What is a Real Canadian Gamer?
The term gamer usually sparks conversations in the gaming community. We wanted to hear from gamers to find out what they thought of the term and if they had to describe themselves if they would use the term. Here’s what we learned. There is high acceptance of the term gamer among 13-to-17-year-old Canadians and the least acceptance among ages 55 to 65.
Females
60%
60% of 13-to-17-year-old females consider themselves gamers
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30% Like the term
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50% Indifferent
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20% Don’t like the term
58%
58% of 18-to-34-year-old females consider themselves gamers
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35% Like the term
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55% Indifferent
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10% Don’t like the term
42%
42% of 35-to-54-year-old females consider themselves gamers
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23% Like the term
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57% Indifferent
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20% Don’t like the term
29%
29% of 55-to-64-year-old females consider themselves gamers
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16% Like the term
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60% Indifferent
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24% Don’t like the term
Males
90%
90% of 13-to-17-year-old males consider themselves gamers
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52% Like the term
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41% Indifferent
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6% Don’t like the term
82%
82% of 18-to-34-year-old males consider themselves gamers
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57% Like the term
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36% Indifferent
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7% Don’t like the term
64%
64% of 35-to-54-year-old males consider themselves gamers
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29% Like the term
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61% Indifferent
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10% Don’t like the term
45%
45% of 55-to-64-year-old males consider themselves gamers
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15% Like the term
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77% Indifferent
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8% Don’t like the term
Total Number of Canadians Playing Video Games
23
Million
Percentage of Canadians Playing Video Games
61%
61% of Canadians
play video gamesAge Breakdown of Canadian Gamers
Ages 18 to 64
61%
61% of Canadian adults under the age of 65 play video games
Ages 6 to 17
89%
89% of Canadian kids and teens play video games
Average Age of Canadian Gamer
34
Average Age
Across All Canadian Gamers
50%
50% are female
50%