MLHU - Health Status Resource

Figure 6.1.2: Average number of hours slept by adults by sex

Percent of the population (18-64) by daily hours slept on average, Middlesex-London, 2015/16

Figure 6.1.2: Average number of hours slept by adults by sex
Source: 
Canadian Community Health Survey [2015/16], Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Note: 
*Estimate should be interpreted with caution due to high variability

Over a third of adults between 18 and 64 (35.6%) slept between seven and eight hours, on average, each night, while 16.0% slept between eight and nine hours.

Nearly 40% (39.4%) slept, on average, between five and seven hours.

Numbers of people who reported sleeping more than nine hours or less than five hours were very small.