A new study suggests Vancouver is the worst city in Canada for gridlock.

TomTom — a Dutch-based company that specializes in navigation and mapping products — issued its fourth annual traffic index Tuesday.

In Vancouver, it says, the average person experiences 87 hours of delay time a year, based on a 30-minute daily commute.

“Vancouver doesn't have a very large highway network, and it is also a city which is surrounded by water on three sides,” said Jocelyn Vigreux, TomTom’s North American president.

TomTom also says the traffic shortcuts drivers take to avoid congestion are actually “long cuts,” adding 50 per cent more travel time to journeys.

The study also suggests gridlock on secondary roads is worse than main roads, and commuters around the world spend an average of eight working days a year stuck in traffic.

After Vancouver, says TomTom, the most congested cities in Canada are Toronto, then Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Quebec City and Edmonton.

Toronto’s traffic congestion data:

In the Americas, Rio de Janeiro — host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the upcoming World Cup — tops the list, followed by Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Vancouver placed fifth behind Los Angeles, while Toronto was ninth and Ottawa 12th.

Moscow tops the international list, followed by Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Palermo, Warsaw, Rome, Los Angeles and Dublin.

“There are other things that contribute to congestion that are seldomly thought about,” said Vigreux.

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