October 21, 2026 · Statistics Canada · Rents · Supply · Financing

Public health recommendations, such as the one for adults to accumulate at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week, are useful for tracking population-level trends. However, knowing whether Canadians meet this threshold does not tell the whole story. Indeed, it is also important to know the proportion of adults who do not meet the recommendation but are close to reaching it, and the proportion of adults who are much further away from reaching it.