| 2004 N = 34,463 | 2015 N = 20,176 | ||
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% | n | % | n | |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 50.3 | 17,330 | 50.0 | 10,096 |
 Female | 49.7 | 17,133 | 50.0 | 10,080 |
Age (years) | ||||
 1–8 | 9.2 | 3171 | 8.9 | 1800 |
 9–18 | 13.6 | 4668 | 11.1 | 2230 |
 19–30 | 16.1 | 5538 | 13.0 | 2622 |
 31–50 | 31.6 | 10,882 | 30.5 | 6150 |
 51+ | 29.5 | 10,145 | 36.5 | 7374 |
Ethnicity | ||||
 White only | 82.5 | 28,383 | 71.6 | 14,452 |
 Chinese only | 3.1 | 1085 | 4.5 | 915 |
 South Asian only | 3.7 | 1263 | 4.9 | 994 |
 Black only | 2.1 | 710 | 3.5 | 706 |
 Indigenous inclusive | 1.8 | 628 | 3.0 | 606 |
 Mixed/other/not stated/missing | 6.8 | 2335 | 12.4 | 2504 |
Income | ||||
 1 (lowest income) | 18.6 | 6427 | 18.7 | 3758 |
 2 | 19.6 | 6750 | 19.1 | 3854 |
 3 | 19.0 | 6541 | 18.0 | 3634 |
 4 (highest income) | 19.0 | 6550 | 18.8 | 3796 |
 Not reported | 23.8 | 8195 | 25.4 | 5135 |
Province | ||||
 Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.7 | 571 | 1.5 | 300 |
 Prince Edward Island | 0.4 | 152 | 0.4 | 83 |
 Nova Scotia | 3.0 | 1021 | 2.6 | 531 |
 New Brunswick | 2.4 | 813 | 2.1 | 421 |
 Quebec | 23.8 | 8192 | 23.3 | 4704 |
 Ontario | 39.3 | 13,531 | 38.8 | 7834 |
 Manitoba | 3.5 | 1208 | 3.4 | 694 |
 Saskatchewan | 2.9 | 1020 | 3.1 | 613 |
 Alberta | 9.9 | 3400 | 11.7 | 2352 |
 British Columbia | 13.1 | 4497 | 13.1 | 2644 |
Body Mass Index category | ||||
 Underweight/normal | 27.1 | 9319 | 29.7 | 6002 |
 Overweight | 19.1 | 6571 | 21.4 | 4308 |
 Obese | 12.2 | 4204 | 15.4 | 3115 |
 Don’t know/refusal/not stated | 41.6 | 14,309 | 33.5 | 6752 |