Working from home isn't feasible for the majority of Canadians, according to new data from Statistics Canada
TORONTO -- New data released by Statistics Canada reveals that only four in 10 Canadians hold jobs that can be reasonably performed remotely.broke down how many Canadians are physically able to work from home, based on their employment, and found that only 39 per cent of Canadians are able to work remotely.
The capacity for work from home varied by province, which the report notes is important since measures to reopen the economy are different across the country. Those with the lowest ability to work from home are those who are financially vulnerable, according to additional data from 2019. People under the age of 25 and those with less education than a high school diploma had the lowest telework capacity, when looking at age and education as factors.
“Taken together, these findings suggest the Canadian labour market responded very quickly to the onset of the pandemic by increasing its prevalence of telework to the maximum capacity,” the report states.
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