Health Canada guidelines recommend seven to nine hours of sleep each night for adult Canadians. Our latest survey shows that only 35 per cent of Canadians are reaching this threshold on a typical night’s sleep on a weekday or workday (unchanged since November 2022) and 43 per cent are achieving it on a typical night’s sleep on a weekend or non-workday.

Most Canadians are sleeping fewer than seven hours on a typical weekday or workday (63 per cent) and half (50 per cent) on a typical weekend or non-workday.

Seven in 10 Canadians are “very well” or “moderately well” rested on weekdays, while three in four express the same feelings on weekends.

Just under one in four Canadians (23 per cent) say they never find it hard to fall asleep at night during the course of an average week. Men (27 per cent) and Canadians aged 55 and over (33 per cent) are more likely to report no issues. The regional numbers tell a different story. While more than a quarter of Quebecers (28 per........

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