The bar chart illustrates the proportion of Canadian children and adolescents who achieved the recommended physical activity levels, with data separated by gender, duration of exercise, and number of days per week.
Overall, boys consistently recorded higher participation rates than girls, and the proportion of both genders declined sharply as the frequency of activity increased. Furthermore, more children were able to reach the 30-minute threshold compared with the 60-minute requirement.
In terms of at least one day per week, almost all boys (97%) met the 30-minute guideline, while the corresponding figure for girls was slightly lower at 93%. When the stricter 60-minute standard was applied, the rates dropped to 85% for boys and 74% for girls.
The decline became more noticeable with greater frequency. At three or more days, 83% of boys and 73% of girls engaged in 30 minutes of activity, but only 53% and 35%, respectively, achieved an hour. The proportions were dramatically lower for six days or more: fewer than a third of boys and just over a fifth of girls managed half an hour daily, while under 10% of children in either group maintained the full 60 minutes.