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Commuting Flow Census Tracts: Mode of Transportation (9) and Sex (3) for Employed Labour Force 15 Years and Over Having a Usual Place of Work, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Mode of Transportation (9)

Definition

Mode of transportation

Part A - Plain language definition
Main means a person uses to travel between home and place of work (by car, on foot, on public transit, or by some other means).

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the mode of transportation to work of non-institutional residents 15 years of age and over who worked at some time since January 1, 2005. Persons who indicate in the place of work question that they either had no fixed workplace address, or specified a usual workplace address, are asked to identify the mode of transportation they usually use to commute from home to work. The variable usually relates to the individual's job in the week prior to enumeration. However, if the person did not work during that week but had worked at some time since January 1, 2005, the information relates to the job held longest during that period.

New English Definitions

Values

  1. Total - Mode of transportation
  2. Car, truck, van, as driver
  3. Car, truck, van, as passenger
  4. Public transit
  5. Walked
  6. Bicycle
  7. Motorcycle
  8. Taxicab
  9. Other mode