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Table 7
Distribution of workers with a usual place of work or working at home, census metropolitan areas, 2001 and 2006
Census metropolitan areas Workers with a usual place of work
or working at home
2001 2006 Change from
2001 to 2006
number percentage
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.
Total 9,532,925 10,290,250 7.9
St. John's (Newfoundland and Labrador) 76,080 83,375 9.6
Halifax (Nova Scotia) 174,710 189,340 8.4
Moncton (New Brunswick) 61,545 66,420 7.9
Saint John (New Brunswick) 51,605 54,380 5.4
Saguenay (Quebec) 62,285 65,815 5.7
Québec (Quebec) 325,515 363,315 11.6
Sherbrooke (Quebec) 80,345 86,430 7.6
Trois-Rivières (Quebec) 57,855 63,120 9.1
Montréal (Quebec) 1,627,320 1,743,650 7.1
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario / Quebec) 552,690 579,710 4.9
Kingston (Ontario) 69,160 72,845 5.3
Peterborough (Ontario) 45,290 50,735 12.0
Oshawa (Ontario) 103,930 116,935 12.5
Toronto (Ontario) 2,361,435 2,503,745 6.0
Hamilton (Ontario) 265,670 284,465 7.1
St. Catharines - Niagara (Ontario) 158,855 165,785 4.4
Kitchener (Ontario) 205,680 230,030 11.8
Brantford (Ontario) 49,675 52,490 5.7
Guelph (Ontario) 65,485 70,450 7.6
London (Ontario) 204,835 221,030 7.9
Windsor (Ontario) 143,580 141,090 -1.7
Barrie (Ontario) 54,325 65,290 20.2
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (Ontario) 65,650 69,950 6.5
Thunder Bay (Ontario) 52,805 54,890 3.9
Winnipeg (Manitoba) 328,195 342,570 4.4
Regina (Saskatchewan) 95,675 101,185 5.8
Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) 104,990 114,385 8.9
Calgary (Alberta) 485,525 561,730 15.7
Edmonton (Alberta) 448,035 511,725 14.2
Kelowna (British Columbia) 59,480 69,785 17.3
Abbotsford (British Columbia) 50,670 57,790 14.1
Vancouver (British Columbia) 901,780 977,615 8.4
Victoria (British Columbia) 142,255 158,175 11.2