Long gone are the empty roads and unfilled train and bus seats of the COVID-19 pandemic days.
More Canadians are commuting to work and the average commuting time has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Monday.
The number of commuters reached 16.5 million this May, up 585,000 compared to the same time last year, the agency said. The data continues a rising trend over the past few years following major declines in 2020 and 2021 when pandemic restrictions kept many workers at home.
I find this number questionable given the traffic disaster TO has become.
