It's one of the  ways  registered "Active Communities" will be measured  to see how active their citizens truly are.

Survey takers willbe asking all sorts of questions about the kind of physical activity  you've been involved in  in the past week.  That includes: leisure time physical activity, domestic and gardening (yard) activities, work-related physical activity, and transport-related physical activity).

The survey will be conducted from Aug. 6 to 22.

The information gathered will allow a comparison  of  physical activity and support communities in working towards increasing physical activity rates of British Columbians by 20% by the year 2010.

"Physical inactivity is a major contributing factor to a number of chronic diseases, and according to the Canadian Community Health Survey, 40% of British Columbians are physically inactive," commented BCRPA Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Allard Strutt. "The BC Recreation and Parks Association is pleased to be supporting registered Active Communities to monitor and increase physical activity levels."

"We want to see what the community’s participation levels are so we can determine if the strategies we’re employing are having an effect on people’s physical activity level," said Diane Rogers, Chair of the Quesnel Active Communities Committee. "We’re pursuing the goal of becoming 20% more active by 2010."