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Table 5.12 Overweight or obese children and youth, by province and territory, 2007 to 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 5.12 overweight or obese children and youth 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, calculated using % of males and % of females units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010
  % of males % of females
Canada 23.4 23.9 23.9 23.7 13.5 14.5 15.5 16.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 43.9Note E: Use with caution 39.4 28.2Note E: Use with caution 35.6Note E: Use with caution 29.4Note E: Use with caution 29.4Note E: Use with caution 29.2Note E: Use with caution 30.5Note E: Use with caution
Prince Edward Island 29.8Note E: Use with caution 37.3Note E: Use with caution 25.8Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Nova Scotia 20.0Note E: Use with caution 20.7Note E: Use with caution 29.0Note E: Use with caution 28.6Note E: Use with caution 15.4Note E: Use with caution 14.4Note E: Use with caution 27.7Note E: Use with caution 17.6Note E: Use with caution
New Brunswick 36.8 28.5Note E: Use with caution 27.3Note E: Use with caution 18.2Note E: Use with caution 12.6Note E: Use with caution 18.3Note E: Use with caution 29.1Note E: Use with caution 22.2Note E: Use with caution
Quebec 20.2 17.0 18.3 21.9 13.9 11.7Note E: Use with caution 11.3Note E: Use with caution 19.0
Ontario 25.8 23.8 23.9 24.9 13.3 16.6 17.8 14.8
Manitoba 26.2Note E: Use with caution 32.1Note E: Use with caution 24.1Note E: Use with caution 29.1Note E: Use with caution 15.4Note E: Use with caution 14.6Note E: Use with caution 15.5Note E: Use with caution 12.7Note E: Use with caution
Saskatchewan 23.8 33.6 25.2Note E: Use with caution 24.3Note E: Use with caution 19.7Note E: Use with caution 10.2Note E: Use with caution 9.6Note E: Use with caution 21.5Note E: Use with caution
Alberta 22.0 29.1 34.4 23.1Note E: Use with caution 10.0Note E: Use with caution 11.9Note E: Use with caution 12.5Note E: Use with caution 13.9Note E: Use with caution
British Columbia 17.4Note E: Use with caution 25.2 22.6Note E: Use with caution 19.8Note E: Use with caution 11.4Note E: Use with caution 13.4Note E: Use with caution 12.8Note E: Use with caution 12.7Note E: Use with caution
Yukon Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Northwest Territories Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 25.6Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 32.0Note E: Use with caution
Nunavut (10 largest communities) Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Notes: Population aged 12 to 17.
Based on self-reported body mass index, calculated by dividing the respondent's body weight (in kilograms) by their height (in metres) squared.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 105-0501.
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