7. Slightly fewer Canadians belong to a sport club

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In 2005, 18% of all Canadians (aged 15 and older) reported belonging to a club, a local community league or other local or regional amateur sport organization, down 1 percentage-point from the 19% belonging to sport clubs or leagues in 1998.

The tendency to belong to a sport club increased with higher levels of education and income. The same pattern was evident in the 1998 and 1992 GSS data.

Table 8
Most played sports by Canadians (15 years and older) belonging to sport clubs/community leagues by sex, 2005

Table 9
Canadians (15 years and older) who belong to sport clubs,¹ 2005