Insights into the Future of Telework in Canada: Modeling the Trajectory of Telework Across a Pandemic

With the acceleration of pandemic-induced teleworking, understanding the longer-term outlook for telework is critical to shape the sustainability and success of cities. This study uses data from a 2021 survey of Canadians aged 18-75 in six major metropolitan areas to explore employed Canadians’ changes in teleworking before the Covid-19 pandemic, during the pandemic, in the fall of 2021, and in ‘ideal’ circumstances. Descriptive findings indicate that while non-teleworkers remain half of the employed population, most teleworking growth has been among individuals teleworking five-plus days per week. Among full-time workers, the estimated commuting mode share of teleworking increased from 7.4% (pre-pandemic) to 19.8% during the pandemic and may be approximately 16.9% under stated ‘ideal’ circumstances. Based on ordered logit model results, telework, as an adaptation strategy, appears to have changed– particularly for individuals with health-related mobility challenges, households with children, and between men and women. For full-time employees (but not part-time employees), telework appears not to offset auto-orientation – leaving questions about the longer-term sustainability of telework. Growth in telework has been concentrated and understanding these sub-markets and the implications of consequent travel behavior changes will be critical towards exploring changing urban trajectories as cities move past the pandemic.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.104175
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670722004887
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Sweet, Matthias
  • 0000-0002-3983-0699
  • Scott, Darren M
  • 0000-0002-1545-3737
• Publication Date: 2022-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 104175
• Serial:
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2210-6707
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22106707?sdc=2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Cities; COVID-19; Logits; Telecommuting; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01865268
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 28 2022 10:56AM