Table 4.

Summary of findings from the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute’s Canadian Physical Activity Levels Among Youth (CANPLAY) studies [114]

Province	Year	DPA policy?	Approximate mean # steps taken	Comparison with other provinces/territories	Change compared to 2005–07 and 2007-09
NU1	2009-11	No	>13,000	Not reported	Not reported
YK	2009-11	No	12,3002	More steps than NF, NS, NB	No change
NWT	2009-11	No	12,2002	More steps than NF	No change
BC	2009-11	Implemented in 2008	12,1002	More steps than NF, PEI, NS, NB Fewer steps than NU	No change
MB	2009-11	Implemented in 2008	12,1002	More steps than NF, PEI, NS, NB	No change
ON	2009-11	Implemented in 2005	11,7002	More steps than NF Fewer steps than NU	No change
Canadian average	2009-11	No national policy	11,600	n/a	Not reported
AB	2009-11	Implemented in 2005	11,5002	Fewer steps than NU	No change
SK	2009-11	Implemented in 2010	11,5002	Fewer steps than NU	Significant decline compared to 2005-07
QC	2009-11	No	11,4002	Fewer steps than NU	No change
NB	2009-11	No	11,2002	Fewer steps than MB, BC, YK, NU	No change
PEI	2009-11	No	11,2002	Fewer steps than MB, BC, NU	No change
NS	2009-11	No	11,1002	Fewer steps than MB, BC, YK, NU	No change
NF	2009-11	No	10,8003	Fewer steps than ON, MB, BC, YK, NWT, NU	No change

CANPLAY assessed the mean number of steps taken daily by Canadian children aged 5–19. Children wore the pedometer for 7 consecutive days [115]. Approximately 20,000 children were randomly selected and recruited in 2009–11 [115].

Provinces are listed in order from most to least steps taken.

AB: Alberta; BC: British Columbia; MB: Manitoba; SK: Saskatchewan; NB: New Brunswick; NF: Newfoundland and Labrador; NWT: Northwest Territories; NS: Nova Scotia; NU: Nunavut; PEI: Prince Edward Island; QC: Quebec; YK: Yukon.

¹Data in Nunavut were collected using a different methodology [114,115].

²Not significantly different from the Canadian average of 11,600 steps per day [114].

³Significantly lower than the Canadian average of 11,600 steps per day (p < 0.05) [114].