Alberta Group/Team Activities - % Household P...

Alberta has been conducting the Alberta Recreation Survey every four years since 1981. The following trend data for team sports for the 20 year period from 19088 to 2008 was extracted from each of the survey reports. Source: http://tpr.alberta.ca/recreation/ars/default.aspx

In general, the data shows declines across the board with the exception of soccer which has remained at the same level in 2008 as in 1988 - experiencing a decline in the last decade after growth in the 1990s.

Group/Team Activities - % Household Participation 1988 to 2008

ranked in order of 2008 popularity

Activity	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
Bowling/Lawn Bowling	26.4	24.4	25.5	22.8	23.9	21.0
Soccer	17.4	14.6	18.5	23.0	19.3	17.7
Ice Hockey	22.4	19.6	20.6	18.0	16.9	14.2
Basketball	17.0	17.7	19.9	22.3	18.1	11.8
Softball/baseball	33.7	30.6	29.1	22.5	17.2	11.6
Volleyball	21.0	19.6	18.7	16.4	13.6	11.2
Curling	21.3	16.6	14.5	13.1	13.1	9.6
Football	10.6	10.1	11.3	9.1	7.7	7.0
Rugby	2.4	2.0	3.2	2.7	2.7	1.8
Ringette	1.6	1.3	2.7	1.7	1.0	1.1