Population aged 18 and over who reported perceiving that most days in their life were quite a bit or extremely stressful. Perceived life stress refers to the amount of stress in the person's life, on most days, as perceived by the person or, in the case of proxy response, by the person responding.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2015 to 2024. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Percent of Canadian adults perceiving their life stress as quite a lot 2015-2024
In 2024, around 23 percent of Canadian adults reported having quite a lot of life stress. These respondents reported perceiving that most days in their life were quite a bit or extremely stressful. This statistic displays the estimated percentage of Canadians aged 18 years and over who perceived their life stress as quite a lot from 2015 to 2024.
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