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Weekly time spent watching TV in Canada 2016-2019, by age
Average weekly time spent watching television in Canada from 2016/2017 to 2018/19 broadcast year, by age group (in hours)
by Amy Watson,
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Sep 24, 2019
This statistic displays the average weekly time spent watching television in Canada from the 2016/2017 to 2018/19 broadcast year, broken down by age group. Adults in Canada between the ages of 18 to 34 spent an average of 13.7 hours a week watching TV in the 2017/18 broadcast year, and in the 2018/19 period this figure decreased to 13.5 hours.
TV consumption in Canada - additional information
According to the most recent data, Canadians spent 581 minutes a day with major media, which is close to ten hours of daily media time. Taking a deeper look at the specific media split, on average, adults in the country spent 24 minutes with print media, 94 minutes listening to the radio, 202 minutes watching TV, and the largest portion of time – 261 minutes – consuming digital media of all sorts. TV consumption is more common among seniors in Canada, who were reported to have watched more than 38 hours of TV programming in the 2017/18 broadcast year. In comparison, the average adult Canadian’s TV viewing that year amounted to 23.3 hours per week.
In 2016 it was measured that ten percent of the Canadian population watched TV exclusively online. In 2015, studies conducted among Canadian consumers revealed that cord-cutting was significantly higher among Canadian Millennials, with more than half of this group indicating a lack of a regular TV service, such as cable, satellite or over-the-air subscription. In contrast, the same was true for only three percent of consumers aged 65 and older.
The ability to watch time-shifted TV, as opposed to live viewing, has brought about services such as subscription video-on-demand. It is believed that in 2018 there were 13.3 million people subscribing to Netflix in Canada. The popularity and accessibility of programming on such platforms also introduced the notion of binge viewing, defined as watching at least three episodes of a TV show in one sitting. Among Canadians, such consumption patterns were again more common for Millennials: 78 percent of young consumers in the country between the ages of 18 and 26 were binge watching TV shows in the fall of 2015.
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by Amy Watson,
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Sep 24, 2019
This statistic displays the average weekly time spent watching television in Canada from the 2016/2017 to 2018/19 broadcast year, broken down by age group. Adults in Canada between the ages of 18 to 34 spent an average of 13.7 hours a week watching TV in the 2017/18 broadcast year, and in the 2018/19 period this figure decreased to 13.5 hours.
TV consumption in Canada - additional information
According to the most recent data, Canadians spent 581 minutes a day with major media, which is close to ten hours of daily media time. Taking a deeper look at the specific media split, on average, adults in the country spent 24 minutes with print media, 94 minutes listening to the radio, 202 minutes watching TV, and the largest portion of time – 261 minutes – consuming digital media of all sorts. TV consumption is more common among seniors in Canada, who were reported to have watched more than 38 hours of TV programming in the 2017/18 broadcast year. In comparison, the average adult Canadian’s TV viewing that year amounted to 23.3 hours per week.
In 2016 it was measured that ten percent of the Canadian population watched TV exclusively online. In 2015, studies conducted among Canadian consumers revealed that cord-cutting was significantly higher among Canadian Millennials, with more than half of this group indicating a lack of a regular TV service, such as cable, satellite or over-the-air subscription. In contrast, the same was true for only three percent of consumers aged 65 and older.
The ability to watch time-shifted TV, as opposed to live viewing, has brought about services such as subscription video-on-demand. It is believed that in 2018 there were 13.3 million people subscribing to Netflix in Canada. The popularity and accessibility of programming on such platforms also introduced the notion of binge viewing, defined as watching at least three episodes of a TV show in one sitting. Among Canadians, such consumption patterns were again more common for Millennials: 78 percent of young consumers in the country between the ages of 18 and 26 were binge watching TV shows in the fall of 2015.
