Average length of hand, by age

Age (years) Girls Boys
cm
8 13.22 14.34
9 13.99 14.71
10 14.88 15.40
11 15.64 16.35
12 16.15 17.40
13 16.58 18.42
14 17.20 18.92
15 17.73 19.22
16 17.77 19.62
17 17.91 19.44
18 17.66 19.49
19 17.15 19.42
Notes: The length of the hand corresponds to the distance between the wristbone and the tip of the middle finger. There are too few students below 8 years of age or older than 19 to calculate a meaningful average for these groups.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census at School, 2006/2007.