2025 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults

The third edition of the ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults, Moving Beyond Stagnation: Elevating Physical Activity in Canada – the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of physical activity in Canada – highlights that the physical activity levels of adults living in Canada have been low for years. It reveals that only 46% meet physical activity guidelines and that just 22% of communities (of at least 1,000 people) in Canada have a formal strategy for physical activity and sport. 

At a time when Canada is striving to build resilience, reduce public spending and unite people from coast to coast to coast, these findings are more than just data — they’re a call to action and a foundation for progress that we need to build upon. 

Movement underpins public health, economic growth and social connection, and reaching a plateau in physical activity levels reveals the truth: physical activity must be made a national priority. How do we move beyond stagnation and leverage physical activity as both a personal well-being tool and a powerful policy solution?

Read the 2025 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults to find out