20.07 (PROGRAMMING) Extracurricular Physical Activity and Sport Opportunities in Schools - Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute

CANADA

Canada	Intramural activities	Inter-school activities	Other physical activity outings
Region
Canada	79%	81%	78%
Atlantic	79%	76%	73%
Quebec	71%	72%	67%
Ontario	83%	89%	79%
West	79%	80%	84%
North	-	-	-
Student population size
<160 students (lowest quartile)	60%	67%	77%
160-284	81%	82%	76%
285-459	86%	84%	79%
≥460 students (highest quartile)	87%	88%	80%
Grade type
Primarily elementary grades	73%	73%	72%
Primarily middle	91%	95%	90%
Combining elementary and Middle	82%	84%	77%
Primarily secondary	82%	88%	84%
Combining middle and secondary	86%	89%	84%
Comprehensive (K-12)	75%	75%	82%
School board type
Public	80%	81%	78%
Other	75%	78%	79%
Community size
<10,000 residents	76%	75%	78%
≥10,000 residents	81%	85%	79%
Community location
Inner city/Urban	80%	82%	76%
Suburban	85%	87%	79%
Rural	76%	78%	80%
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The 2015 Opportunities for Physical Activity at School study

Canada	Inter-school activities	Other physical activities
Region
Canada	58%	65%
Atlantic	41%	66%
Quebec	52%	61%
Ontario	64%	62%
West	58%	70%
North	-	-
Student population size
<160 students (lowest quartile)	74%	76%
160-284	56%	66%
285-459	54%	60%
≥460 students (highest quartile)	54%	60%
Grade type
Primarily elementary grades	55%	66%
Primarily middle	57%	62%
Combining elementary and Middle	52%	63%
Primarily secondary	67%	56%
Combining middle and secondary	63%	71%
Comprehensive (K-12)	71%	75%
School Board type
Public	55%	62%
Other	75%	78%
Community size
<10,000 residents	65%	69%
≥10,000 residents	55%	63%
Community Location
Inner city/Urban	55%	67%
Suburban	53%	58%
Rural	63%	68%
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Canada	Transportation	Equipment	Admission fees
Region
Canada	73%	45%	78%
Atlantic	74%	45%	73%
Quebec	74%	48%	76%
Ontario	76%	41%	80%
West	70%	47%	79%
North	-	-	-
Student population size
<160 students (lowest quartile)	55%	39%	64%
160-284	69%	37%	74%
285-459	81%	49%	84%
≥460 students (highest quartile)	87%	53%	89%
Grade type
Primarily elementary grades	67%	38%	70%
Primarily middle	83%	54%	93%
Combining elementary and Middle	74%	38%	77%
Primarily secondary	84%	56%	89%
Combining middle and secondary	87%	71%	93%
Comprehensive (K-12)	60%	43%	74%
School board type
Public	74%	44%	78%
Other	71%	46%	78%
Community size
<10,000 residents	64%	42%	73%
≥10,000 residents	79%	47%	82%
Community Location
Inner city/Urban	75%	43%	77%
Suburban	83%	48%	86%
Rural	67%	44%	77%
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The 2015 Opportunities for Physical Activity at School study

Canada	No	Yes
Region
Canada	13%	87%
Atlantic	-	-
Quebec	25%	75%
Ontario	10%	90%
West	9%	91%
North	-	-
Student population size
<160 students (lowest quartile)	20%	80%
160-284	13%	87%
285-459	9%	91%
≥460 students (highest quartile)	10%	90%
Grade type
Primarily elementary grades	16%	84%
Primarily middle	-	-
Combining elementary and Middle	9%	91%
Primarily secondary	-	-
Combining middle and secondary	-	-
Comprehensive (K-12)	21%	79%
School Board type
Public	11%	89%
Other	19%	81%
Community size
<10,000 residents	14%	86%
≥10,000 residents	12%	88%
Community Location
Inner city/Urban	12%	88%
Suburban	12%	88%
Rural	11%	89%
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The 2015 Opportunities for Physical Activity at School study

Canada	No	Yes
Canada	81%	19%
Atlantic	84%	16%
Quebec	72%	28%
Ontario	84%	16%
West	83%	17%
North	-	-
Student population size
<160 students (lowest quartile)	86%	14%
160-284	84%	16%
285-459	80%	20%
≥460 students (highest quartile)	76%	24%
Grade type
Primarily elementary grades	86%	14%
Primarily middle	-	-
Combining elementary and Middle	87%	13%
Primarily secondary	74%	26%
Combining middle and secondary	61%	39%
Comprehensive (K-12)	77%	23%
School Board type
Public	82%	18%
Other	77%	23%
Community size
<10,000 residents	82%	18%
≥10,000 residents	81%	19%
Community location
Inner city/Urban	80%	20%
Suburban	84%	16%
Rural	80%	20%
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The 2015 Opportunities for Physical Activity at School study