Fifty - nine per
cent of adult Canadians are either overweight or obese and, among children, obesity rates have almost tripled in the last 25 years.
Not exact matches
The CRTC found 29 per
cent of English - speaking
Canadian adults said they used Netflix for streaming in 2013, up from 21 per
cent in 2012.
The poll by Angus Reid Institute, conducted this week among 2,125
Canadian adults, found that 55 per
cent of respondents said they support the project, up from 49 per
cent in February.
Working for themselves is also top
of mind for many millennials with 74 per
cent saying they thought
of owning their own business, 11 percentage points higher than the average
Canadian adult.
While only a small percentage
of Canadian adults do not have a driver's license, for young
Canadians that number is about 25 per
cent.
Studies and surveys indicate that more than 50 per
cent of Canadian adults do not have a will, and about 70 per
cent of Canadian adults do not have a signed Power
of Attorney.
At a time when
Canadians are grappling with historically high household debt levels — upwards
of 163 per
cent according to Statistics Canada — young
adults are feeling insecure about their knowledge
of the financial implications
of homeownership.