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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Commuting Distance (km) (9), Age Groups (9) and Sex (3) for the Employed Labour Force 15 Years and Over Having a Usual Place of Work of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Commuting distance (km) (9) Age groups (9)
Total - Age groups 15 to 24 years 25 to 54 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 to 74 years 75 years and over
Note(s) :
  1. Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries
    There is one census metropolitan area (Ottawa - Gatineau) and three census agglomerations (Campbellton, Hawkesbury and Lloydminster) that cross provincial boundaries. The data for their respective provincial parts are included with the appropriate census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, with data for the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration within the province of the provincial part that contributes the majority of the population to the area. For example, Ottawa - Gatineau can be found in Ontario, Campbellton in New Brunswick, Hawkesbury in Ontario and Lloydminster in Alberta.
  1. TOTAL - ALL COMMUTERS
    Commuting distance
    Part A - Plain language definition
    Straight-line distance between a respondent's home and place of work.
    Part B - Detailed definition
    Refers to the distance, in kilometres, between the respondent's residence and his or her usual workplace location. The variable relates to non-institutional residents 15 years of age and over who worked at some time since January 1, 2005. The variable usually relates to the individual's job held in the week prior to enumeration. However, if the person did not work during that week but had worked at some time since January 1, 2005, the information relates to the job held longest during that period.
  2. MEDIAN COMMUTING DISTANCE
    The median distance of a specified group of distance units is that distance which divides their distribution into two halves, i.e. the distances of the first half are below the median, while those of the second half are above the median.

    The distance is calculated as the straight-line distance between the residential block representative point and the workplace location representative point. For persons who work outside the areas covered by census metropolitan areas or census agglomerations, the workplace location is usually coded to a single representative point for the census subdivision of work. This can affect the calculated commuting distance, particularly when the census subdivision of work has a large area. This is most apparent for members of the labour force who live in smaller, resource-based urban areas and work outside the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - All commuters 1 166,980 26,870 118,670 36,490 41,860 40,320 18,755 2,325 360
Less than 5 km 68,085 14,790 44,270 15,465 13,810 14,995 7,795 1,045 180
5 to 9.9 km 42,855 5,735 31,575 9,795 11,510 10,265 4,870 625 50
10 to 14.9 km 20,710 2,355 15,785 4,190 6,100 5,490 2,315 210 50
15 to 19.9 km 15,710 1,425 12,320 3,215 4,805 4,300 1,745 170 50
20 to 24.9 km 7,930 740 6,320 1,445 2,655 2,220 770 95 0
25 to 29.9 km 3,725 320 2,905 715 1,085 1,105 460 40 0
30 km or more 7,970 1,495 5,500 1,660 1,900 1,935 795 145 30
Median commuting distance 2 6.5 4.2 7.1 6.3 7.8 7.1 6.3 5.7 4.9
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-561-XCB2006010 (Halifax, Code205)
Date Modified: 2011-04-07

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