Toronto commuters take longest ride to work; just 12% take transit: StatsCan

A new study says commuters took an average of 26 minutes to travel to work on a typical day in 2010.

The Statistics Canada study found average commuting time was longest in the country’s six largest cities, each with a population of more than a million.

Commuters in Canada’s biggest cities spent an average of 30 minutes getting to work, with Torontonians taking the longest ride at 33 minutes, followed by Montreal at 31 and Vancouver at 30.

In both Toronto and Montreal, more than a quarter of commuters had travel times of 45 minutes or more — far more than in any other metropolitan area.

Another quarter had travel times of 30 to 44 minutes.

StatsCan says about 82 per cent of commuters travelled to work by car in 2010, while 12 per cent took public transit and six per cent walked or cycled.

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