Table 4
Volunteer rates and average and median annual hours volunteered, by immigrant status and time immigrants spent in Canada, population aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010

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Table 4
Volunteer rates and average and median annual hours volunteered, by immigrant status and time immigrants spent in Canada, population aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010
This table displays the results of volunteer rates and average and median annual hours volunteered. This information is grouped by 2010 and 2007, volunteer rate, average annual volunteer hours, and median annual volunteer hours (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and hours as units of measure.
  2010 2007
Volunteer rate Average annual volunteer hours1 Median annual volunteer hours1 Volunteer rate Average annual volunteer hours1 Median annual volunteer hours1
percentage hours percentage hours
Immigrant status
Canadian-born 49 155 52 49 163 55
Immigrant 39* 162 60* 40* 170* 67*
Time immigrants spent in Canada
Less than 10 years 39* 167E 60* 37* 136* 48*
10 to 19 years 36* 133 44* 42 150 70*
20 to 29 years 37* 118 48* 38* 187* 71*
30 years or more 42* 193 80* 42* 203* 85*
E use with caution
reference group
* statistically significant difference (Small alpha=0.05) from the reference group
1. Estimates of average and median annual volunteer hours are calculated for volunteers only.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007 and 2010.
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