Commuting in Canada's three largest cities
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Description: Commuting in Canada's three largest cities
Commuting in Canada's three largest cities
In 2016, 1.5 million Canadians spent at least 60 minutes travelling to work.
Of the three largest cities in Canada, Toronto had the highest proportion of commuters who spent 60 minutes or more travelling to work.
- Toronto: 17%
- Montréal: 12%
- Vancouver: 11%
Job locations were scattered across all three cities. In Toronto, 1 in 4 people had a place of work located 25 km or more from the city centre.
Commuting patterns in large cities are complex, with many workers crossing suburbs to get to work.
| Type of commute | % |
|---|---|
| Within a city core | 6 |
| From suburb to city core | 20 |
| From city core to suburb | 4 |
| Within a suburb | 23 |
| From one suburb to another | 47 |
Among the three largest cities, Vancouver had the highest share of workers commuting within the city core (13%).
In Toronto, more than half of workers travelled from one suburb to another (55%).
The greatest share of "traditional commuters," or those travelling from a suburb to the city core, was found in Montréal.
Sources:
- Savage, Katherine. 2019. "Results from the 2016 Census: Commuting within Canada's largest cities." Insights on Canadian Society. May. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 75-006-X.
- Yaropud, Tetyana, Jason Gilmore and Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté. 2019. "Results from the 2016 Census: Long commutes to work by car." Insights on Canadian Society. February. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 75-006-X.
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