87 percent of Edmontonians commute by car.
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This claim was checked with the question below, in this wording:
Do 87 percent of Edmontonians commute by car?
The evidence affirmatively establishes it.More in the methodology
Yes, near enough. Statistics Canada recorded 85 per cent of Edmonton commuters travelling by car, truck or van in the 2021 census.
The question it is checked under
How many people in Edmonton cycle, and how much do the bike lanes get used?
Going ahead. One brief covers every claim under that question, and each claim still gets its own finding. The question's page carries the reason, the grouping and the other claims made about it.
Where it came from
Taken from Yegscoop post on council's 2026-08-26 bike lane decision, read end to end. Every factual claim in it was extracted and merged, so this one is listed whatever became of it.
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How it was said
Every wording of this claim found in the source, quoted exactly. The names are pseudonyms, one to a person within the source.
87% of Edmontonians commute in cars.
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