Who is included in the physical activity surveys?
The Physical Activity Monitor, which consists of yearly telephone interviews with a random sample of several thousand Canadians, includes Canadians from every province and territory. Collectively, these respondents represent “average” Canadians. The Capacity Surveys, also conducted every year, generally collect information by questionnaires mailed out to specific populations of interest. Each population’s survey is updated every five years. In recent years, survey questionnaires have been mailed out to municipal administrators, school principals and workplace managers. The samples for these populations are drawn from available databases of these types of institutions.
