95.8% -- No Surprise To Us

An interesting study was recently released about the reading habits of Canadians -- here are some highlights:

• 86.7% of the population 15 or older read a newspaper (22.6 million Canadians);
• 78.2% read a magazine (20.4 million Canadians);
• 66.6% read at least one book (17.4 million Canadians);
• a total of 95.8% read at least one of these items (25.0 million Canadians); and
• 52.5% read a newspaper, a magazine and a book in 2005 (13.7 million Canadians).

• 42.6% of the population 15 or older read a magazine at least once a week (11.1 million
Canadians)

• 40% of the population 15 or older read at least one book each month (i.e. 10.5 million Canadians read at least 12 books during the year)

See the full article.