Main Mode of Commuting (10), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), Sex (3) and Age (5) for the Employed Labour Force Aged 15 Years and Over Having a Usual Place of Work or No Fixed Workplace Address, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Sex (3): Total - Sex
• Age (5): Total - Age

This table details main mode of commuting , highest certificate, diploma or degree , sex and age for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over having a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address, in private households in Canada

Main mode of commuting (10)	Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7)
	Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 1	No certificate, diploma or degree	Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 2	Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma^Footnote 3	College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above
Total - Main mode of commuting^Footnote 4	15,878,940	1,616,190	4,069,025	1,706,285	3,582,495	468,720	4,436,225
Car, truck or van	12,617,015	1,278,880	3,250,180	1,495,980	2,972,825	366,125	3,253,015
Driver, alone	10,700,050	929,300	2,701,330	1,311,500	2,621,320	319,650	2,816,950
2 or more persons shared the ride to work	1,916,965	349,585	548,855	184,475	351,505	46,480	436,065
Driver, with 1 or more passengers	1,048,045	128,325	267,150	128,785	216,160	29,675	277,945
Passenger, 2 or more persons in the vehicle	868,920	221,260	281,705	55,690	135,340	16,805	158,120
Sustainable transportation	3,068,335	308,795	769,985	182,390	567,600	96,720	1,142,835
Public transit	1,968,220	163,110	485,530	106,960	380,045	69,305	763,270
Active transport	1,100,115	145,690	284,465	75,430	187,560	27,420	379,565
Other method	193,590	28,510	48,855	27,920	42,075	5,860	40,370

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 2

'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate' includes only people who have this as their highest educational qualification. It excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree.

Footnote 3

'Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' includes Certificates of Apprenticeship, Certificates of Qualification and Journeyperson's designations, as well as other trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.

Footnote 4

The census assumes that the commute to work originates from the usual place of residence, but this may not always be the case. Sometimes, respondents may be on a business trip and may have reported their place of work or main mode of commuting based on where they were working during the trip. Some persons maintain a residence close to work and commute to their home on weekends. Students often work after school at a location near their school. As a result, the data may show unusual commutes or unusual main modes of commuting.

Data quality note(s) – Canada

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016331.