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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2010 | 2007 | |||||
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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 (=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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