The Slimmest and Fattest in Canada
In recent years, the number of obese Canadians has increased dramatically.
Atlantic Canada has some of the worst Canadian obesity rates and contains the two cities which are home to Canada’s fattest people. In first place for fatties is St. John’s with a rate of 36.40 per cent obese. It is followed by the similarly named Saint John with similarly fatty statistics at 34.70 per cent obese.
Vancouver has the lowest obesity rate with 11.70 per cent. Toronto has the second lowest percentage of obese people at 15.60 per cent.
Canadian Obesity by City
| City | Percentage Obese |
| St. John’s | 36.40 |
| Saint John | 34.70 |
| Hamilton | 34.60 |
| Windsor | 33.20 |
| Thunder Bay | 32.60 |
| Regina | 31.80 |
| Kitchener | 30.70 |
| Oshawa | 29.60 |
| Kingston | 28.90 |
| Saskatoon | 27.00 |
| London | 26.60 |
| Greater Sudbury | 26.10 |
| Calgary | 25.70 |
| Winnipeg | 25.20 |
| Abbotsford | 25.00 |
| St. Catharines | 23.10 |
| Montreal | 21.20 |
| Edmonton | 20.10 |
| Ottawa | 19.70 |
| Victoria | 19.00 |
| Saguenay | 18.90 |
| Halifax | 18.40 |
| Quebec | 17.30 |
| Toronto | 15.60 |
| Vancouver | 11.70 |
References and Further Reading
I lived in Vancouver for several years many years ago. It has four things going for it. First, it rarely gets extremely cold and when it does, it does not stay that way long. Second, when I lived there little corner variety stores carried fresh produce from local farms. Third, a walk around the seawall is one of the best outings anyone could ever ask for. Last, you are either walking up or down a hill. All of that helps keep the obesity rate under control.
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