Commuting Data

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Description

This dataset contains commuting data that shows total commuting by place of residence, place of work, and gender. The data is published every five years as part of the Canadian Census. Place of residence and place of work are given down to the Census Subdivision level.

Questions answered by this dataset

How many workers who live in Langley are driving to Vancouver for work?
How far does the average Montreal worker have to travel to and from work?

Metrics

Population: The number of people commuting from a given place of residence to a given place of work.

Filters

Place of residence (nation, province/territory, Census Division, Census Subdivision)
Place of work (nation, province/territory, Census Division, Census Subdivision)
Gender
Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.ca.Commuting`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.ca.Commuting/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.ca.Commuting/2025.3

Metrics

[
{
  "name": "Population"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "PlaceOfResidence",
  "levelsStored": [
     "3"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "PlaceOfWork",
  "levelsStored": [
     "3"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Gender",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2021",
"name": "Commuting",
"type": "dataset",
"displayName": "CA Commuting",
"maxYearInclusive": "2021",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset contains commuting data that shows total commuting by place of residence, place of work, and gender. The data is published every five years as part of the Canadian Census. Place of residence and place of work are given down to the Census Subdivision level.\n\n# Questions answered by this dataset\n\n* How many workers who live in Langley are driving to Vancouver for work?\n* How far does the average Montreal worker have to travel to and from work?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Population: The number of people commuting from a given place of residence to a given place of work.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Place of residence (nation, province/territory, Census Division, Census Subdivision)\n* Place of work (nation, province/territory, Census Division, Census Subdivision)\n* Gender\n* Year\n",
"currentYear": "2021",
"datarun": "2025.3",
"releaseDate": "2025-10-10 17:20:08.7845979Z",
"countryCode": "ca",
"path": "Commuting"
}

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