A walkable neighbourhood centre is a cluster of at least eight retail or service outlets around a grocery story or group of smaller stores. In 2005, 24.7% of Greater Victoria’s population lived within 500 meters (1/2 km.) of a neighbourhood centre. Source

Greater Victoria was Canada’s cycling capital in 2001, with 4.8% of its residents cycling to work as a main method of transportation, compared to 1.9% in Vancouver, 1.1% in Kitchener and 0.9% in Halifax. Source

Of the 11 people who work at the Victoria Foundation, 5 car pool, 2 walk, 2 drive a vehicle to and from work, 1 cycles and 1 commutes by bus. Source

Almost 6,170 people participated in the 2007 Bike to Work Week, compared to 5,250 in 2006. Of the 2007 participants, 1,316 were trying commuter cycling for the first time. Source

In 2006, BC Ferries did 4,032 round trips between Swartz Bay and Tswassen carrying 6.1 million people to and from Greater Victoria, down from 6.26 million in 2005. Source