Canadians are spending less time with friends
Released: Friday, July 4, 2025
Canadians are becoming more isolated. More Canadians are living alone than ever before, and recent data released by Statistics Canada reveals that Canadians are spending less time with friends. Over the past 30 years, there has been a sharp drop in the percentage of Canadians who see their friends on an average day. In 1986, just under half (47.9%) of Canadians saw friends on an average day. In 2022, the proportion dropped to just under one in five (19.3%). Working-aged Canadians, those aged 25 to 64 years, experienced the sharpest decline over the past 30 years.
Data for the above chart comes from Statistics Canada Table 45-10-0110-01 Daily time spent alone and with others, by sociodemographic characteristics, 1986-2022
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