| A municipal perspective on opportunities
for physical activity: Trends from 2000–2004 (2004) (ISBN 1-895724-47-3) |
| The 2004 Survey of Canadian Municipalities was undertaken to examine aspects related to local policy and the creation of supportive social and physical environments to promote physical activity among residents. |
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| Section A : Accessing, using and distributing physical activity information |
(PDF: 544 KB / 10 pages) |
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| This section examines the availability and sources of information that municipalities obtain on physical activity, whether municipalities find physical activity guidelines useful, and whether, in turn, municipalities provide information to their residents and if so, what types of information are made available. |
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Availability of information about physical activity
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Sources of information about physical activity
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Usefulness of information about physical activity
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Provision of physical activity information
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Use of physical activity guidelines in programming
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| Section B : Supportive programming for physical activity |
(PDF: 668 KB / 14 pages) |
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| This section focuses on several aspects of programming within municipalities. It explores the efforts to increase the reach of programs to typically underserved groups by examining the availability of municipal programming or scheduling targeted directly towards children, families, low income adults, older adults, disabled persons, overweight individuals, beginners, and women. |
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Working with other groups to increase reach and deliver programs
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Supporting children to be physically active
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Supporting families to be physically active
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Supporting people with low incomes to be physically active
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Supporting older adults to be physically active
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Supporting people with disabilities to be physically active
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Programs and scheduling supports of other targeted groups
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Other services encouraging physical activity
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| Section C : Supportive policies and physical environment encouraging physical activity |
(PDF: 540 KB / 10 pages) |
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| This section examines the adoption of municipal policies that ensure opportunities for residents to be active in the community, agreements for sharing facilities in the community, incentives or regards for participation in physical activity, the availability of public transportation system with supports for physical activity, and the availability of amenities and facilities in the community for residents to be active. |
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Municipal policies supporting physical activity
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Agreements to share local sport and recreation facilities
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Public transportation supports for walking and bicycling
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Places to walk and bicycle—bicycle lanes on roads
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Places to walk and bicycle—off-road trails and paths
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Amenities supporting physical activity
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| Section D: Barriers to walking and bicycling |
(PDF: 428 KB / 8 pages) |
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| In this report, municipalities reported on potential barriers related to infrastructure and to the physical environment, namely street crime, poorly lit sidewalks and streets, lack of a linked network of trails and paths, repair and maintenance of local sport and recreation facilities, repair and maintenance of sidewalks and bicycle lanes, and lack of funds to cover the costs of repair or maintenance of trails and parks on activity behaviours of their residents. |
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Barriers in the physical environment
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Lack of networking of trails and paths
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Repair and maintenance of municipal infrastructure
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Funding for repair and maintenance of trails and parks
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| Section E : The current situation and looking ahead |
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| This section examines municipalities' perspective of physical activity as a priority issue, past and potential changes in physical activity opportunities, adequacy of physical activity opportunities for meeting the needs of residents, pressing infrastructure needs for supporting physical activity, and repair and maintenance of current facilities. |
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Formal transportation master plan
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Changes in available physical activity opportunities
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Adequacy of physical activity services
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Creating and maintaining supportive physical activity services
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Infrastructure to promote physical activity
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Repair and improvement of facilities
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| Appendix A. Detailed tables |
(PDF: 440 KB / 34 pages) |
| Appendix B. Survey methodology |
(PDF: 440 KB / 34 pages) |
| References |
(PDF: 160 KB / 3 pages) |
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| Complete report |
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2.8 MB / 103 pages) |
