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This article uses data from the 1986, 1998 and 2010 General Social Survey (GSS) on Time Use to examine changes in the participation in and time spent on paid work and unpaid household work of individuals age 20 to 29 from three generations of Canadians: late baby boomers (born from 1957 to 1966) when they were age 20 to 29 in 1986; Generation X (1969 to 1978) which was in that age group in 1998; and Generation Y (1981 to 1990) which reached it in 2010. This age range is selected so that Generation Y can be included in the study. The 2010 data offer a first-time opportunity to examine the time use of Generation Y - a group now in early adulthood. The final section looks at the distribution of time spent on paid and unpaid work within dual-earner couples.

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