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Table 38Usual modes of transportation used to travel to work, by province and region,1 2006
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| During colder months 2 | During warmer months 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, truck, van, SUV or motorcycle | Public transit | Walk or bicycle | Other 3 | Car, truck, van, SUV or motorcycle | Public transit | Walk or bicycle | Other 3 | |
| percent | ||||||||
| Atlantic provinces | 88 | 4 | 6 | 2 E | 81 | 3 E | 14 | 2 E |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 88 | F | 8 E | F | 79 | F | 18 | F |
| Prince Edward Island | 92 | F | F | F | 84 | F | 14 | F |
| Nova Scotia | 85 | 6 E | 6 | F | 80 | 5 E | 13 | F |
| New Brunswick | 91 | F | F | F | 83 | F | 13 | F |
| Quebec | 79 | 12 | 7 | 2 E | 72 | 10 | 14 | 3 E |
| Ontario | 79 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 72 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| Prairie provinces | 83 | 8 | 6 | 2 E | 75 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| Manitoba | 83 | 10 | 6 E | F | 73 | 8 | 17 | F |
| Saskatchewan | 87 | 2 E | 9 | F | 74 | F | 21 | F |
| Alberta | 83 | 9 | 5 | 2 E | 76 | 10 | 12 | 2 E |
| British Columbia | 79 | 11 | 8 | 2 E | 72 | 10 | 16 | 2 E |
| Canada | 81 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 73 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
Data refer to persons working outside the home.
The definition of the colder and the warmer
months was left to the respondents in order to best capture seasonal changes
in mode of travel.
Includes other modes, combination of modes
(can't distinguish a main mode), don't know and refusal.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.
