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|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,644,600 | 9,556,000 |
| 2023 | 10,619,300 | 9,044,300 |
| 2022 | 10,053,400 | 8,705,500 |
| 2021 | 10,058,800 | 8,273,100 |
| 2020 | 9,909,800 | 7,852,200 |
| 2019 | 9,850,600 | 7,625,500 |
| 2018 | 9,869,500 | 7,294,800 |
| 2017 | 9,647,900 | 7,211,300 |
| 2016 | 9,484,900 | 7,013,600 |
| 2015 | 9,423,800 | 6,885,600 |
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Release date
August 2025
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Region
Canada
Survey time period
2015 to 2024
Number of respondents
65,000 respondents
Age group
18 years and older
Supplementary notes
All figures are annual estimates.
Body mass index (BMI) is a method of classifying body weight according to health risk. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Canada guidelines, health risk levels are associated with each of the following BMI categories: normal weight = least health risk; underweight and overweight = increased health risk; obese, class I = high health risk; obese, class II = very high health risk; obese, class III = extremely high health risk.
As a result of the 2015 redesign, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) has a new collection strategy, a new sample design, and has undergone major content revisions. With all these factors taken together, caution should be taken when comparing data from previous cycles to data released for the 2015 cycle onwards. 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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