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In Toronto’s city centre area, it took an average 29 minutes to drive 10 kilometres in 2023 — an increase of 50 seconds, nearly a minute, from last year. This makes º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøtraffic the slowest in North America, topped only by London and Dublin in first and second place, respectively.

Overall, the average º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍødriver loses around 255 hours to commuting every year. Rush hour traffic accounted for roughly 98 of these hours, when Torontonians were recorded driving at an average 18 km/h, the report found.

The city’s rampant congestion costs petrol drivers an extra $112 for fuel every year, and an additional 151 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

During the morning rush hour, around 8 a.m., a 10 km trip can take roughly 11 minutes longer than calmer conditions, the company found. The evening rush, around 5 p.m., can take an extra 15 minutes. The worst time for congestion was Wednesdays from 5 to 6 p.m., where a 10 km commute averaged 37 minutes and 50 seconds.

º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøcity data suggests that traffic has now returned to pre-pandemic levels, partly the result of record road closures and construction projects. Some drivers previously told the Star their commute times have more than doubled in certain areas of downtown Toronto, as workers flood back to the streets with the rise of return-to-office mandates.

Transit riders aren’t spared from the traffic mayhem — in December, a team of Star reporters set out to measure the travel time ´Ú°ù´Ç³¾ÌýBathurst Street to Jarvis Street along King Street at 5 p.m. on a Thursday. They travelled by bike, walking, transit and car. At a time of 79 minutes, the streetcar ride took the longest by far, followed by the car ride at 60 minutes, while walking and cycling took just 27 and 13 minutes respectively.

Cities with the worst traffic in Canada

The TomTom analysis included several large cities across Canada. Here’s where the top ten slowest cities placed, and how long a commute of 10 km might take in each location.

1. Toronto — 29 minutes (third slowest worldwide)
2. Vancouver — 23 minutes, 10 seconds (32nd slowest worldwide)
3. Winnipeg — 19 minutes, 20 seconds (93rd slowest worldwide)
4. Montreal — 19 minutes (103rd slowest worldwide)
5. London — 17 minutes, 20 seconds (142nd slowest worldwide)
6. Halifax — 16 minutes, 40 seconds (171st slowest worldwide)
7. Edmonton — 16 minutes, (200th slowest worldwide)
8. Hamilton — 15 minutes, 30 seconds (220th worldwide)
9. Ottawa — 15 minutes (231st worldwide)
10. Calgary — 13 minutes (297th worldwide)

These cities have the worst traffic in the world

Here are the cities with the slowest traffic in the world, as ranked by TomTom, and how long a 10 km commute takes on average.

1. London, UK — 37 minutes, 20 seconds
2. Dublin, Ireland — 29 minutes, 30 seconds
3. Toronto, Canada — 29 minutes
4. Milan, Italy — 28 minutes, 50 seconds
5. Lima, Peru — 28 minutes, 30 seconds
6. Bengaluru, India — 28 minutes, 10 seconds
7. Pune, India — 27 minutes, 50 seconds
8. Bucharest, Romania — 27 minutes, 40 seconds
9. Manila, Philippines — 27 minutes, 20 seconds
10. Brussels, Belgium — 27 minutes

The report suggests a global increase in travel times, with 228 of the 387 cities analyzed reporting longer travel times compared to 2022. This has resulted in the average budget for fuel growing by around 15 per cent from 2021 to 2023 for motorists in more than 60 per cent of the cities looked at.

“With more than half of the world’s population living in urban areas, traffic congestion and its economic, ecological and health consequences have become a problem that needs to be urgently addressed,” said Ralf-Peter Schäfer, Vice President of Traffic at TomTom, . ”Planning the future of urban areas is essential to ongoing traffic management.”