1. 1 Time spent with family during a typical workday, 1986 to 2005 2007 Top Employer Summit March 2007 Rosemary Bender, Statistics Canada

2. 2 Research questions u Are workers spending more or less time with their family on a “typical workday”, compared to 20 years ago? u Are there different trends among different subgroups of workers? u How can we explain the changes in time spent with family from 1986 to 2005?

3. 3 Family and workforce are changing

4. 4 Family Structure, Canada Source: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Population Couples with children 47.7% Couples with children 56.9%

5. 5 The Canadian workforce* is aging, 1971-2021 * Workforce is defined as the population aged 15-64 ** Projection based on 2001 participation rates and 2021 medium population projections Source: Cansim Table 051-0014 Median Age of Working Population 1971 – 35.3 2001 – 38.3 2021 – 40.6

6. 6 Greater proportion of women are employed % % of women who are employed, 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.

7. 7 Main results

8. 8 Time spent with family on a typical working day is decreasing, but time spent on work and work-related activities is increasing Minutes

9. 9 Decline in family time among all categories of workers, but more importantly for… u Older workers aged 45 and over. u Lone parents with at least one child aged 0 to 4. u Workers in Ontario, the Prairies and B.C.

10. 10 Where has the time with family gone? u Time spent on working and on work-related activities increased during a typical workday (about 30 minutes from 1986 to 2005). u And… time spent alone at home is also increasing.

11. 11 Other findings u Workers are less involved in social activities outside the home than in 1986 u Workers with a young family (i.e. who spend on average considerably more time with their loved ones) represent a smaller fraction of the working population u Women living with a spouse and young children are spending significantly more time with their family than men in the same situation.