Canada Remote Work Statistics and Trends for 2025
Q2 2025 Remote Work Statistics and Trends
Employers facing hiring challenges in today’s labour market may want to consider offering flexible work arrangements. If they already do, stepping up their efforts to promote that fact could help them attract top talent.
Robert Half’s latest benefits and perks survey of over 400 HR managers in Canada found that 53 per cent of employers offer hybrid work options to those in leadership roles and on a case-by-case basis. An additional third of employers offer hybrid options to all regular employees regardless of seniority. Similarly, our database of professional job postings across Canada shows that 28 per cent of new job postings in Q2 2025 were hybrid and 9 per cent were fully remote.
Our recent research among job seekers found that a quarter (26 per cent) of professionals are already looking or planning to look for a new role in the second half of 2025. Just 11 per cent said their top choice is an in-office job, while half prefer hybrid work and a third opt for fully remote. When asked to rank their top two workplace arrangements, nearly 7 in 10 (68 per cent) included hybrid in their preferred options.
The benefits of hiring remote and hybrid workers are clear for employers. In addition to accessing a wider talent pool and potentially attracting more skilled applicants for jobs, offering flexible work can help boost retention. Two-thirds (66 per cent) of Canadian workers cite flexibility in when and where they work as a top influence on their job satisfaction and decision to stay with an employer.
Hybrid and remote work trends by profession
Where can today’s job seekers find the most opportunities for flexible work, including work-from-home roles? Research for the Demand for Skilled Talent report provides insight.
We examined industries that Robert Half supports with our talent solutions to identify those with the highest rates of new hybrid and remote jobs. The Q2 2025 data below highlights where flexible work opportunities are most common. For a deeper look into hiring trends and job posting activity, see our Labour Market Overview.
Finance and Accounting:
On-site: 69 per cent
Hybrid: 27 per cent
Fully remote: 4 per cent
Technology:
On-site: 50 per cent
Hybrid: 37 per cent
Fully remote: 13 per cent
Marketing and Creative:
On-site: 55 per cent
Hybrid: 35 per cent
Fully remote: 10 per cent
Legal:
On-site: 72 per cent
Hybrid: 24 per cent
Fully remote: 4 per cent
Administrative and Customer Support:
On-site: 80 per cent
Hybrid: 13 per cent
Fully remote: 7 per cent
Human Resources:
On-site: 66 per cent
Hybrid: 29 per cent
Fully remote: 5 per cent
Hybrid and remote work trends by seniority
Our Q2 2025 analysis of the new hybrid and remote jobs created in Q2 2025 shows that flexible work arrangements are more common for senior- and mid-level roles, but there are opportunities for entry-level professionals, too. Overall, employers are more likely to offer hybrid work arrangements than remote work options to employees at all levels.
Newly created hybrid and remote jobs—by experience level*
Senior (5 or more years of experience)
10 per cent remote
35 per cent hybrid
55 per cent on-site
Mid-Level (3-5 years of experience)
8 per cent remote
29 per cent hybrid
62 per cent on-site
Junior (0-2 years of experience)
8 per cent remote
20 per cent hybrid
72 per cent on-site
* Experience level refers to the years of relevant experience a job candidate has for a specific type of role. For example, a senior-level accountant would have five or more years of relevant experience in the accounting profession.
Remote and hybrid jobs outlook: continued stabilization, with 4 of 10 jobs featuring some remote work
One of the most significant remote work trends we have been tracking in our research for the Demand for Skilled Talent report is the growth in hybrid job postings from 15 per cent in Q2 2023 to over a quarter (28 per cent) of new jobs in Q2 2025.
Fully on-site roles have declined as hybrid options rise. We found that new, fully in-office job postings declined from 76 per cent in Q2 2023 to 61 per cent in Q2 2024. And over the course of the last year, the rate of new, fully in-office jobs stabilized reinforcing that flexible work arrangements are here to stay.
Hybrid and remote work trends by geography
Robert Half analyzed data by city to understand how common hybrid and remote work trends are across different regions of Canada. Here’s a breakdown by workplace arrangement among the top metropolitan areas in Canada.
Calgary: 5 per cent remote | 29 per cent Hybrid | 66 per cent On-site
Edmonton: 5 per cent remote | 27 per cent Hybrid | 68 per cent on-site
Halifax: 5 per cent remote | 27 per cent Hybrid | 68 per cent on-site
Montreal: 4 per cent remote | 39 per cent Hybrid | 57 per cent on-site
Ottawa: 7 per cent remote | 32 per cent Hybrid | 61 per cent on-site
Toronto: 5 per cent remote | 33 per cent Hybrid | 62 per cent on-site
Vancouver: 7 per cent remote | 29 per cent Hybrid | 64 per cent on-site
Waterloo: 4 per cent remote | 33 per cent Hybrid | 63 per cent on-site
Winnipeg: 8 per cent remote | 19 per cent Hybrid | 73 per cent on-site
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Methodology
Surveys were developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents included executives from small (10-99 employees), medium (100-999 employees) and large or enterprise (1,000+ employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.
Job postings provided by TalentNeuron and categorized into more than 350 job titles within Robert Half’s 2025 Salary Guide using a proprietary mapping methodology that employs state-of-the-art large language models. This dataset includes roles across the finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, administrative and customer support, human resources and healthcare support professions.
