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31% of Canadians Identify as Workaholics

The document summarizes a Statistics Canada study that found nearly one-third of Canadians aged 19-64 identify as workaholics. Workaholics were more likely than non-workaholics to report fair or poor health, have trouble sleeping, and feel dissatisfied with their work-life balance despite deriving no more satisfaction from their jobs. About 39% of workaholics reported usually working over 50 hours a week compared to 20% of non-workaholics. A majority of workaholics also felt they did not spend enough time with family and friends due to issues with time perception and an inability to finish daily tasks.

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31% of Canadians Identify as Workaholics

The document summarizes a Statistics Canada study that found nearly one-third of Canadians aged 19-64 identify as workaholics. Workaholics were more likely than non-workaholics to report fair or poor health, have trouble sleeping, and feel dissatisfied with their work-life balance despite deriving no more satisfaction from their jobs. About 39% of workaholics reported usually working over 50 hours a week compared to 20% of non-workaholics. A majority of workaholics also felt they did not spend enough time with family and friends due to issues with time perception and an inability to finish daily tasks.

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  • Intervention Steps: Describes five intervention strategies to assist individuals in managing workaholism, promoting a healthier work-life balance.
  • Workaholics Overview: Introduces statistics about workaholics, including self-identification rates and working schedules.

Workaholics were also more likely to report "Time appears to slip through the workaholic's

that the state of their health wasgenerally fair fingers," said the study.
or poor, they had trouble falling and staying
asleep and surprisingly, they did not enjoy "They devote more effort to work, but they
their jobs more than other workers. derive no more satisfaction or pleasure from it
than do non-workaholics. They are very
As well, 56 per cent reported that they did not dissatisfied with their work-life balance and wish
have time for fun. Only 34 per cent of they could spend more time with family and

31%
non-workaholics said they felt the same way. friends," it adds.

The study found that a high proportion of "Perceived lack of time is a bigger stressor in
of Canadians 19-64 self-identified workaholics recognized that their everyday lives than it is for
they may not use time effectively. non-workaholics…. Overall, time seems to
consider themsleves escape them."
workaholics They were more likely than non-workaholics to
feel time pressure, stuck in daily routines and The differences between the two groups are
not able to finish what they planned at the primarily in the ways they view and allocate
start of the day. time, the study concludes.

56%
of workaholics say
39%
of workaholics work
• Get the support you need - Councelling will help
• Schedule noncancelable leisure activities
• Get to the root of any underlying Issues -
Could anxiety or a lack of confidence be driving you
• Set boundaries: Leave work at 5 p.m
5 intervention
steps you can
take
they don’t have more than 50 hours a • Stuck in a routine.
time for fun week • Learn to Delegate

Nearly athird of Canadians see themselves as About 39 per cent of self-identified


workaholics and they are more likely than others workaholics reported that theyusually worked
to be dissatisfied with their work-life balance, more than 50 hours a week. Only 20 per cent
says a Statistic Canada study. of non-workaholics reported usually working
that amount of time.
The study, "Time escapes me: Workaholics and
time perception," found that nearly one-third, or A full 65 per cent of workaholics, however,
31 per cent of Canadians aged 19 to 64, identify expressed concern that they do not spend
themselves as workaholics. The study, "Time enough time with family and friends. Only 45
escapes me: Workaholics and time perception," per cent of non-workaholics reported this
found that nearly one-third, or 31 per cent of worry.
Canadians aged 19 to 64, identify themselves as
workaholics.

7
signs you are a
workaholic
• Unsatisfying work/life balance.
• Working more hours than average.
• Working more doesn't give sense of
accomplishment.
• Feeling stressed.
• Stuck in a routine.
• Inability to finish 'to-do list.'
• Exaggerated sense of work's role in life
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Nearly athird of Canadians see themselves as workaholics and they are more likely than others to be dissatisfied with their

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