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Commuters who take public transit: Canadian provinces ranked (2021)

Measure: Share of commuters who take public transit (%). All 13 provinces and territories with data in How people commute to work by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2021.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0457-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated
2026-11-14
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National value: 7.7 (Canada).

British Columbia: 9.3Alberta: 5.6Saskatchewan: 1.8Manitoba: 5.7Ontario: 8.6Quebec: 9New Brunswick: 1.5Yukon: 2.5Nunavut: 0.9Newfoundland and Labrador: 2Nova Scotia: 4.1Northwest Territories: 0.8Prince Edward Island: 1.4
  • Lowest: 0.8 to 1.4 %
  • Group 2: 1.4 to 2 %
  • Group 3: 2 to 4.1 %
  • Group 4: 4.1 to 8.6 %
  • Highest: 8.6 to 9.3 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: 2021 Census week (May 2021); people who worked from home are not in the commuting population.

1British Columbia9.3
2Quebec9
3Ontario8.6
4Manitoba5.7
5Alberta5.6
6Nova Scotia4.1
7Yukon2.5
8Newfoundland and Labrador2
9Saskatchewan1.8
10New Brunswick1.5
11Prince Edward Island1.4
12Nunavut0.9
13Northwest Territories0.8

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0457-01: Commuting duration by main mode of commuting, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories. Reference period: 2021.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by share of commuters who take public transit (%) (2021). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0457-01: Commuting duration by main mode of commuting, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-share-of-commuters-who-take-public-transit/

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