Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021
Commuting duration

Definition

Commuting duration refers to the length of time, in minutes, usually required by a person to travel to their place of work.

Statistical unit(s)

• Employed person

Classification(s)

• Duration of commute

Reported in

2021 and 2016 (25% sample); 2011^{Footnote 1} (30% sample).

Reported for

Population aged 15 years and over, in private households, with a job or absent from their job or business during the week of Sunday, May 2 to Saturday, May 8, 2021, and who reported having a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address.

Previously, in other census cycles, early enumeration was conducted in remote, isolated parts of the provinces and territories in the months leading up to the May enumeration. Because of COVID-19, there was no early enumeration for the 2021 Census. Collection procedures—especially in collective dwellings and remote, northern, First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities—were redesigned to ensure the census was conducted in the best possible way, using a safe and secure approach.

Question number(s)

Direct variable: Question 53b)

Responses

Not applicable

Remarks

Not applicable

Note(s)

Related 2021 data products

• Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population (98-316-X2021001)
• Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) (98-507-X2021001)
• Commuting flow from geography of residence to geography of work by main mode of commuting, commuting duration and gender: Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations (98-10-0460-01)
• Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, distance (straight-line) from home to work and time leaving for work: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (98-10-0461-01)
• Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (98-10-0458-01)
• Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts (98-10-0457-01)
• Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, industry sectors, occupation broad category and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts (98-10-0465-01)