Downtown Toronto trails other North American cities in pandemic recovery, study says
Canada's largest city only back to 46% of pre-pandemic levels of activity, research suggestsTransit riders take a streetcar on King Street in downtown Toronto last month. Ontario lifted mandatory mask rules on transit and in hospitals starting June 11.
The research found downtown Toronto had only gotten back up to 46 per cent of pre-pandemic levels of activity— about the same as Calgary, New Orleans, and Oakland, Calif.— placing it 52nd on the list. "Halifax is the number-one comeback city in Canada," Chapple said. "We think it's because of all the new residents that came ... They're working from home but they're living downtown."She said Toronto is best compared to a place like New York City, which serves the same function in the U.S. as Toronto does in Canada. But New York City has bounced back a lot faster, and was at 78 per cent of its pre-pandemic activity this year.
Marcy Burchfield, vice-president of the Economic Blueprint Institute at the Toronto Region Board of Trade, agreed the city's pandemic restrictions — among the most long and severe in North America — are partially to blame for the slow recovery. She said the institute's findings have shown the trajectory of a city's recovery is directly linked to the length of its lockdowns.
He also said the labour shortage has also made it difficult for companies to set rules for employees, and are instead trying to offer incentives.
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