Table 3.15
Usual mode of transportation for travel to work

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Usual mode of transportation for travel to work
  2001 2006 Change  2001 to 2006 2001 2006
  number of workers percent
Total 13,450,855 14,714,260 1,263,405 100.0 100.0
Car, truck, van, as driver 9,929,470 10,644,325 714,855 73.8 72.3
Car, truck, van, as passenger 923,975 1,133,150 209,175 6.9 7.7
Used public transit 1,406,585 1,622,725 216,140 10.5 11.0
Walked 881,085 939,290 58,205 6.6 6.4
Bicycled 162,910 195,515 32,605 1.2 1.3
Other 1 146,835 179,250 32,415 1.1 1.2
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Corresponds to the remaining modes of transportation, such as motorcycle, taxi or 'other modes', such as inline skating, snowmobile, etc.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 2008, Place of Work Highlight Tables, 2006 Census , www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/POW/Index.cfm (accessed June 25, 2008). Statistics Canada, 2003, Where Canadians work and how they get there?, 2001 Census: analysis series,www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/pow/pdf/96F0030XIE2001010.pdf (accessed June 25, 2008).
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