The 2025 travel survey will help us understand how people get around the Edmonton metropolitan region.
We want to know how you roll!
The purpose of the Navigating Tomorrow Household Travel survey is to collect data on travel patterns to help planners make informed decisions about road improvements, transit services and active transportation infrastructure.
What is the Navigating Tomorrow Survey about?
The survey aims to understand the travel behaviours of residents within the Metropolitan Edmonton Region. Unlike the previous once-a-decade survey (last conducted in 2015), the Household Travel Survey now operates continuously, collecting annual data on household characteristics, demographics and daily travel patterns.
As the most comprehensive source of personal travel data in the Edmonton Region, the survey helps discover how residents utilize various transportation modes, including vehicles, public transit, bicycles and walking.
The data collected will help planners with the City of Edmonton and with regional municipalities make evidence-based decisions for future planning, guide road investments, transit infrastructure and trails.
Participation
Invited households were randomly selected from the greater Edmonton region. You must live in the region and receive an invitation letter to participate.
By sharing your travel habits, you’ll help us understand how people are using local roads, highways, public transit, bike lanes and sidewalks, and how we can improve them. If your household was invited to participate, please get involved because your input ensures that your needs and experiences are considered in regional transportation planning.
The survey is confidential. The data and results collected from this survey will be analyzed as a whole, not individually.
Partners
This survey is a collaboration between the City of Edmonton, Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (ATEC) and Edmonton Metropolitan Region partners.
Regional partners:
- City of Beaumont
- City of Fort Saskatchewan
- City of Leduc
- City of Spruce Grove
- City of St. Albert
- Leduc County
- Parkland County
- Strathcona County
- Sturgeon County
- Town of Devon
- Town of Stony Plain
History
Learn more about past surveys
The Edmonton Region Household Travel Survey was conducted in the fall of 2015 to understand the nature of current travel patterns. The survey was jointly funded by the City of Edmonton, Alberta Transportation and the former Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board.
This one-day survey collected information from participating households about:
- Trip origins and destinations
- Trip purpose
- Travel mode choice (transit, walking, biking, single occupant in motor vehicle, passenger in motor vehicle)
- Time of day
- Type of activity at destination
- Trip frequency
2015 Edmonton and Region Household Travel Survey Summary Report
In the fall of 2005, approximately 9,300 households in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region participated in a survey for a 24-hour weekday or weekend period. See the reports below for further information.
In 1994, over 6,000 households in the Edmonton region participated in a survey for a 24-hour weekday period. See the reports below for further information.
Capital Region External Truck and Commodity Survey
The 2003 Edmonton Region External Truck/Commodity Survey studied the movement of commercial goods by truck into and out of the Edmonton region.
Commodity Flow Study
The 2003 Edmonton Region Commodity Flow Study surveyed businesses about the flow of goods and services throughout the entire Edmonton Region.