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The table below shows the leisure hours by Canadians in a year

based on their age groups.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main


features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

The table illustrates the Canadians’ leisure time in doing activities


in different age groups.
Overall, it was significant that watching TV and videos was the
most frequent activity that people usually did in their free time
throughout the time. Another striking feature was that socializing
with 4 or more people and group exercise, the sport was
downward trends while others were rapidly changed.
According to the time length in activities from numerous age
groups, there was a different statistic between the top and the
bottom sections. First of all, the trends of watching TV and videos
were fluctuated with the start of 1,200 in teenagers but then
slightly decreased in the groups of 20s and 30s and increased
back in the groups of 40s to 70s+, which was respectively 500 and
1,100 hours. Second, the total hours in socializing with 4 or less
people, individual exercise and cinema accounted for the minor
rate of Canadians’ activities.
On the other hand, the rate of socializing with 4 or more people
and groups exercise were downwards trends. With the begin of
350 and 450 hours respectively, it gradually decreased and took
the bottom of 25 and 0 hours in total in the groups of 70+ ages.
Moreover, there was a huge gap between teens and 70+ ages in
the total time of socializing with 4 or more people, which was
approximately fourteen times higher.

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