The table compares the average time teenagers in Canada spent on various weekend activities in 1998 and 2013.
Overall, teenagers devoted more time to digital and individual activities such as chatting, watching TV, and playing videogames, whereas social and traditional activities like hanging out with friends, playing board games, and reading declined.
Practicing sports increased slightly from 1 hour 15 minutes in 1998 to 1 hour 34 minutes in 2013. Watching movies and TV series rose more substantially, reaching 3 hours 14 minutes in 2013. Time spent playing videogames more than tripled from 36 minutes to 2 hours, while chatting on phone or PC surged dramatically from 38 minutes to an extraordinary 7 hours 40 minutes. Studying also increased moderately from 3 hours 33 minutes to 4 hours 24 minutes.
In contrast, teenagers spent considerably less time on social and traditional activities. Hanging out with friends fell sharply from 5 hours 42 minutes to 2 hours 27 minutes, and playing board games dropped to just 15 minutes. Reading declined slightly from 1 hour 3 minutes to 43 minutes over the same period.
