{"id":618,"date":"2021-02-06T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/?p=618"},"modified":"2021-02-06T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T17:34:07","slug":"canadians-say-working-from-home-during-the-pandemic-is-simply-too-noisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/2021\/02\/06\/canadians-say-working-from-home-during-the-pandemic-is-simply-too-noisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians say working from home during the pandemic is simply too noisy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As some Canadians are forced to work from home due to the ongoing pandemic, a recent survey shows that Canadians are working in a noisier environment than anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/researchco.ca\/2021\/02\/02\/canada-noise\/\">online survey<\/a> conducted with 1000 people by Research Co. shows that 27 per cent of Canadians said that the city or town that they live have increased in noise pollution in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to the sounds deemed the noisiest by Canadians, 30 per cent said loud engine noises from vehicles and motorcycles, 24 per cent said dogs barking and 20 per cent said loud people outside their homes and car alarms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mario Canseco, president of Research Co. told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2021\/02\/03\/neighbourhood-noises-getting-on-your-nerves-the-real-problem-might-actually-be-stress.html\">Toronto Star<\/a> that when working from home Canadians expected Their homes to be a sanctuary, but the results of the survey reveal that is far from the reality they\u2019re experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/5203251\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s millennials trying to work from home who are more likely to be affected by this. There\u2019s a larger possibility they are living in apartment buildings, where it\u2019s more complicated to mitigate noise than if you&#8217;re living in a detached house,\u201d Canseco said in an interview with the Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the same survey, millennials are expressing the highest concerns with noise pollution in their neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>78 per cent of Canadians aged 18-34 said they were bothered by outside noises when they were at home in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proportion drops to 65 per cent among those aged 35-to-54 and 60 per cent among those aged 55 and over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/5203360\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Occupational and environmental noise researcher Hugh Davies, a professor at the School of Population &amp; Public Health at the University of British Columbia, previously told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2021\/02\/03\/neighbourhood-noises-getting-on-your-nerves-the-real-problem-might-actually-be-stress.html\">the Star<\/a> that \u201cnoise is a very powerful additional stressor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davies says hearing new noises around your home can be especially triggering for those experiencing stress from working at home compounded with the stress from the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReaction to noise&nbsp;as a stressor is in our DNA,\u201d said Davies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As some Canadians are forced to work from home due to the ongoing pandemic, a recent survey shows that Canadians are working in a noisier environment than anticipated. 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