Table 3
Time spent by mothers and fathers on child care as the main activity during the reference day, by different individual characteristics, 2015

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Table 3
Time spent by mothers and fathers on child care as the main activity during the reference day, by different individual characteristics, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Time spent by mothers and fathers on child care as the main activity during the reference day Provided help or care to children, Average length of time spent on child care (participants), Fathers and Mothers, calculated using percentage and minutes units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Provided help or care to children Average length of time spent on child care (participants)
Fathers Mothers Fathers Mothers
percentage minutes
Number of hours worked during the reference day  
No hours (ref.) 50 70Table 3 Note † 136 191Table 3 Note †
Less than 8 hours 58 64 113Note * 125Note *
8 or more hours 44 60Note *Table 3 Note † 87Note * 92Note *
Age of youngest child  
0 to 4 years (ref.) 72 90Table 3 Note † 132 194Table 3 Note †
5 to 12 years 51Note * 68Note *Table 3 Note † 89Note * 118Note *Table 3 Note †
13 years or older 10Note E: Use with cautionNote * 24Note *Table 3 Note † 66Note E: Use with cautionNote * 76Note *
Place of birth  
Canada (ref.) 51 69Table 3 Note † 112 152Table 3 Note †
Rest of the world 47 61Note *Table 3 Note † 113 160Table 3 Note †
Region of birth (Canada)  
Atlantic provinces 50 62Table 3 Note † 121 142
Quebec 52 73Table 3 Note † 110 141Table 3 Note †
Ontario (ref.) 50 65Table 3 Note † 111 171Table 3 Note †
Prairies 47 73Table 3 Note † 107 159Table 3 Note †
British Columbia 62 73 140 115Note *
Place of residence  
Atlantic provinces 53 59 111 152Table 3 Note †
Quebec 49 72Note *Table 3 Note † 104 138Note *Table 3 Note †
Ontario (ref.) 48 61Table 3 Note † 119 168Table 3 Note †
Prairies 48 72Note *Table 3 Note † 105 172Table 3 Note †
British Columbia 56 66 123 119Note *
Educational attainment  
High school diploma or less (ref.) 43 60Table 3 Note † 110 159Table 3 Note †
Postsecondary certificate or diploma 49 65Table 3 Note † 107 156Table 3 Note †
University degree 53Note * 71Note *Table 3 Note † 118 152Table 3 Note †
Work schedule  
Employee, normal schedule (ref.) 52 68Table 3 Note † 103 143Table 3 Note †
Employee, non-traditional schedule 49 55Note * 125 124
Self-employed or unpaid family worker 40Note * 60Table 3 Note † 120 150
Distance between the home and workplace  
Less than 10 km (ref.) 51 60 107 140Table 3 Note †
10 to 24 km 55 67Table 3 Note † 106 142Table 3 Note †
25 km or more 47 70Note *Table 3 Note † 112 136
E use with caution
Note *

significantly different from the reference category estimate (p < 0.05)

Return to note * referrer

Note †

Significantly different from the estimate for fathers (p < 0.05)

Return to note † referrer

Source: Statistics Canada, 2015 General Social Survey.
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