Almost half of Canadians reported that they didn't use all their vacation days in 2022, with more than half reporting that they feel deprived of vacation time, according to a new report.
A total of 14,527 respondents were surveyed from across 16 countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
The last time this figure was that high was in 2013, according to the report, making this the highest it has been in ten years.In terms of countries, participants from Mexico were most likely to report that they were lacking vacation time, at 77 per cent, followed by France at 71 per cent and Germany with 70 per cent. Canadians came in eighth place, with 57 per cent reporting a lack of vacation time.
When asked about the number of vacation days they were allotted, participants from the U.S., Mexico and Singapore received and used the fewest vacation days in 2022, at 12.5, 13.5 and 17 vacation days respectively. Participants from British Columbia took the most days off on average in 2022, at 30 days, while Albertans reported taking only an average of seven days off in 2022.
When broken down by the industry, those in the airline industry had the highest levels of vacation deprivation, with 74 per cent of those respondents reporting they felt deprived. Retail workers had the lowest percentage who reported feeling deprived, but it was still more than half, at 56 per cent.
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