Canada: future telework practices by area 2022

By May 2022, it was projected that approximately two out of every three people living in Canada would be working exclusively on-site over the next three months. However, workers living in rural areas were much more likely to be expected to work on-site than those working in urban areas. Nearly one-quarter of the latter planned to work either exclusively or primarily remotely, or the same number of hours remotely and on-site, compared to less than 15 percent of rural workers.

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

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%
Rural	75.2%	10.1%	6.8%	4%	3.8%
Urban	61.4%	14.3%	8.4%	7.5%	8.4%

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May 2022

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Canada

Survey time period

April 1 to May 6, 2022

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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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