Car Commute Dominates but Transit Ridership Is Gaining Ground in Brampton

The last wave of 2016 Census data has officially been released, revealing stats like commuting and education levels.

While 83 per cent of Bramptonians are getting to work via car, 8.9 per cent of those commuters are carpooling with someone else as the driver. 14 per cent of Brampton commuters take public transit to get to work. 1.9 per cent of the population walks or bicycles to work.

The car still dominates, but historical census data shows that it has declined over the past 20 years, whereas transit usage for commuters has grown.

36.2 per cent of residents work in Brampton, 30.5 per cent work in another Peel municipality (Mississauga or Caledon), and most of the rest work within Ontario (33 per cent).

Residents who hold a main address is in Brampton, but may commute to other parts of Canada for work (for example, seasonal workers) makes up 0.3 per cent of commuters.

The data also revealed some of Brampton’s neighbourhoods with the best transit ridership. Unsurprisingly it is in areas close to GO stations and the central Queen Street corridor.

Of the Brampton residents between the ages of 25-64, 59.4 per cent of the population has some form of post-secondary education. 33 per cent of residents have some form of university education, 21.3 per cent have a college or CEGEP education, and 5.1 per cent have an apprenticeship or trades certification. More women have a college/CEGEP or university education than men, but men more than double the amount of women in trades education.

Of the 59 per cent of Brampton residents with some form of post-secondary education, 58 per cent obtained it within Canada. Of the remaining residents with foreign credentials, 54.1 per cent were educated in India, which should come as no surprise to Bramptonians.