Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep (PASS) Indicators: Publications

• 2025 Edition, children and youth
• 2025 Edition, Adults
• 2023 Edition, children and youth
• 2023 Edition, Adults

• 2021 Edition, children and youth
• 2021 Edition, Adults
• 2020 Edition, children and youth
• 2020 Edition, Adults

24 hours movement

• Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Canadians Living With and Without Cardiovascular Disease
• Telework and 24-hour movement behaviours among adults living in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Identifying Risk Profiles for Nonadherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth 6 Months Into the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Health associations with meeting the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for adults: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey
• Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Meeting the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines Among Adults: Findings From the Canadian Health Measures Survey
• Meeting Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guideline recommendations and risk of all-cause mortality
• Physical activity, screen time and sleep duration: Combined associations with psychosocial health among Canadian children and youth
• At-a-glance - Conceptualizing a framework for the surveillance of physical activity, sedentary behaviours and sleep in Canada
• Is adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth associated with improved indicators of physical, mental and social health?
• Adherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among 10- to 17-year-old Canadians
• Meeting the Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth
• Proportion of preschool-aged children meeting the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and associations with adiposity: results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Sedentary Behaviour

• Recreational screen time and mental health among Canadian children and youth
• Sociodemographic differences in recreational screen time before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
• Sedentary time at school and work in Canada
• How sedentary are Canadian adults? It depends on the measure.
• Daily physical activity and sedentary behaviour across occupational classifications in Canadian adults
• Gender and education differences in sedentary behaviour in Canada: an analysis of national cross-sectional surveys
• Sedentary behaviour surveillance in Canada: trends, challenges and lessons learned
• A comparison of self-reported and device measured sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Population health measurement of social norms for sedentary behaviour: A systematic review
• Evidence synthesis – Where are children and adults physically active and sedentary? – a rapid review of location-based studies
• Developing content for national population health surveys: an example using a newly developed sedentary behaviour module

Sleep

• Social media use and sleep health among adolescents in Canada
• Associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with indicators of mental health among youth and adults: findings from the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey
• Investigating the association between sleep and aspects of mental health in children: findings from the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth
• Sleep behaviours among Canadian adults: Findings from the 2020 Canadian Community Health Survey healthy living rapid response module
• Factors associated with sleep duration across life stages: results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Physical Activity

• The contribution of active transportation to population physical activity levels
• Cycling infrastructure and transportational and recreational physical activity in Canadians
• Outdoor physical activity, mental health, life satisfaction, happiness and life stress among Canadian adolescents
• Comparing perceived and objective measures of neighbourhood built environments among youth and adults in Canada
• Built environments and physical activity evidence gaps: a content analysis of published systematic reviews
• Are adolescents who do physical activity with their parents more active and mentally healthier?
• Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes
• Cycling infrastructure as a determinant of cycling for recreation and transportation in Montréal, Canada: a natural experiment using the longitudinal national population health survey
• The influence of neighbourhood walkability and bikeability on park visits using mobility data in Canada
• Independent and joint associations of neighbourhood greenness and walkability with transportational and recreational physical activity among youth and adults in Canada
• Does remote work promote exercise and cardiovascular health? Current evidence and future directions
• Measuring Active Transportation on National Health Surveys in Canada From 1994 to 2020
• Investigating the independent and synergistic associations between neighbourhood greenness and physical activity in relation to perceived mental health among adults in Canada
• Occupational differences in active commuting among Canadian workers from 2006 to 2016
• Physical activity, organized sport participation and active transportation to school among Canadian youth by gender identity and sexual attraction
• Strength training and balance activities in Canada: historical trends and current prevalence
• Associations between school-level environment and individual-level factors of walking and cycling to school in Canadian youth
• The association between social media use and physical activity among Canadian adolescents: a Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study
• Examining the state, quality and strength of the evidence in the research on built environments and physical activity among adults: an overview of reviews from high income countries
• Examining the state, quality and strength of the evidence in the research on built environments and physical activity among children and youth: An overview of reviews from high income countries
• Neighbourhood walkability in urban areas and mortality: findings from 15-year follow-up of a nationally representative cohort of Canadian adults
• Are people who use active modes of transportation more physically active? An overview of reviews across the life course
• The role of occupational physical activity on longevity
• The effect of leisure time physical activity and sedentary behaviour on the health of workers with different occupational physical activity demands: a systematic review
• The Canadian Bikeway Comfort and Safety (Can-BICS) Classification system: A common naming convention for cycling infrastructure
• The influence of removing the 10-minute bout requirement on the demographic, behaviour and health profiles of Canadian adults who meet the physical activity recommendations
• Comparison of self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity in Canadian adults
• Comparison of self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity among Canadian youth
• Physical activity of Canadian children and youth, 2007 to 2015

• Canadian Risk Factor Atlas - Health Infobase
• Obesity Statistics in Canada: Report