Canada: future telework practices by industry 2022

In May 2022, approximately two out of three people living in Canada were expected to work exclusively on-site in the next three months. However, this proportion varied significantly depending on the industry. The accommodation and food services, manufacturing, and agriculture sectors were expected to have the most workers working on-site. In contrast, in the information and cultural sectors, and among scientific and technical services occupations, more than a third of people planned to work exclusively or mainly remotely.

Work arrangements anticipated by Canadians for the next three months regarding telework in May 2022, by industry

Characteristic	Workforce anticipated to work on-site exclusively	Workforce anticipated to work on-site most hours	Workforce anticipated to work the same amount of hours on-site and remotely	Workforce anticipated to work remotely most hours	Workforce anticipated to work remotely exclusively
Canada	63.7%	13.6%	8.1%	6.9%	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	83%	13.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.8%
Manufacturing	81.2%	7.6%	4.3%	2.7%	4.2%
Agriculture forestry fishing and hunting	80.6%	7.6%	6.3%	2.3%	3.2%
Retail trade	78.4%	10.2%	5.7%	3.1%	2.6%
Construction	73.2%	13.5%	4.1%	6.2%	3%
Health care and social assistance	69.4%	18.4%	5%	3.5%	3.7%
Arts entertainment and recreation	66.1%	13.8%	9.3%	5.2%	5.6%
Other services (except public administration)	64%	18.1%	9.5%	5.6%	2.8%
Wholesale trade	62.8%	11.3%	10.7%	10.4%	4.9%
Mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction	61.6%	12.5%	8%	7.8%	10.1%
Transportation and warehousing	59.2%	17.5%	8.5%	6.7%	8.1%
Administrative and support waste management and remediation services	58.5%	14.6%	7.8%	6.4%	12.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	50.9%	15.9%	16.3%	9.9%	7.1%
Finance and insurance	45.6%	18.1%	14.3%	10.7%	11.3%
Information and cultural industries	36.3%	13.7%	12%	18%	19.9%
Professional scientific and technical services	33.6%	11.3%	14.2%	16%	24.9%

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May 2022

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Canada

Survey time period

April 1 to May 6, 2022

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "The results are based on the survey that was in collection from April 1 to May 6, 2022, and respondents were asked what their expectations would be over the next three-month period. As a result, those three months could range from April 1 to August 6, 2022, depending on when the business responded."

"The target population for this survey is all active establishments on the Business Register (BR), which have an address in Canada, and which have employees. The following subsectors and sectors according to the North American Industry Classification System are excluded from the target population.
- 22: Utilities
- 523990: All other financial investment activities
- 55: Management of companies and enterprises
- 611: Educational services
- 6214: Out-patient care centres
- 6215: Medical and diagnostic laboratories
- 6219: Other ambulatory health care services
- 622: Hospitals
- 814: Private households
- 91: Public administration" Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, April 1 to May 6, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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