The survey found only 48.6 per cent of Canadians aged 15 years and older feeling were 'highly satisfied' with their lives in 2024.
A report released Friday by Statistics Canada said levels of life satisfaction have been tracking downward since the summer of 2021, when quarterly monitoring of key quality of life indicators began.
The survey found less than half of Canadians aged 15 years and older were feeling “highly satisfied” with their lives in 2024, down from 54 per cent three years earlier. Racialized Canadians Younger adults had notable declines in life satisfaction in 2024, with their proportions declining an average of 3.9 percentage points per year since 2021. By 2024, fewer than four in 10 of these adults were “highly satisfied” with their lives.
“This decline was more than five times higher than the decrease observed for non-racialized Canadians, who experienced a decline in life satisfaction of 0.8 percentage points per year from 2021 to 2024,” said the report, noting in 2024 that more than half of non-racialized Canadians were happy with their lives.
“In particular, feelings of life satisfaction among Canadians who faced financial difficulties saw levels drop at a rate of 2.1 percentage points per year from 2021 to 2024.” 'Positive future outlook' In 2024, Canadians of all age groups were feeling less hopeful about the future than they were in 2021. However, this decline was most pronounced among those aged 45 to 54 years.
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