A 2021 survey explored the participation rates in outdoor activities among adults who were highly satisfied with their local environment in Canada. The highest share of respondents said they preferred to take part in hiking or backpacking. While 43 percent of individuals mentioned such activities, just 12 percent said they enjoyed mountain biking.
Most popular outdoor activities among environmentally-satisfied adults in Canada as of September 2021
*Total survey count. The source mentioned that 66 percent of surveyed women and 67 percent of men had a high level of satisfaction with their local environment.
Respondents were considered to have a high satisfaction with the local environment if they answered higher than 7 to questions on this topic (such as access to green spaces or air and water quality).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Local Environments: Lift Life Satisfaction - Canada's Quality of Life Framework - Environment Domain, August 6, 2021 to September 18, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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