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A report shows fewer Canadians are working from home than at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also found working from home had potentially important implications for society.

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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Full report from Stat Can: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-631-x/11-631-x2024001-eng.htm

After rising to about 40% in April 2020, the percentage of Canadians working most of their hours from home in a given week was 20% in November 2023

[–] anonymous69@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The summary misses that the baseline seems to be around 7.5% pre-pandemic. So we have almost 3x the number of people working from home now versus before.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I don't understand how that's possible if only 40% of jobs could feasibly be done from home (2019 statistic). That means about half of all jobs that can be done remotely, are? That seems improbable. Thanks for that link BTW.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

YW! BTW, the report does a good job showing how actual and potential work-from-home rates vary a lot by industry, education, earnings, and urban/rural

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah but I really wouldn't have thought the numbers would be so high. No wonder commercial office space is in such bad shape.