North American Tracker (August 11, 2022): Return to Work and Downtown Core Declines

Posted on August 11th, 2022 in Surveys

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This survey is conducted in collaboration with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) and published in the Canadian Press. This series of surveys is available on Leger’s website.

RETURN TO WORK

  • Employed Americans (37%) are more concerned than employed Canadians (29%) about losing their job in the next year.
  • One-quarter of employed Canadians (24%) and employed Americans (25%) are likely to quit their job in the next year.
  • If mandated to return to the office full-time in the near future*:
    • 10% of Canadians and 12% of Americans say they would quit their job immediately
    • 28% of Canadians and 25% of Americans say they would return to the office, but look for another job
*Among Canadians and Americans who work from home at least part of the time.

SITUATION IN THE DOWNTOWN CORES

  • Canadians (45%) are more likely than Americans (31%) to indicate that the state of the downtown core closest to where they live has declined in the last year.
  • 15% of Canadians and 18% of Americans say they or a close friend/family member have feared for their safety in the downtown core closest to where they live in the last 6 months.

Factors that have contributed to the downtown core's decline

METHODOLOGY

This web survey was conducted from August 5-7, 2022 with 1,509 Canadians and 1,002 Americans, 18 years of age or older, randomly recruited from LEO’s online panel.

To view the August 11, 2022 report, CLICK HERE.

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