Almost 40% of Canadian youth blow past recommended screen time: data
Global News
Over one in 10 youth (14 per cent) met screen time guidelines in both surveyed years, and nearly half (49 per cent) followed screen time guidelines in one of the two years.
A newly released Statistics Canada study has found that nearly 40 per cent of Canadian youth appear to be exceeding screen time recommendations.
The study analyzed Canadian youth cohorts in two different points of time: in 2019, when they were aged 12 to 17, and in 2023, when the same group was aged 16 to 21.
The data shows 37 per cent of the group exceeded the recommendations in both 2019 and 2023, with only 14 per cent of youth meeting screen time guidelines.
As well, 49 per cent followed screen time guidelines in only one year.
The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines recommends that children and youth aged five to 17 years accumulate “no more than two hours per day of recreational screen time.”
Men and boys were found to be 40 per cent “more likely to exceed screen time guidelines in both years” than women and girls with 34 per cent.
About 58 per cent who met screen time guidelines in both 2019 and 2023 reported “excellent or very good mental health,” compared with 38 per cent of youth who exceeded guidelines in both years.
In comparison to those who exceeded screen time recommendations, 25 per cent found that “most of their days were not at all stressful,” and 38 per cent reported “excellent or very good mental health.”
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