Victoria has the highest rate of commuters who bike to work out of Canada鈥檚 41 largest cities.

Approximately one in 20 workers in Greater Victoria - or 5.3 per cent - consistently biked to work in 2021, according to Statistics Canada鈥檚 most recent census.

鈥淎nd perhaps not unexpected. given Victoria鈥檚 compact urban environment, relatively flat topography and generally mild winters,鈥� StatsCan said in a statement.

The second-highest rate was in Kelowna at two per cent.

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鈥檚 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.

The Ottawa-Gatineau region took the top spot with 29.8 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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