Recent Poll Suggests Canada Wants A Four Day Work Week.

A recent Angus Reid Poll suggests that more than two thirds of Canadians of all age groups would prefer to work four 10-hour shifts per week than five 8-hour per week to achieve their 40 hours.

The desire for that extra day off has been growing. Asked at the beginning of the 1980s by Gallup Canada, just four-in-ten Canadians (43%) said that they preferred a change while six-in-ten (57%) were happy with the five-day status quo. At the beginning of the 90’s the camps were split equally:

Would an extra day off really guarantee more free time? It may not be as safe a bet as one might think. As the Angus Reid Institute found in a 2015 study, increasing technological capacity has corresponded with more time spent working, or at the very least, connected to work through mobile devices, while away from the workplace. While some Canadians would surely make the most of their extra day, another group may remain ‘on’ even while they’re off.