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- Share of Canadian population reached daily by different media from 2011 to 2017Media daily reach in Canada from 2011 to 2017, by type of media
- Average time spent per day with major media in Canada from 2011 to 2016, by medium (in minutes)Time spent with media in Canada 2011-2016, by medium
- Media spending in Canada from 2007 to 2019 (in million Canadian dollars)Advertising expenditure in Canada 2007-2019
- Media spending in Canada from 2007 to 2019, by medium (in million Canadian dollars)Advertising spending in Canada 2007-2019, by medium
- Weekly reach of selected media in Canada in 2001 and from 2012 to 2018Reach of selected media in Canada 2001-2018
- Weekly reach of selected media in French Canada in 2001 and from 2012 to 2018Reach of selected media in French Canada 2001-2018
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- Broadcasting and cable TV market revenue in Canada from 2014 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Market revenue broadcasting and cable TV industry in Canada 2014-2017
- Television industry operating revenue in Canada from 2007 to 2018 (in billion Canadian dollars)Television industry revenue in Canada 2007-2018
- Distribution of commercial television revenues in Canada in 2017, by broadcasterShare of television revenues in Canada 2017, by broadcaster
- Number of television services authorized to broadcast in Canada from 2013 to 2017Number of TV services broadcasting in Canada 2013-2017
- Number of TV households in Canada from 2017 to 2023, by platform (in 1,000s)Number of TV households in Canada 2017-2023, by platform
- Number of households in Canada that cut their TV subscription from 2012 to 2018 (in thousands)Number of TV cord cutter households in Canada 2012-2018
- Average weekly time spent watching television in Canada from 2016/2017 to 2018/19 broadcast year, by age group (in hours)Weekly time spent watching TV in Canada 2016-2019, by age
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- Radio revenue in Canada from 2009 to 2018, by service (in million Canadian dollars) Radio revenue in Canada 2009-2018, by service
- Distribution of radio and audio services authorized to broadcast in Canada 2016, by typeShare of radio and audio services in Canada 2016, by type
- Number of radio stations in Canada from 2007 to 2018Number of radio stations in Canada 2007-2018
- Weekly number of hours spent listening to radio in Canada from 2012 to 2016Weekly time spent listening to radio in Canada 2012-2016
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- Weekly reach of newspapers in French Canada from 2014 to 2018, by age groupReach of newspapers in French Canada 2014-2018, by age
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- Weekly reach of magazines in French Canada from 2014 to 2018, by age groupReach of magazines in French Canada 2014-2018, by age
- Leading English-language magazines in Canada as of September 2017, by number of readers (in millions)Leading English-language magazines in Canada 2017, by readership
- Leading French-language magazines in Canada as of September 2017, by number of readers (in millions)Leading French-language magazines in Canada 2017, by readership
- Digital
The most important statistics
- Number of digital media users in Canada from 2016 to 2022, by category (in millions)Digital Market Outlook: digital media users in Canada 2016-2022, by category
- Percentage of consumers in Canada who watch TV exclusively online from 2012 to 2017Share of Canadians watching TV exclusively online 2012-2017
- Share of the weekly viewing audience watching free online TV in Canada from 2011 to 2017Share of audience watching free online TV weekly in Canada 2011-2017
- Average weekly viewing hours of internet television in Canada from 2008 to 2017Average weekly internet TV viewing hours in Canada 2008-2017
- Share of population streaming AM/FM radio in Canada from 2009 to 2017, by language groupRadio streaming in Canada 2009-2017, by language
- Penetration rate of satellite radio subscriptions in Canada from 2008 to 2017, by language groupSatellite radio subscriptions reach in Canada 2008-2017, by language
- Share of Canadian adults who read magazines on their mobile device weekly as of September 2016, by age groupWeekly readership of magazines on a mobile device in Canada 2016, by age group
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- Advertising
The most important statistics
- Total media advertising spending in Canada from 2018 to 2023 (in billion Canadian dollars)Media advertising spending in Canada from 2018-2023
- Canadian government spending on advertising in the fiscal year 2017/18, by medium (in million Canadian dollars)Government of Canada: advertising spending 2018, by medium
- Television advertising spending in Canada from 2010 to 2019 (in million Canadian dollars)TV ad spend in Canada 2010-2019
- Out-of-home (OOH) advertising spending in Canada from 2010 to 2019 (in million Canadian dollars)Out-of-home ad spend in Canada 2010-2019
- Internet advertising spending in Canada from 2010 to 2019 (in million Canadian dollars)Internet ad spending in Canada 2010-2019
- Social media advertising revenue in Canada from 2015 to 2021, by device (in million U.S. dollars)Digital Market Outlook: social media ad revenue in Canada 2015-2021, by device
- Share of digital in total media advertising spending in Canada from 2012 to 2020Share of digital in ad spend in Canada 2012-2020
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- Media daily reach in Canada from 2011 to 2017, by type of media
- Time spent with media in Canada 2011-2016, by medium
- Advertising expenditure in Canada 2007-2019
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- Daily time spent with selected media among adults in Canada 2018
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- Market revenue broadcasting and cable TV industry in Canada 2014-2017
- Television industry revenue in Canada 2007-2018
- Share of television revenues in Canada 2017, by broadcaster
- Number of TV services broadcasting in Canada 2013-2017
- Number of TV households in Canada 2017-2023, by platform
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- Weekly time spent watching TV in Canada 2016-2019, by age
- Most viewed regularly scheduled network programs in Canada 2018-2019
- Reach of TV in French Canada 2014-2017, by age
- Leading TV markets in Canada 2018, by number of viewers
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- Radio industry revenue in Canada 2007-2018
- Radio operator revenues in Canada 2011-2016
- Radio revenue in Canada 2009-2018, by service
- Share of radio and audio services in Canada 2016, by type
- Number of radio stations in Canada 2007-2018
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- Canada leading daily newspaper publishers 2010-2018, by newspapers published
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- Newspaper reach in Canada 2018, by age
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- Reach of newspapers in Canada 2014-2018, by age
- Reach of newspapers in French Canada 2014-2018, by age
- Weekly time spent reading newspapers in Canada 2016, by age and type
- Canada: daily newspaper circulation 2016, by province
- Canada daily per capita time with newspapers 2010-2018
- Canada: general magazine advertising revenue 2003-2017
- Canada quarterly newsstand magazine sales revenue Q1 2014-Q4 2016
- Canada quarterly newsstand magazine unit sales Q1 2014-Q4 2016
- Canada: most common distribution channels for magazine purchases 2017
- Reach of magazines in Canada 2014-2018, by age
- Reach of magazines in French Canada 2014-2018, by age
- Leading English-language magazines in Canada 2017, by readership
- Leading French-language magazines in Canada 2017, by readership
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- Number of screens used for media related activities most days in the UK 2015
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- Development of the share of daily teletext usage in Finland 2014-2016
- Sharing links online at least quarterly in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013, by age
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