The proportion of workers who usually work exclusively from home was 13.6% in August 2023, down 3.2 percentage points compared with August 2022 (population aged 15 to 69, not seasonally adjusted), according to Statistics Canada.
Over the last 12 months, the largest declines in the share of workers working exclusively from home were recorded in public administration (-11.9 percentage points to 20.8%); finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing (-7.9 percentage points to 30.2%); and professional, scientific and technical services (-6.5 percentage points to 40.8%), said the federal agency.
In August, 10.3% of workers, or 2.1 million Canadians, had a hybrid work arrangement—that is, they usually work partly from home and partly from a location other than home. This was similar to the proportion recorded in May 2023 (10.0%) but was up 1.7 percentage points compared with August 2022 (8.6%), it said.
“With hybrid arrangements becoming commonplace within the labour market, knowing on which days of the week workers travel to their work site may help businesses and policymakers plan for peaks in demand for transit and other services. Among all workers with a hybrid work arrangement in August, most usually worked onsite on Tuesday (50.2%), Wednesday (51.4%), or Thursday (48.3%), and a smaller share usually commuted to work on Monday (42.4%), Friday (37.1%), Saturday (3.8%) or Sunday (2.8%),” added StatsCan.
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