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Overweight and obesity in Canada

Statistics report on overweight and obesity in Canada

This report presents data on overweight and obesity in Canada. It contains information on the prevalence of obesity in Canada nationally and by province, as well as the costs of obesity and health-related conditions that are associated with being overweight or obese.

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Prevalence of overweight and obesity

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  • Basic Statistic Number of overweight or obese Canadian adults based on BMI 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of Canadian adults who were overweight or obese from 2015 to 2024
  • Premium Statistic Number of Canadian adults who were overweight or obese in 2024, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Share of Canadian adults who were overweight or obese in 2024, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Number of Canadian adults who were overweight or obese in 2024, by age
  • Premium Statistic Share of Canadian adults who were overweight or obese in 2024, by age
  • Premium Forecast Population share with overweight in Canada 2000-2040

Differences among provinces

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  • Basic Statistic Number of Canadian adults who were overweight in 2023, by province
  • Basic Statistic Share of Canadian adults who were overweight in 2024, by province
  • Premium Statistic Share of Canadian adults who were overweight in 2023, by gender and province
  • Premium Statistic Number of Canadian adults who were obese in 2024, by province
  • Premium Statistic Share of Canadian adults who were obese in 2024, by province
  • Premium Statistic Share of Canadian adults who were obese in 2024, by gender and province

Overweight and obesity among adolescents

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  • Premium Statistic Number of overweight or obese Canadian adolescents based on BMI 2005-2022
  • Premium Statistic Percent of overweight or obese Canadian adolescents based on BMI 2005-2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of Canadian adolescents who were overweight or obese 2015-2022, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Share of Canadian adolescents who were overweight or obese in 2022, by province

Costs of obesity

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  • Basic Statistic Total annual cost due to obesity in Canada in 2019, by type of cost
  • Premium Statistic Total annual morbidity cost due to obesity in Canada in 2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Additional annual morbidity cost per obese individual in Canada in 2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Total annual disability/mortality costs due to obesity in Canada in 2019, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Additional disability/mortality costs per obese individual in Canada, 2019, by gender

Obesity-related conditions

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  • Premium Statistic Number of Canadian adults who reported a diabetes diagnosis 2015-2024
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of Canadian adults who reported a diabetes diagnosis 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Share of Canadians who reported diabetes diagnosis 2024, by age and gender
  • Premium Statistic Death rate for diabetes mellitus in Canada 2000-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of Canadian adults with a high blood pressure diagnosis 2015-2024
  • Basic Statistic Percent of Canadian adults who reported a high blood pressure diagnosis 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Death rate for major cardiovascular diseases in Canada 2000-2023
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