Survey says: swimming is the most well-liked bodily exercise amongst Canadian kids

Swimming is the most well-liked organized sport or bodily exercise amongst Canadian kids, in keeping with a brand new survey.

The Sports360 research was carried out by The Strategic Counsel and the sector window was March and April 2025.

It discovered that 73 per cent of Canadian youth between the ages of three and 17 are taking part in at the least one organized bodily exercise.

Twenty-three per cent of respondents say their kids are usually participating in some form of swimming.

Soccer (20 per cent), hockey (10 per cent) and basketball (10 per cent) had been the subsequent hottest choices.

The Strategic Counsel notes that total youth participation ranges are larger than their previous analysis, regardless of issues about affordability.

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Organized participation in swimming, soccer and basketball are robust for each girls and boys. Creative motion disciplines like dance and gymnastics are additionally common amongst women, with participation ranges within the 11-14 per cent vary every.

Swimming, soccer and basketball are additionally the highest three participation sports activities for youth within the households of latest Canadians, whereas hockey is additional down the checklist for these households however remains to be within the prime 10.

Parents and caregivers spent a mean of $1,564 yearly per little one on sports activities in keeping with the survey. Those prices included clothes, gear, classes or group charges and transportation.

A complete of three,240 interviews had been carried out through on-line and cellular channels utilizing a consultant nationwide panel within the spring of 2025 with Canadians aged 18 and older, in each official languages.

Online surveys can’t be assigned a margin of error as a result of they don’t randomly pattern the inhabitants.