Table 1.
Obesity estimates in Canadian adult (>18 years) Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations based on aggregate, age-standardized, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) data from 2007 to 2010 (Statistics Canada's Table 13-10-0099-01) [44].
| Province | Sex | % obesity(reported) | |||
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| First Nations (off reserve) | Métis | Inuit | Non-Indigenous people | ||
| Canada | Both sexes | 28 | 24 | 28 | 16 |
| Male | 29 | 25 | 30 | 18 | |
| Female | 27 | 23 | 26 | 15 | |
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| British Columbia (BC) | Both sexes | 22 | 15 | F | 12 |
| Male | 25 | 17E | F | 14 | |
| Female | 19E | 12E | F | 10 | |
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| Alberta (AB) | Both sexes | 38 | 30 | F | 18 |
| Male | 41 | 29 | F | 19 | |
| Female | 37 | 30 | F | 16 | |
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| Saskatchewan (SK) | Both sexes | 34 | 24 | F | 21 |
| Male | 36 | 26 | F | 23 | |
| Female | 33 | 22 | F | 19 | |
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| Manitoba (MB) | Both sexes | 41 | 30 | F | 20 |
| Male | 33E | 32 | F | 20 | |
| Female | 42 | 29 | F | 19 | |
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| Ontario (ON) | Both sexes | 29 | 23 | F | 17 |
| Male | 33 | 24 | F | 18 | |
| Female | 25 | 23E | F | 15 | |
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| Quebec (QC) | Both sexes | 21E | 20 | F | 15 |
| Male | 24E | 20E | F | 16 | |
| Female | 19E | 22E | F | 14 | |
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| New Brunswick (NB) | Both sexes | 28E | 32E | F | 24 |
| Male | F | F | F | 25 | |
| Female | 43E | F | F | 24 | |
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| Nova Scotia (NS) | Both sexes | 22E | 23E | F | 23 |
| Male | F | 25E | F | 23 | |
| Female | 27E | 21E | F | 23 | |
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| Prince Edward Island (PE) | Both sexes | 42E | F | F | 21 |
| Male | F | F | F | 22 | |
| Female | F | F | F | 21 | |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) | Both sexes | 28 | 21E | 38 | 26 |
| Male | 26E | 28E | 44E | 28 | |
| Female | 30E | F | F | 23 | |
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| Yukon (YK) | Both sexes | 23 | 24E | F | 19 |
| Male | 20E | F | F | 20 | |
| Female | 25E | F | F | 18 | |
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| Northwest Territories (NT) | Both sexes | 21 | 31 | 36E | 22 |
| Male | 16E | 42E | F | 24 | |
| Female | 26 | 20E | 44 | 20 | |
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| Nunavut (NU) | Both sexes | F | F | 22 | 31 |
| Male | F | F | 24 | 26 | |
| Female | F | F | 20 | 39E | |
EHealth Canada urges to “use with caution.” F: Health Canada states that data are “too unreliable to publish.”