Number of Canadians Working From Home Still Double Pre-Pandemic Levels

Published on August 26, 2024

The number of Canadians working from home has contracted but still remains more than twice as high as it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Statistics Canada. “The onset of the pandemic led to a sharp contraction in the number of commuters due to a drop in employment and more people mostly working from home,” the agency said in an Aug. 26 report. The agency said while the share of Canadians working from home rose from 7.1 percent in 2016 to 24.3 percent in 2021, it has since declined to 20.1 percent in 2023 and 18.7 percent in 2024. Over the last year, the share of people working from home has fallen by 3.8 percent in Quebec, 1.8 percent in Saskatchewan, and 1.4 percent in Ontario. Meanwhile, the share increased by 3 percent in Nova Scotia and 2.5 percent in Prince Edward Island....

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