Your reference for everything you need to know about cycling, cycling infrastructure and the benefits of cycling in Quebec.
Highlights
There are 4.2 million cyclists
- 3.2 million adults (55% men and 45% women)
- 1 million children
Every week
- Adults cycle an average of 3.3 hours and cover 43 km
- Children cycle for an average of 4 hours
- 2.7 million Quebecers cycle every week
Cycling network
- 51% of journeys are made on cycle lanes
- There are 12,000 km of bicycle lanes (an increase of 30% since 2010) of which 5,000 km are part of La Route verte
1.9 million Quebecers use bicycles as a means of transportation
- The number of bicycle trips in Montreal increased by 57% between 2008 and 2013
The impact of cycling on Quebec society
- The bicycle market and bicycle tourism generated annual expenditure of 1.2 billion $ (bicycle market: 500 million $ / bicycle tourism: 700 million $)
- The bicycle market and bicycle tourism generated $150 million $ / year in revenue for the Quebec government
- Domestic tourism generated 1.6 million overnight stays
Value as a physical activity
- According to the WHO HEAT method, the physical activity value of cycling is 2.6 billion $/year.
Detailed data
The data in L'état du vélo au Québec en 2015 comes from a variety of sources:
Survey on cycling in Quebec
A province-wide survey on cycling in Quebec conducted by Léger in fall 2015 and analyzed by André Poirier, professor in the Department of Social Research Techniques at Collège de Rosemont.
Analysis
Produced by the Mobility Research Chair at École Polytechnique de Montréal, using data from Origin-Destination surveys of major Quebec centers.
A study on the economic benefits of cycling
Produced by the Transat Chair in Tourism at UQAM.
Your reference for everything you need to know about cycling, cycling infrastructure and the benefits of cycling in Quebec.
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