Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021
Commuting vehicle occupancy

Definition

Commuting vehicle occupancy refers to the usual number of commuters in a car, truck, or van used by the person to travel to work.

Statistical unit(s)

• Employed person

Classification(s)

• Commuting vehicle occupancy

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 and who reported travelling by car, truck or van as a driver or as a passenger.

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 52c)

Responses

1 worker; 2 workers; 3 or more workers

Remarks

Not applicable

Note(s)

Related 2021 data products

• Census Program Data Viewer (CPDV) (98-507-X2021001)