The likelihood of Canadians working from home varies from city to city, with regional characteristics and the type of industry being major factors, a new study suggests.
Ottawa has the highest rates of remote work in the country, with 35 percent of its employees working entirely from home, according to a recent study by the C.D. Howe Institute, based on data from 2022 and 2023.
The large working from home trend in the nation’s capital is due to the wide availability of “office jobs” coming not only from the public sector, but also from industries such as finance, business, and administration, said Tammy Schirle, author of the study….