Mode of Transportation to Work, 2006: Car, Truck or Van as Driver (by census subdivision)

Mode of Transportation to Work, 2006: Car, Truck or Van as Driver (by census subdivision) is an open dataset from Natural Resources Canada with 4 files (ZIP, JP2, OTHER); catalogue record updated 2022-03-14. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

The number of people having to commute to work (usual place of work or no fixed workplace address) has risen considerably over the past five years from 13 450 900 in 2001 to 14 714 300 in 2006 or 9.4%. While the car is still the most frequently used mode of transportation for getting to work, there was a decrease in the proportion of drivers in the past five years, from 73.8% of workers in 2001 to 72.3% in 2006. In 2006, 11% of Canadian workers used public transit to get to work, compared to 10.5% in 2001 and 10.1% in 1996.

Publisher

Natural Resources Canada

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4

Catalogue metadata updated

2022-03-14