Victoria, Kelowna top the country in percentage of people cycling to work
Approximately one in 20 workers in Victoria consistently biked to work in 2021, according to Statistics Canada’s most recent census. Approximately one in 20 workers in Greater Victoria – or 5.3 per cent – consistently biked to work in 2021, according to Statistics Canada’s most recent census.
“And perhaps not unexpected. given Victoria’s compact urban environment, relatively flat topography and generally mild winters,” StatsCan said in a statement.Only 1.2 per cent of Canadians in a metropolitan area of 100,000 people or more travelled to work on a bicycle. Among the country’s largest communities with at least 15,000 commuters living downtown, Victoria had the second-highest number of people who usually walked to work at 29.5 per cent.Around one in 20 Canadians mainly walked to work in May 2022, while approximately one in 60 took a bike.
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