Employees who worked most of their hours at home during the week of February 14 to 20, 2021.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Working from home: Productivity and preferences, page 8, February 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Preferences for home office after pandemic in Canada 2021, by family status
As of 2021, unmarried remote workers without children made up the lowest share of Canadian employees willing to work most of their hours at home once the pandemic is over. More specifically, **** percent of unmarried employees with children and **** percent of unmarried employees without children preferred this option. By contrast, around ** percent of married teleworkers wished to work most of the hours remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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