number of volunteers (thousands) 13,282 12,478‡ 11,809‡
Volunteer rate (percentage) 47 46 45‡
Volunteer hours
Total annual volunteer hours (millions) 2,068 2,067 1,983
Full-time year-round job equivalents1 (jobs) 1,077,083 1,076,673 1,033,019
Average annual volunteer hours (hours) 156 166 168‡
Median annual volunteer hours (hours) 55 56 61
‡ statistically significant difference (Small alpha=0.05) from 2010
1. Assuming 40 hours of work per week for 48 weeks.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2004, 2007 and 2010.
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