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[Questions 47-48 asked of persons age 15+ who worked for pay or in self-employment and whose workplace was not at home (including farms) or outside Canada, per question 46.]

47. (a) How did this person usually get to work?

If this person used more than one method of travel to work, mark the one used for most of the travel distance.

Mark "subway or elevated rail" for:

Vancouver SkyTrain
Toronto Subway/RT
Montréal Metro

Mark "light rail, streetcar or commuter train" for:

Vancouver West Coast Express
Calgary CTrain
Edmonton LRT
Toronto streetcars
Toronto GO Train
Ottawa O-Train
Montréal commuter trains

Mark "other method" for:

ATVs and snowmobiles
Airplane
Boat

[] Car, truck or van, as a driver [Continue with question 47 (b).]
[] Car, truck or van, as a passenger [Continue with question 47 (b).]
[] Bus [Go to Question 48 (a).]
[] Subway or elevated rail [Go to Question 48 (a).]
[] Light rail, streetcar, or commuter train [Go to Question 48 (a).]
[] Passenger ferry [Go to Question 48 (a).]
[] Walked to work [Go to Question 48 (a).]
[] Bicycle [Go to Question 48 (a).]
[] Motorcycle, scooter, or moped [Go to Question 48 (a).]
[] Other method [Go to Question 48 (a).]

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Place of work and transportation
Questions 46 to 48 tell us where people work and how they get to work. This information is used to assess commuting patterns, public transit needs, and energy use.

Labor market information also helps to identify locations for new hospitals, schools, daycare and recreational facilities, and the need for roads and transit services.

These questions should be completed for the job recorded in questions 40 to 45.

For persons who had more than one job during the week of May 1 to May 7, 2011, questions should be answered for the job at which they worked the most hours.

Report this person's regular place of work, even if they were temporarily on assignment, training or holiday during the week of May 1 to May 7, 2011.

If the person did not have a job during the week of May 1 to May 7, 2011, the questions should be answered for the job of the longest duration in the past year and a half, that is, since January 1, 2010.

Question 47 -- Mode of transportation to work
Part (a)
Mark the type of transportation usually used to get to work.

Mark only one circle indicating the type of transportation used for most of the distance traveled.

If different modes of transportation were used to go to work and come home, mark the mode of transportation used to get to work.

If different modes of transportation were used at different times of the year, for example, the person took public transit to work during the winter and walked, bicycled, or used a motorcycle in the summer, mark the mode of transportation used in the week of May 1 to May 7, 2011.

If more than one mode of transportation was used, for example, they drove and then took public transit, the person should report the one used for most of the travel distance.

If the person did not regularly commute from home to work, for example their home was far away from their work and they lived near their work during the work week and traveled home on weekends, the person should answer according to where they lived when at work.

Part (b)
For those who marked 'car, truck or van--as a driver' or 'car, truck or van--as a passenger' in question 47(a), mark the appropriate circle to indicate how many people usually shared the ride to work.

For people who were driven to work by someone who was not going to work, the question refers to the number of people who shared the ride to work. If no other people in the car, truck or van were traveling to work, the person should mark 'drove alone'.