Highlights
Canada's urban transit networks carried an estimated 86.0 million riders in December 2021, 4% fewer than the pandemic-era high posted in November. The transit industry has recovered nearly three-fifths (56.1%) of the pre-pandemic ridership from December 2019.
With an increasing vaccination rate, provincial re-openings and the resumption of in-class learning, transit ridership continued to recover in 2021. For the year, 771.8 million passenger trips were made, down 9.1%, or 77.3 million fewer rides from 2020 levels.
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