BY THE NUMBERS

43%

Proportion of Canadian men who reported having trouble falling or staying asleep, according to Statistics Canada

55%

Proportion of Canadian women who reported having difficulty falling or staying asleep

7.12

Average time (hours) Canadians between the ages of 18 and 54 reported sleeping

7 to 9

Recommended sleep time (hours) for an adult

1

Amount (in hours) of time survey respondents reported oversleeping

15%

Proportion of seniors who reported sleeping more than the recommended eight hours

16.8%

Proportion of Canadians 18 and older who reported nighttime insomnia symptoms in 2007-2009

23.8%

Proportion who reported nighttime insomnia symptoms in 2014-15

42%

Increase in reported nighttime insomnia symptoms in that time period

9 11

to Recommended sleep time (hours) for school-aged children, according to the Canadian Sleep Society

8 10

to Recommended sleep time (hours) for adolescents

28%

Proportion of Canadian children and adolescents who sleep less than the 9 to 11 hours per night recommended for school-aged children and the 8 to 10 hours per night for adolescents, according to a study by CHEO researcher Jean-Philippe Chaput and Queen's University researcher Ian Janssen

10%

Proportion of the population that are either “long sleepers” — they sleep longer than the recommended time — or “short sleepers” — they sleep less

$21.4B

(US a year) The cost of sleep deprivation to the Canadian economy, according to report released in 2016 by RAND Europe, a think tank

85%

How much “sleep efficiency” adults should achieve. This is a measure of how much time in bed is spent sleeping, according to Chaput. A sleeper who spends most of the time they spend in bed asleep is considered sleep efficient Source: Statistics Canada