WEEKEND READ Toronto is lagging behind other cities when it comes to the return of workers downtown. Will things ever get back to normal?
used data from cell phone towers to track the return of people to the core in 62 urban centres.
Karen Chapple, who is the director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto and one of the co-authors of the study, told CP24.com this week that Toronto’s recovery has been slower, in part due to lockdowns that were deeper and longer-lasting than in many other cities. In recent weeks there has been a sustained rise in activity downtown, but the data is beginning to show signs of a levelling off and Chapple said that she doesn’t foresee a scenario where the vast majority of office workers return downtown five days a week.“We're not going back to normal,” she warned.
“The study sort of ends in May and that was sort of an unfortunate final data point because we have seen a real surge in activity in downtown Toronto since then,” she said. “So yeah, you know, there is no surprise when you look at the time this study was done but if you look at more recent data I do think there is a difference between what they found and what is going on now.
Tory said in his statement that he is hopeful that the fall will represent a “logical time” for more workers to return downtown.
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