Text Table 3.16
Length of time to travel between home and work, by usual mode of transportation, by province, 2006
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Persons who travelled to work by motor vehicle1 | Length of time, one way, between home and work by motor vehicle2 | Persons who travelled to work by public transit3 | Length of time, one way, between home and work by public transit4 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less than 30 minutes | 30 minutes or more | Less than 30 minutes | 30 minutes or more | |||
percent | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 84 | 85 | 14 | F | F | F |
Prince Edward Island | 88 | 81 | 17 | F | F | F |
Nova Scotia | 83 | 82 | 16 | 5 | 40E | 58 |
New Brunswick | 87 | 88 | 11E | F | F | F |
Quebec | 76 | 77 | 22 | 11 | 34 | 63 |
Ontario | 76 | 71 | 27 | 13 | 33 | 66 |
Manitoba | 78 | 80 | 18 | 9 | 43E | 53 |
Saskatchewan | 81 | 85 | 13 | 2E | 55 | F |
Alberta | 79 | 74 | 23 | 10 | 41 | 59 |
British Columbia | 75 | 71 | 25 | 10 | 30 | 67 |
Canada | 77 | 74 | 24 | 11 | 34 | 64 |
Notes: | ||||||
Some respondents specified "Do not know". This proportion is not included here so the row totals may not add to 100%. | ||||||
The definition of a motor vehicle includes cars, trucks, vans, SUVs (sport utility vehicles) and street-legal motorcycles. | ||||||
1. Persons who worked outside the home and who used a motor vehicle, as a percentage of all persons who worked outside the home. | ||||||
2. As a percentage of all trips travelled during colder and warmer months. Note also that a person who drove to work in both seasons is counted twice in both the numerator and denominator. | ||||||
3. Persons who worked outside the home and who used public transit, as a percentage of all persons who worked outside the home. | ||||||
4. As a percentage of all trips travelled during colder and warmer months. Note also that a person who used public transit to get to work in both seasons is counted twice in both the numerator and denominator. | ||||||
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006. |
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