Among Canadian gig economy workers, freelance office work was the most common type of gig economy work done in 2019, with 36 percent of respondents saying that they have done freelance office work in the past five years. Handywork, babysitting, house sitting, and personal assistance services rounded out the top five leading kinds of gig economy work.
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Angus Reid Institute. (November 26, 2019). What type of work have you done in the informal or gig economy? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090556/leading-types-work-done-canadas-informal-gig-economy/
Angus Reid Institute. "What type of work have you done in the informal or gig economy?." Chart. November 26, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090556/leading-types-work-done-canadas-informal-gig-economy/
Angus Reid Institute. (2019). What type of work have you done in the informal or gig economy?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090556/leading-types-work-done-canadas-informal-gig-economy/
Angus Reid Institute. "What Type of Work Have You Done in The Informal or Gig Economy?." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090556/leading-types-work-done-canadas-informal-gig-economy/
Angus Reid Institute, What type of work have you done in the informal or gig economy? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090556/leading-types-work-done-canadas-informal-gig-economy/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
What type of work have you done in the informal or gig economy? [Graph], Angus Reid Institute, November 26, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090556/leading-types-work-done-canadas-informal-gig-economy/