Table 1
Average commuting time to work and proportion of workers, by selected characteristics, 2010
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Commuting time | |||||
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Average minutes | Less than 15 minutes | 15 to 29 minutes | 30 to 44 minutes | 45 minutes or more | |
percentage | |||||
Total Canada | 26 | 30 | 33 | 19 | 17 |
Type of region of residence | |||||
Census metropolitan areas of 1,000,000 or more residents† | 30 | 19 | 33 | 25 | 23 |
Census metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 999,999 residents | 25* | 29* | 38* | 18* | 15* |
Census metropolitan areas of less than 250,000 residents | 19* | 41* | 39* | 13* | 7* |
Census agglomerations | 19* | 49* | 31 | 11* | 10* |
Outside of census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations | 23* | 41* | 29* | 15* | 15* |
Census metropolitan area | |||||
Toronto† | 33 | 15 | 33 | 25 | 27 |
Montréal | 31 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Vancouver | 30* | 22* | 33 | 25 | 21* |
Ottawa–Gatineau | 27* | 15E | 50* | 21 | 14E* |
Calgary | 26* | 21E | 33 | 29 | 16E* |
Edmonton | 23* | 27* | 41 | 20 | 12E* |
Mode of transportation | |||||
Car or private vehicle† | 24 | 31 | 36 | 18 | 15 |
Public transit | 44* | 5* | 21* | 30* | 43* |
Active transportation (walking or cycling) | 14* | 57* | 27* | 14* | F* |
Type of region and mode of transportation | |||||
Census metropolitan areas of 1,000,000 or more residents | |||||
Car/private vehicle† | 27 | 21 | 37 | 24 | 18 |
Public transit | 44* | 5E* | 20* | 31* | 44* |
Census metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 999,999 residents | |||||
Car/private vehicle† | 23 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 12 |
Public transit | 46* | F* | 25E* | 29E* | 42* |
E use with caution F too unreliable to be published † reference group * statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2010. |
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