OTTAWA—To all those stuck on the Gardiner Expressway, the Don Valley Parkway or taking another trip on the GO train — your commutes rank as the longest among Canada’s big cities.

New data from Statistics Canada confirm what many Greater Toronto residents know already — the daily trip to work is a grind.

At 32.8 minutes, Toronto has the longest average commuting time of Canada’s urban regions, seven minutes longer than the national average of 25.4 minutes, according to new numbers from the 2011 National Household Survey.

That ranks with the longest commutes reported in 2011 in the United States in the New York area (34.7 minutes) and Washington region (33.8 minutes), according to Statistics Canada data released Wednesday.

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Of course, the commute is longer for many. For some 2.6 million workers, it takes 45 minutes or more on average to get to work, according to the data.

Commuters living around Toronto were most likely to be in this group, with 30 per cent of commuters in Oshawa, 28 per cent of those in Toronto and 26 per cent of those in Barrie all taking 45 minutes or more to get to their workplace.

Among the metropolitan areas, Saguenay, Thunder Bay and Moncton clocked the quickest average commute at 17 minutes.

The data is drawn from the 2011 National Household Survey, a voluntary survey that replaced the mandatory long-form census. Because it was voluntary, its data is considered less accurate than previous census results.

The survey reveals that everyday 15.4 million Canadian commute to work, while 1.1 million work at home most of the time.

Almost three-quarters of commuters — 11.4 million workers — drove a vehicle to work. Another 5.6 per cent — or 867,100 people — made the trip as passengers.

The number of transit riders was 12 per cent in 2011, up from 11 per cent in the 2006 census. For the first time, the 2011 survey collected detailed information about public transit usage, showing that 63.5 per cent took the bus, 25 per cent took the subway or elevated rail and 11.2 per cent rode light rail, streetcar or commuter rail.

Commuters in Toronto and Montreal were most likely to take public transit to get to work.

In 2011, 880,800 commuters walked to work (5.7 per cent) and 201,800 cycled (1.3 per cent).

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walking to work was most popular in Victoria (10 per cent), Kingston (8.5 per cent) and Halifax (8.5 per cent).

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commuters who travelling on public transit took longer to get to work than those who drove. Commuters using a private car took 23 minutes compared to 40 minutes for bus riders, 44 minutes for subway users, 52 minutes for those taking light rail, streetcars or commuter trains.

commuters who walked or bicycled spent the least time travelling to work (12.7 minutes for walkers and 20 minutes for cyclists).

most commuters left for work between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. (29 per cent). Another 22 per cent hit the road between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. Commuters in Barrie and Oshawa are among the country’s early risers with more than 10 per cent headed for work by 6 a.m.

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