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Canadian Youth Concerns During COVID-19

Between March 29 and April 3, over 4,600 Canadian youth aged 15 to 30 were surveyed about their activities and concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey found that 93.6% of youth reported communicating with friends and family for their mental health, while 66.8% exercised indoors and 62.3% exercised outdoors. Their top concerns were overloading the health system (85.9%) and the health of vulnerable people (86.5%).

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Canadian Youth Concerns During COVID-19

Between March 29 and April 3, over 4,600 Canadian youth aged 15 to 30 were surveyed about their activities and concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey found that 93.6% of youth reported communicating with friends and family for their mental health, while 66.8% exercised indoors and 62.3% exercised outdoors. Their top concerns were overloading the health system (85.9%) and the health of vulnerable people (86.5%).

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Activities and concerns of Canadian

youth during the COVID-19 pandemic


Between March 29 and April 3, Statistics Canada collected information via a new web
panel survey in the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series. More than 4,600 people in
the 10 provinces responded to this survey.

of youth reported
40% excellent or very
About 22% of
good mental health.

respondents were
youth aged 15
to 30 years.

Activities engaged in by youth aged 15 to 30 for their mental or physical health

Communication with Exercise indoors Exercise outdoors Changing Meditation


friends and family food choices

93.6% 66.8% 62.3% 39.7% 22.7%

Concerns of youth aged 15 to 30 about the impact of COVID-19


Health of vulnerable people 86.5%
Overloading the health system
85.9%
Health of the world's population 65.4%
Health of the Canadian population
61.6%
Health of a household member
52.0%
Civil disorder
47.3%
Ability to cooperate during crisis
37.8%
Ability to cooperate and support
one another after the crisis 36.1%
Family stress due to confinement
36.1%
Maintaining social ties
34.3%
My own health
21.0%
Source: Canadian Perspectives Survey Series, March/April 2020. C
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada,
ISBN: 978-0-660-34972-5 | Catalogue number: 11-627-M as represented by the Minister of Industry, 2020

www.statcan.gc.ca

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