Adults aged 45 to 54 report the sharpest drop in happiness of any age group
Canadians rate their overall happiness at 68.7 out of 100.
Leger's Happy Cities 2025 report found that 49 percent of respondents said their happiness has remained stable over the past year, while 28 percent reported an deterioration and 23 percent an improvement.
Two other measures put Canada's happiness score in a similar range.
Statistics Canada's Canadian Social Survey scored it at approximately 70 out of 100 for 2021 to 2023, a level the agency described as stable for several years, and the 2025 World Happiness Report scored Canada at 69.0, ranking the country 18th in the world.
Quebec recorded the highest provincial score, at 72.4.
Prince Edward Island scored lowest, at 66.5, followed by Manitoba, at 66.7.
Leger's data show that only two of Canada's 10 largest cities scored above the national average: Mississauga, at 70.3, and Montreal, at 69.4.
Toronto recorded the lowest score among the 10, at 65.8.
Adults aged 35 to 44 and 45 to 54 were the most likely to report a decline in happiness over the past year, at 31 percent and 32 percent respectively.
Younger adults reported the opposite trend, with 39 percent of those aged 18 to 24 and 36 percent of those aged 25 to 34 saying their happiness had improved.
Adults 55 and older reported the lowest rate of improvement, at 14 percent, and the lowest rate of decline, at 24 percent.
Women scored higher than men on average, at 69.4 compared with 68.0.
Women were also more likely than men to report an improvement in happiness over the past year, at 24 percent compared with 22 percent.
