How many mountain biker are there in BC?
Doing a bit of Googling to figure out how many mtn bikers are in BC and given some old studies:
* 20% of Canadians bicycled (transportation or recreation) at least once in a 3 month period - Travel and Motivations Survey
* 3% of Canadians mtn bike - Parks Canada
* on any one day 1% of Canadians bicycle - Statistics Canada, Who Participates in
Active Leisure
* 2% of Canadians bicycled (transportation or recreation) at least once in the study year- Sports Participation Survey from Statistics Canada
* about 30% of cyclists mountain bike - Travel and Motivations Survey
* 10 million mountain bikers in the US alone and participation in mountain biking has grown by 78% over the last ten years - Western Canada Mountain Bike Tourism Association
* In 2018, 22% of British Columbia residents participated in mountain biking - Destination BC Corp.
I anticipate that BC has a higher proportion of mountain bikers than the rest of Canada
Given all that... I guess 1 million mountain bikers in BC, but probably under 100,000 that would be dedicated riders that your typical NSMB'er would accept as being "Real" mountain bikers (someone that is avid and/or athletic enough to be used as a comparison to a USA high school football player)
Those 160,000 (or 80,000) numbers for Whistler are likely the number or rider days and not individuals (so a very few hardcore dudes are riding the bulk of the rider days)
Those of you with more accurate numbers - please update us/correct me
Nov. 30, 2024, 9:10 a.m. - taprider
How many mountain biker are there in BC? Doing a bit of Googling to figure out how many mtn bikers are in BC and given some old studies: * 20% of Canadians bicycled (transportation or recreation) at least once in a 3 month period - Travel and Motivations Survey * 3% of Canadians mtn bike - Parks Canada * on any one day 1% of Canadians bicycle - Statistics Canada, Who Participates in Active Leisure * 2% of Canadians bicycled (transportation or recreation) at least once in the study year- Sports Participation Survey from Statistics Canada * about 30% of cyclists mountain bike - Travel and Motivations Survey * 10 million mountain bikers in the US alone and participation in mountain biking has grown by 78% over the last ten years - Western Canada Mountain Bike Tourism Association * In 2018, 22% of British Columbia residents participated in mountain biking - Destination BC Corp. I anticipate that BC has a higher proportion of mountain bikers than the rest of Canada Given all that... I guess 1 million mountain bikers in BC, but probably under 100,000 that would be dedicated riders that your typical NSMB'er would accept as being "Real" mountain bikers (someone that is avid and/or athletic enough to be used as a comparison to a USA high school football player) Those 160,000 (or 80,000) numbers for Whistler are likely the number or rider days and not individuals (so a very few hardcore dudes are riding the bulk of the rider days) Those of you with more accurate numbers - please update us/correct me