Table 2.1
Usual commuting time from home to work by census metropolitan area, 2011
| Average time | 0 to 14 minutes | 15 to 29 minutes | 30 to 44 minutes | 45 to 59 minutes | 60 minutes or more | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minutes | percent of commuters | |||||
| Large CMAs | ||||||
| Toronto | 32.8 | 15.4 | 29.0 | 27.2 | 12.7 | 15.8 |
| Montréal | 29.7 | 19.0 | 31.5 | 25.6 | 12.0 | 11.9 |
| Edmonton | 25.6 | 22.7 | 38.3 | 25.0 | 7.9 | 6.1 |
| Vancouver | 28.4 | 19.6 | 33.0 | 26.6 | 11.0 | 9.9 |
| Calgary | 27.0 | 18.0 | 37.8 | 27.7 | 9.5 | 7.0 |
| Ottawa–Gatineau (Ont.) | 26.2 | 20.7 | 37.0 | 25.8 | 10.3 | 6.1 |
| Mid-size and small CMAs | ||||||
| Winnipeg | 23.3 | 24.3 | 42.3 | 23.4 | 6.3 | 3.9 |
| Québec | 22.0 | 28.0 | 42.3 | 20.1 | 5.9 | 3.7 |
| Halifax | 23.7 | 25.8 | 40.0 | 22.2 | 7.1 | 5.0 |
| Hamilton | 26.9 | 24.9 | 37.0 | 18.9 | 8.3 | 11.0 |
| London | 21.1 | 31.8 | 43.7 | 15.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| St. Catharines–Niagara | 20.6 | 38.8 | 37.9 | 13.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| Ottawa–Gatineau (Que.) | 26.7 | 21.2 | 34.8 | 26.7 | 10.8 | 6.6 |
| Saskatoon | 19.9 | 34.8 | 47.6 | 11.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | 21.7 | 33.2 | 41.9 | 14.1 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
| Greater Sudbury | 20.1 | 36.2 | 39.9 | 16.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 |
| Windsor | 18.8 | 34.3 | 46.5 | 13.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
| Saint John | 20.9 | 32.7 | 42.9 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| Oshawa | 31.8 | 25.5 | 29.4 | 15.3 | 10.6 | 19.3 |
| Victoria | 21.8 | 30.1 | 41.7 | 18.4 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| Regina | 17.3 | 39.1 | 47.4 | 9.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Thunder Bay | 17.1 | 47.0 | 39.6 | 9.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| Saguenay | 16.9 | 48.5 | 36.6 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| St. John's | 17.9 | 38.9 | 46.8 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| Newer CMAs | ||||||
| Kingston | 20.4 | 33.0 | 43.5 | 16.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Sherbrooke | 18.8 | 39.3 | 41.4 | 13.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Kelowna | 19.2 | 38.8 | 41.2 | 12.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Moncton | 17.2 | 44.4 | 40.2 | 10.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Peterborough | 22.2 | 40.2 | 33.5 | 13.4 | 5.6 | 7.3 |
| Barrie | 29.6 | 29.6 | 27.9 | 15.8 | 9.5 | 17.1 |
| Brantford | 22.7 | 38.8 | 30.3 | 15.6 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| Trois-Rivières | 18.6 | 44.3 | 37.5 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| Abbotsford–Mission | 26.7 | 32.2 | 30.4 | 16.5 | 7.9 | 13.0 |
| Guelph | 22.8 | 36.6 | 34.1 | 14.8 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
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Note: CMAs were categorized as large, mid-size or small based on the 2011 built-up area using geometric intervals. Newer CMAs—those not populated enough to qualify as CMAs in 1971—were then grouped separately. Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy, Transportation Statistics Division, 2016, special tabulation of data from Statistics Canada, 2013, "Commuting to work: National Household Survey, 2011," NHS in Brief, Catalogue no. 99-012-X2011003. |
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