No sex please, we’re Canadian.

While it stands to reason that Canada’s cold climate would be enough to send us all back under the covers in search of a warm body, Canadians — compared to many other nationalities — are, well, using their beds for more sleep, not sex.

We are having less sex and we are apparently masters at concocting excuses to avoid sex.

A newly released global survey on sexual behaviour, attitudes and opinions, involving more than 13,000 respondents over the age of 34 from 13 countries, reveals statistics that are not particularly flattering for Canadians.

For example, Canadians aged 46 to 60 are only having sex 1.35 times a week, ranking us in 9th place out of 13 countries.

We are only slightly sexier than our American cousins who (in the same age group) are only having sex 1.19 times per week. The global average is 1.41.

We’re also not so quick to jump into the sack, scoring low on the spontaneity scale. The survey says 79 per cent of Canadians have spontaneous sex, well under the global average of 86 per cent.

When it comes to sex we are decidedly premeditated, unlike Portugal, Austria and Belgium. Those three countries posted numbers above 90 per cent.

And from headaches, to fatigue to life’s many distractions, Canadians suffer terribly from the “not tonight dear” syndrome. Two in five Canadians use excuses to avoid sex.

The online survey was conducted in August 2011 by SKIM Healthcare on behalf of Eli Lilly, a global pharmaceutical company that sells medicines in 143 countries. Eli Lilly is also the distributor of Cialis, a “36-hour” treatment for erectile dysfunction. Its three-day effectiveness period earned it the nickname “The Weekend Pill.”

Dr. Gerald Brock, professor of surgery at the University of Western Ontario, was the spokesperson for the campaign. Brock also leads the Andrology Fellowship, centered at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ont., which provides comprehensive post-graduate training in erectile dysfunction and infertility.