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Montreal is the safest, not the most dangerous city for cycling, says the Pembina Institute.

The organization that studies sustainable development has backtracked on its recent study on cycling in Canada’s major cities.

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New data brought to light by the institute shows that Montreal has a crash rate of just two per 100,000 trips, and not seven, as it previously reported.

The new data means that Montreal is tied with Vancouver as the safest city for cycling, and is not the Canadian leader in bike crashes, as the study it published last month had indicated. Toronto had five crashes per 100,000 trips, Calgary four, and Ottawa three.

The Pembina Institute’s study examined the state of cycling in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Ottawa.

It found cycling growing in each of those cities, and it said those cities need to continue to invest to accommodate that growth.

Vancouver had the highest rate of cyclists among the cities, with 4.4 per cent of commuters using bikes to get to work, compared to only 2.9 per cent for Montreal, 2.5 per cent in Ottawa, 2.2 per cent in Toronto, and 1.3 per cent in Calgary. Despite having the highest rate of cyclists, Vancouver had the second-least amount of bicycle infrastructure, such as bike paths and multi-use trails.