Table 2.4
Involvement in organizations, in the past 12 months, by type of organization, age group and sex, Ontario, 2008

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Age group and type of organization Both sexes Male Female
('000) % ('000) % ('000) %
Total all age groups 10,580 100.0 5,191 100.0 5,389 100.0
Sports or recreational 3,510 33.2 1,960 37.8 1,551 28.8
Union or professional 3,163 29.9 1,719 33.1 1,445 26.8
Cultural, educational or hobby 2,303 21.8 1,059 20.4 1,244 23.1
Religious-affiliated 2,114 20.0 955 18.4 1,160 21.5
School, community, etc. 2,319 21.9 929 17.9 1,390 25.8
Service club or fraternal 982 9.3 531 10.2 450 8.4
Political party or group 624 5.9 387 7.5 237 4.4
Other type 290 2.7 148 2.9 141 2.6
15 to 24 1,749 100.0 892 100.0 857 100.0
Sports or recreational 861 49.2 517 58.0 345 40.3
Union or professional 320 18.3 158 17.7 162 18.9
Cultural, educational or hobby 473 27.0 214 24.0 258 30.1
Religious-affiliated 298 17.0 117 13.1 181 21.1
School, community, etc. 635 36.3 257 28.8 377 44.0
Service club or fraternal 83E 4.7E 38E 4.3E 45E 5.3E
Political party or group 68E 3.9E x x x x
Other type x x x x x x
25 to 54 5,737 100.0 2,852 100.0 2,886 100.0
Sports or recreational 1,920 33.5 1,053 36.9 866 30.0
Union or professional 2,092 36.5 1,111 39.0 981 34.0
Cultural, educational or hobby 1,089 19.0 516 18.1 572 19.8
Religious-affiliated 1,036 18.1 486 17.0 549 19.0
School, community, etc. 1,172 20.4 444 15.6 729 25.3
Service club or fraternal 396 6.9 219 7.7 178 6.2
Political party or group 291 5.1 182 6.4 109 3.8
Other type 157 2.7 83E 2.9E 74 2.6
55 and over 3,094 100.0 1,447 100.0 1,647 100.0
Sports or recreational 730 23.6 390 27.0 340 20.6
Union or professional 752 24.3 450 31.1 302 18.3
Cultural, educational or hobby 742 24.0 328 22.7 414 25.1
Religious-affiliated 780 25.2 351 24.3 429 26.0
School, community, etc. 512 16.5 228 15.8 284 17.2
Service club or fraternal 502 16.2 275 19.0 228 13.8
Political party or group 264 8.5 x x x x
Other type x x x x x x
Note(s):
The sum of the values for each category will differ from the total due to rounding and multiple responses.
Values for "Don't know" and "Not stated" are included in the total but are not shown separately.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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