![]() ![]() Using a supplementary question, which was added to the February 2021 Labour Force Survey, this study estimates the overall share of total hours that employees might prefer working from home once the pandemic is over. Since the former preferences are currently not available, Note a partial answer can be provided based on employees’ preferences for this work arrangement. To estimate this share rigorously, data on employers’ preferences for telework as well as employees’ preferences for telework need to be combined. To capture both the proportion of employees who work from home and the number of hours they work there, one needs to estimate the overall share of total hours that employees might work from home after the pandemic. ![]() If relatively few employees work from home, and if those who do so work relatively few hours from home every week, traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions-to name a few variables-will decrease to a lesser extent than if a large proportion of Canadians telework and work most of their hours from home. It depends not only on the proportion of Canadians who will work from home but also on the number of hours they will work from home every week. This development raises an important question: to what extent will Canadians work from home once the COVID-19 pandemic is over? The answer to this question has potentially significant implications for future traffic congestion, public transit use, greenhouse gas emissions, demand for office space in city centres and for housing in suburbs, and the dynamism (or lack thereof) of retail trade stores and restaurants located in downtown areas. ![]() In January 2021, 32% of Canadian employees aged 15 to 69 worked most of their hours from home, compared with 4% in 2016 (Mehdi and Morissette 2021). As is now well known, the COVID-19 pandemic substantially increased work from home in Canada and many industrialized countries. ![]()
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